CRITERIUM DU DAUPHINE
Daryl Impey in yellow as the leader crashes at Criterium du Dauphine
Belleville — South African Daryl Impey took the leader’s yellow jersey off crash victim Michal Kwiatkowski as Germany’s Pascal Ackermann sprinted to victory on Tuesday’s second stage of the Criterium du Dauphine. Kwiatkowski, Sky’s Polish rider who won Sunday’s opening time trial prologue, came off his bike after lashing rain left slick patches in the final two kilometres of the 181km stage between Montbrison and Belleville, but managed to finish. Impey, winner of Monday’s first stage and second overall ahead of this stage, rolled over the line for the Australian Mitchelton team in third behind Ackermann and Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen of Team Dimension Data to take yellow. Impey had declared himself surprised to win stage one, but he set out on Tuesday mindful that the yellow jersey was within reach, having started the day just 2sec behind Kwiatkowski. "I would obviously have liked to have won again today but to take the time bonus and so get the yellow jersey is a massive bonus ...
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