Van Wilder defends the red jersey
Ilan Van Wilder passed an important test at the Deutschland Tour, the 201.3km stage 2 between Kassel and Winterberg, which culminated with a punchy uphill finish. Victorious on the previous day, when he rocketed to the top of the leaderboard, the young Belgian kept his composure as attacks came from all over the place in the last twenty kilometers.
In addition to staying close to his rivals, Ilan made sure of emerging from the pack at the right moment, just before the top of the Altastenberg climb, and snatched three valuable bonus seconds. The red jersey wearer firmly controlled things also on the final ascent, and eventually concluded the stage won by Gregor Muhlberger (Movistar) in fifth place.
Following this strong outing in pouring rain, Van Wilder continues to lead the general classification, where he has now increased his advantage to eleven seconds. On top of that, he is first also in the points and youth standings ahead of the undulating stage to Essen.
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Race details
| 1 |
Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team |
4:59:51 |
| 2 |
Alex Aranburu Deba Movistar Team |
0:10 |
| 3 |
Kevin Vermaerke Team dsm - firmenich |
0:10 |
| 4 |
Pavel Sivakov INEOS Grenadiers |
0:10 |
| 5 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:10 |
| 6 |
Danny van Poppel BORA - hansgrohe |
0:10 |
| 7 |
Nils Politt BORA - hansgrohe |
0:10 |
| 8 |
Georg Zimmermann Intermarché - Circus - Wanty |
0:10 |
| 9 |
Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Pro Cycling Team |
0:10 |
| 10 |
Mathias Vacek Lidl - Trek |
0:10 |
| 39 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
2:49 |
| 53 |
Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step |
6:23 |
| 73 |
Jannik Steimle
Soudal - Quick Step |
12:33 |
| 75 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
12:33 |
| 110 |
Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step |
14:20 |
| 1 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
9:19:54 |
| 2 |
Felix Großschartner UAE Team Emirates |
0:11 |
| 3 |
Pavel Sivakov INEOS Grenadiers |
0:13 |
| 4 |
Kevin Vermaerke Team dsm - firmenich |
0:18 |
| 5 |
Alex Aranburu Deba Movistar Team |
0:19 |
| 6 |
Danny van Poppel BORA - hansgrohe |
0:22 |
| 7 |
Nils Politt BORA - hansgrohe |
0:22 |
| 8 |
Pello Bilbao López de Armentia Bahrain - Victorious |
0:23 |
| 9 |
Dylan Teuns Israel - Premier Tech |
0:24 |
| 10 |
Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Pro Cycling Team |
0:24 |
| 48 |
Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step |
6:40 |
| 57 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
9:35 |
| 60 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
12:42 |
| 64 |
Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step |
14:35 |
| 65 |
Jannik Steimle
Soudal - Quick Step |
15:20 |
| 1 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
21 pt |
| 2 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
20 pt |
| 3 |
Pavel Sivakov INEOS Grenadiers |
16 pt |
| 4 |
Kevin Vermaerke Team dsm - firmenich |
16 pt |
| 5 |
Danny van Poppel BORA - hansgrohe |
16 pt |
| 6 |
Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team |
15 pt |
| 7 |
Felix Großschartner UAE Team Emirates |
12 pt |
| 8 |
Alex Aranburu Deba Movistar Team |
12 pt |
| 9 |
Mads Pedersen Lidl - Trek |
12 pt |
| 10 |
Oscar Riesebeek Alpecin-Deceuninck |
11 pt |
| 18 |
Jannik Steimle
Soudal - Quick Step |
5 pt |
| 1 |
Harm Vanhoucke Lotto Dstny |
7 pt |
| 2 |
Vincent John Rad-Net Oßwald |
4 pt |
| 3 |
Anders Halland Johannessen Uno-X Pro Cycling Team |
3 pt |
| 4 |
Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team |
3 pt |
| 5 |
Oscar Riesebeek Alpecin-Deceuninck |
3 pt |
| 6 |
Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates |
3 pt |
| 7 |
Florian Stork Team dsm - firmenich |
2 pt |
| 8 |
Oliver Mattheis BIKE AID |
2 pt |
| 9 |
Julian Borresch Saris Rouvy Sauerland Team |
2 pt |
| 10 |
Jakob Fuglsang Israel - Premier Tech |
1 pt |
| 1 |
Ilan Van Wilder
Soudal - Quick Step |
9:19:54 |
| 2 |
Kevin Vermaerke Team dsm - firmenich |
0:18 |
| 3 |
Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates |
0:27 |
| 4 |
Mathias Vacek Lidl - Trek |
0:28 |
| 5 |
Frank van den Broek Team dsm - firmenich |
0:30 |
| 6 |
Mathieu Burgaudeau TotalEnergies |
0:32 |
| 7 |
Vinzent Dorn BIKE AID |
1:00 |
| 8 |
Abner González Rivera Movistar Team |
1:06 |
| 9 |
Mattéo Vercher TotalEnergies |
1:22 |
| 10 |
Rick Pluimers Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
1:30 |
| 21 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
9:35 |
| 24 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
12:42 |
| 26 |
Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step |
14:35 |
| 1 | UAE Team Emirates | 28:00:54 |
| 2 | Team dsm - firmenich | 0:08 |
| 3 | Movistar Team | 0:11 |
| 4 | BORA - hansgrohe | 0:24 |
| 5 | Israel - Premier Tech | 2:20 |
| 6 | Lidl - Trek | 2:28 |
| 7 | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 3:03 |
| 8 | Bahrain - Victorious | 3:52 |
| 9 | TotalEnergies | 4:19 |
| 10 | Intermarché - Circus - Wanty | 6:45 |
