LONG SPRINT BATTLE! 😮‍💨 | 2026 Men's Tour of Luxembourg Stage 2 Final KM's

Yeah, you can say make a long way on the front at the minute. Actually, they've kind of come through unsurprisingly. They've come through to take a little bit of the weight off Groupama because the gas gap is not coming down at the minute yet. So we keep seeing 18, 19, 16. It's hovering in and around there the whole time. And now it's up to Sin-Aramain yet again to do the work. He's done it before. Went all the way to the back of the bunch and now he's back at the front again for Mathieu van der Poel. Yeah, he thought he was finished for the day. No, he was most definitely not. For now with Sören Kraah-Andersen and Mathieu Verchiet. And all the corners that we have on the course. Well, Kraah-Andersen certainly can't be accused of any lack of commitment to this. Although it does feel a little bit like that late attack from Mathieu van der Poel yesterday that didn't really amount to anything in the end. This is stage two of the Škoda Tour de Luxembourg from Niederkorn to Junglinster. 166.8 kilometers, 2,300 meters of climbing. We originally had a breakaway with five riders with Gégant, van der Veen, Brenner, Haugstedt and Bernds. Two of Haugstedt's teammates of Colour Quick made it across with Goodnitz and Nielsen. We've got a new king of the mountains in Konrad Haugstedt, but about 10 kilometers ago here on the local circuit in Junglinster, the last two remaining riders up front of the Colour Quick team were caught. We saw some some attacks including the likes of Stander Wulf and Dylan van Baarle. Honoré was up there as well, but this is an attack by Sören Kraah-Andersen, the 32-year-old for Lidl Trek and Mathieu Verchiet, 25-year-old for Total Energie. We've got a lot of twists and turns and corners there in the final three kilometers where we are. The gap is now coming down with Soudal Quick-Step taking the helm. They've got Jasper Stuyve here. He was very active. He was fifth last yesterday. Hagenes was fourth, Martin Rijn van der Berg in a blue sprint jersey, Pierre Cotera in a white jersey for best young rider and our race leader in yellow is Mathieu van der Poel. Those are the distinctive three jerseys that we are going to see in the sprint again today. But I think the corners when we get back into town might actually be helpful, but 10 seconds is just not a lot Michael, isn't it? Yeah, they'll help these guys in front of the corner from technical sections. Only 2.3 kilometers to go and they're not really quite within range of an unfolding sprint yet. So they have a chance. It depends what happens really here back in the group. The Soudal Quick-Step rider who came through a moment ago really was kind of, I think that was more of an attack than a pull. If they start attacking back in the group, it'll only help these guys, but I think it's seven seconds. Look at the effort there on the face of the French rider of Total Energie, of Mathieu Verchies, but they're still truly committing to it when Honoré and Oliver Nasser are leading the bunch at the moment. I think that is actually Coquemonde in third position, Michael, for the Luxembourg national team, normally races for Lotto-Entremache. Maybe the man with the purest, pure sprint speed today, but they are still holding on for dear life for Lidl Trek, Søren Klaar-Andersen, for Total Energie, Mathieu Verchies. It's been over a year since Søren Klaar-Andersen actually won a bike race. That was the Danish national championship. It might happen today. There was a race already in Italy where they got it wrong with the breakaway, but I think within the, well, when we go underneath the Flamm Rouge, it might be over for these two riders. We've got a corner coming in underneath the Flamm Rouge and then we've got a gradient in that final kilometre. It is a little bit of a head-to-head crosswind in that final kilometre into Junglinster. So it's all about being patient. There's a moment that Søren Klaar-Andersen and Verchies are caught and it's Wismar-Liseberg with strength in numbers. Yet again, Per Strand-Hagenes at the front. And he's got a little bit of a gap. Yeah, it's really... No, but he's really showing impressive form is Per Strand-Hagenes. Timo Kielich is there in third position. Good sprinter as well in the yellow. We have got Arrieta still up there, I think, for UET members. Kockerman there for the national team. Jasper Stuyve, Marijn van den Berg. We're looking for that blue jersey right now. It's a sprint lead-out for now by Per Strand-Hagenes. Timo Kielich is biding his time. There is a lead-out for Jasper Stuyve and Pierre Cotterat in that white jersey, trying to go wide right now. Mind you, it is a headwind. Be patient. Look at when the others are going. At the moment, Marijn van den Berg sits on the wheel of Honoré. Now Honoré gets out of that move onto the wheel of the rider for Soudal Quick-Step. Great lead-out there for Marijn van den Berg. And it's van den Berg in that blue jersey at the moment with Timo Kielich on his wheel. It's a very long sprint for Marijn van den Berg. 150 meters. Mathieu van den Poel is getting involved as well. Still 50 meters to go with Marijn van den Berg and Pierre Cotterat going on the outside. Marijn van den Berg, Cotterat. It's Marijn van den Berg holding on after a very long sprint. And that means 10 bonus seconds, but I think van den Poel was either second or third. He might just hang on to that yellow jersey, but we'll have to wait for confirmation of the top three and to see how many bonus seconds van den Poel actually took, whether he was second or third. That was such a long sprint for van den Berg. I couldn't believe how he hung on up that drag to the line. It's one of those things that got kind of steep as you got there. I think to me, Mathieu van den Poel, I think he was only fifth across the line, so I don't think he took any bonus seconds. No, that would mean that this man is now our new leader. And yeah, I think so. I think he's going to swap the jersey for a yellow jersey, Marijn van den Berg. I think that's what's about to happen. Oh, such a long sprint. Such a long sprint. And just kind of one of those agonizing slow sprints just up that drag.