After a 135 km long route from Bruntál to Dlouhé strání, Vacek reached the finish line with a loss of four seconds to Lennert van Eetvelt from Belgium, who defeated Alejandro Franco from Spain and Rudy Porter from Australia in a spurt.
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Van Eetvelt moved to the front with a lead of 13 seconds over Porter. The winner of Thursday’s prologue Vacek loses 14 seconds to the leader.
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“Today it was a carving,” said Mathias Vacek in a press release, who was helped by his brother Kamil in the final climb. “My brother pulled me there, but in the end I had cramps and I didn’t have it anymore. This climb is extreme,” he added.
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Bittner reached the finish line on Dlouhé strány, where the peloton visited twice today, in 49th place with a loss of eleven minutes. He also fell from the first position in the current classification from the first position.
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| Peace race for cyclists under 23 years |
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| Stage 2: Bruntál – Dlouhé stráně (134.6 km): |
| 1. Ven Eetvelt (Belgium) 3:48:27 |
| 2. Franco (Sp.) |
| 3. Porter (Austr.) Both the same time |
| 4. M. Vacek (CZE) -4 |
| 7. K. Vacek (CZE) -16 |
| 30. Voltr (CZE) -4: 58. |
| Running order: |
| 1. Ven Eetvelt 7:12:40 |
| 2. Porter -13 |
| 3. M. Vacek -14 |
| … 7. K. Vacek -42 |
| 31. Voltr -5:42 |
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