Stage 2: Gawler - Hahndorf 133.5km

Dom suffered another mechanical today, putting him out the main bunch. Previous to his mechanical he did make an effort to bridge to the lead group, but was caught.

Milram's Aussie rider Luke Roberts got 8th, and Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM got 12th. Thanks to Robert Förster knowing he would not have it for the sprint finish today and telling Luke to go for sprint finish himself in the closing kilometers (read it in his diary). Andre Greipel (GER) HTC-Columbia took win number two. Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Sky got second and Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katyusha third.

Andre Greipel now has a 14 second lead in the General Classification.

Stage 3 is supposed to be good for breakaway riders, so hopefully Dom's bad luck streak has ended and he can get into a good move.

G'day - Danny

More stuff about today's race below:

Robert Förster's Diary: Deutsch, English

Team Milram News: English, Deutsch. They used a pic a of Dom.

Map and profile of stage 2

Video Highlights from Stage 2:


Middle part of race video

Last 10 km video

Results stage 2:

1 Andre Greipel (GER) HTC-Columbia 3:23:49
2 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Sky
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katyusha
4 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Transitions
5 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
6 Allan Davis (Aus) Astana
7 Danilo Wyss (SUI) BMC Racing Team
8 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team MILRAM
9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
10 Jose Rojas (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne

Team Milram:

12 Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM
28 Markus Fothen (GER) Team MILRAM
39 Robert Förster (GER) Team MILRAM
128 Björn Schröder (GER) Team MILRAM 3:42
130 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team MILRAM 7:38
131 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM

General Classification:

1 Andre Greipel (GER) HTC-Columbia 6:38:59
2 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Sky 0:14
3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team RadioShack
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katyusha 0:16
5 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
6 Danilo Wyss (SUI) BMC Racing Team 0:20
7 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
8 Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
9 Robbie Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Transitions
10 Jose Rojas (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne

Team Milram:

12 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team MILRAM
13 Thomas Rohregger (AUT) Team MILRAM
36 Markus Fothen (GER) Team MILRAM
95 Robert Förster (GER) Team MILRAM 8:42
128 Björn Schröder (GER) Team MILRAM 12:24
130 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team MILRAM 16:20
132 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM 18:41