Tour de France 2013 Stage 2 Results: Winner, Leaderboard and Highlights

Marcel Kittel's hold on the yellow jersey was short-lived, as the Day 1 victor fell off the pace and gave up the overall lead to Jan Bakelants, who won the second stage at the Tour de France.

On an absolutely beautiful day on the road from Bastia to Ajaccio, Bakelants broke away from the main pack with five other riders with about five kilometers remaining.

He eventually pulled away from the lead group—which was absorbed by the main group of riders in fast pursuit—with about a kilometer to go and barely held off a slew of sprinting challengers to earn the stage and yellow jersey by just a second.

It was a pretty gripping finish, especially on a day when so many of the sprinters fell off the pace toward the middle of the race. Bakelants was clearly tiring down the stretch and would have been absorbed by the main group were the finish line a bit further off.

After Saturday's fiasco at the finish line, it was smooth sailing on Day 2. Well, it was mostly smooth sailing, as a wayward dog nearly caused another gigantic crash with about four kilometers remaining.

Seriously. From NBC Sports:

In case you were wondering how yesterday's bizarre finish would impact the overall times, Lawrence Ostlere of The Guardian has you covered:

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After yesterday's slightly farcical finish, everyone was awarded the same time. Given the huge pack that are together right now there could well be plenty of riders on the same time after the first two stages tonight. The yellow jersey will then be awarded to the rider that has finished highest over the two days, if that situation occurs. 

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As noted previously, it was not a great day for the sprinters, who were eaten up by the several steep climbs in the race, including Mark Cavendish and Day 1 winner Kittel, who each fell 17 minutes and 35 seconds off the pace.

Andre Greipel earned 11 points as the first rider to cross the sprint line.

Contenders such as Peter Sagan, Chris Froome, Alberto Contador, Joaquim Rodriguez, Cadel Evans, Alejandro Valverde, Richie Porte, Nairo Quintana, Tejay van Garderen and Thibaut Pinot all remain a second behind Bakelants on the leaderboard.

Stage 2 Results (via LeTour.com)

RANK	RIDER	RIDER NO.	TEAM	TIMES	GAP
1.	BAKELANTS Jan	42	RADIOSHACK LEOPARD	03h 43' 11''
2.	SAGAN Peter	11	CANNONDALE	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
3.	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	153	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
4.	CIMOLAI Davide	143	LAMPRE-MERIDA	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
5.	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	2	SKY PROCYCLING	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
6.	SIMON Julien	218	SOJASUN	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
7.	GAVAZZI Francesco	65	ASTANA PRO TEAM	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
8.	IMPEY Daryl	185	ORICA GREENEDGE	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
9.	BENNATI Daniele	92	TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
10.	LAGUTIN Sergey	206	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
11.	FAVILLI Elia	144	LAMPRE-MERIDA	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
12.	ARASHIRO Yukiya	52	TEAM EUROPCAR	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
13.	MILLAR David	176	GARMIN-SHARP	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
14.	TANKINK Bram	166	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
15.	RIBLON Christophe	89	AG2R LA MONDIALE	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
16.	GERRANS Simon	181	ORICA GREENEDGE	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
17.	IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Jon	114	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
18.	GILBERT Philippe	34	BMC RACING TEAM	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
19.	VICHOT Arthur	79	FDJ.FR	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
20.	VORGANOV Eduard	109	KATUSHA TEAM	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
21.	GALLOPIN Tony	44	RADIOSHACK LEOPARD	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
22.	EVANS Cadel	31	BMC RACING TEAM	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
23.	POELS Wouter	201	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
24.	HANSEN Adam	25	LOTTO-BELISOL	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''
25.	GAUTIER Cyril	54	TEAM EUROPCAR	03h 43' 12''	+ 00' 01''

(Note: A total of 92 riders tied at just one second off the leader's pace for Stage 2.)

Overall Leaderboard (via LeTour.com)

RANK	RIDER	RIDER NO.	TEAM	TIMES	GAP
1.	BAKELANTS Jan	42	RADIOSHACK LEOPARD	08h 40' 03''
2.	MILLAR David	176	GARMIN-SHARP	08h 40' 04''	+ 00' 01''
3.	SIMON Julien	218	SOJASUN	08h 40' 04''	+ 00' 01''
4.	IMPEY Daryl	185	ORICA GREENEDGE	08h 40' 04''	+ 00' 01''
5.	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	2	SKY PROCYCLING	08h 40' 04''	+ 00' 01''
6.	GERRANS Simon	181	ORICA GREENEDGE	08h 40' 04''	+ 00' 01''
7.	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	153	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	08h 40' 04''	+ 00' 01''
8.	LAGUTIN Sergey	206	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	08h 40' 04''	+ 00' 01''
9.	RIBLON Christophe	89	AG2R LA MONDIALE	08h 40' 04''	+ 00' 01''
10.	EVANS Cadel	31	BMC RACING TEAM	08h 40' 04''	+ 00' 01''

(Note: 83 other riders are tied at just one second off the leader's pace.)