 Boonen also won Monday's opening stage of the race |
Belgian sprinter Tom Boonen won the weather-hit second stage of the Paris-Nice cycle race on Tuesday. Boonen, who also took the first stage on Monday, beat Denmark's Kurt-Asle Arvesen into second place after finishing in 53 minutes 31 seconds.
The 24-year-old took the overall leader's yellow jersey from Dutchman Erik Dekker by just three seconds.
Lance Armstrong came 90th in the stage, which was shortened from 191 to 45 kilometres because of bad weather.
Paris-Nice second stage results:
1. Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 53min 31sec
2. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) same time
3. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) s.t.
4. Vicente Reynes (Spa) s.t.
5. Olaf Pollack (Ger) s.t.
6. Erik Dekker (Ned) s.t.
7. Constantino Zaballa (Spa) s.t.
8. Jerome Pineau (Fra) s.t.
9. Vladimir Gusev (Rus) s.t.
10. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) s.t.
Other: 90. Lance Armstrong (USA) at 21sec
Paris-Nice overall standings:
1. Tom Boonen (Bel) 5hr 17min 55sec
2. Erik Dekker (Ned) at 03sec
3. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) 07
4. Vladimir Gusev (Rus) 09
5. Jens Voigt (Ger) 09
6. Fabian Cancellara (Swi) 11
7. Vicente Reynes (Spa) 14
8. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) 16
9. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) 16
10. Constantino Zaballa (Spa) 16
Other: 72. Lance Armstrong (USA) at 1min 35sec
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