Teams will start 7 minutes apart, starting from last place in the current standings (all team member's times added up). There are two intermediate time checks and the final time of the riders is taken from the 5th man across the line.
The teams left the start gate in this order: Saxo Bank-SunGard, Euskaltel-Euskadi, Vacansoleil, AG2R-La Mondiale, Saur-Sojasun, Rabobank, FDJ, Liquigas-Cannondale, Garmin-Cervelo, Europcar, Quick Step, Movistar, Astana, Katusha, Team Sky, Lampre-ISD, Cofidis, RadioShack, HTC-Highroad, Leopard Trek, BMC, and Omega Pharma-Lotto.
It was a nail-biting finish with BMC fighting for Evans until the very end. However, the stage was won by Garmin-Cervelo, who ended 4 seconds over BMC. Hushovd takes the Yellow Jersey from Gilbert. Hushovd is now 1 second ahead of Evans. Second place to fifth place were within one second of each other.
Stage 2, TTT Results:
1. Garmin-Cervelo 24:48
2. Sky 24:52
3. BMC 24.52
4. Leopard Trek 24.53
5. HTC-Highroad 24:53
Fun Fact of the Day: Thor Hushovd rode today with the mountain jersey. This is unusual for 2 reasons. First, Hushovd is a sprinter, meaning that he aims to be the best in the points category (Green Jersey). Second, he has no KOM points. Nobody has, besides Gilbert, but Gilbert can't wear 3 jerseys, so he gets the most prestige. Then it goes to the rider in second place (or third in this case): Gilbert in Yellow, Evans in Green, and Hushovd in KOM.
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