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Daryl Impey has given Australia’s Orica-GreenEDGE their second stage win in two days on the Tour of the Basque Country.
The South African took advantage of a lead out from Simon Gerrans and Michael Matthews in the field sprint finish on Tuesday.
Italy’s Francesco Gavazzi, who Impey beat in the sprint for the line, took the leader’s jersey from Gerrans, who won the first stage on Monday.
Spain’s Angel Vicioso, who finished third on Monday, filled the same position again on Tuesday’s 170.2km stage from Elgoibar to Vitoria.
The 28-year-old Impey was following up his second stage win in the race last year.
“It’s a fantastic win,” said Impey. “It was a bit like last year, really.
“The whole team was involved with the result. Christian (Meier) and (Michael) Albasini did all of the early work. Wes (Wesley Sulzberger), Clarkey (Simon Clarke) and Pieter Weening did their bit in the final. From there, I had two of the fastest guys in the race as my lead out,” he said.
“When you have the guy in the yellow jersey doing the lead out, it really highlights the team’s commitment to one another.”
Gerrans finished on bunch time and initially thought he may have stayed in yellow.
“I wasn’t quite sure what the situation was on the line,” Gerrans said.
“I actually thought that I might have kept the jersey. Either way, I was happy to sacrifice the jersey and give Daryl the opportunity to take the stage win.”
Gerrans dropped down to seventh in the overall standings.
Wednesday’s third stage takes the riders 164.7km from Vitoria to Trapagaran.
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