Fabian Cancellara moves into Tour of Oman race lead

Victory on stage two of the 2015 Tour of Oman moves Fabian Cancellara into the race lead. Photos by Graham Watson

Fabian Cancellara wins stage two of the 2015 Tour of Oman

(Image credit: Watson)

Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) won stage two of the Tour of Oman, and takes over overall leadership of the race in the process.

The Swiss rider managed to win the sprint ahead of Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) among a small group of riders who made it to the line together, after the race had been split on the final climb.

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Stephen Puddicombe is a freelance journalist for Cycling Weekly, who regularly contributes to our World Tour racing coverage with race reports, news stories, interviews and features. Outside of cycling, he also enjoys writing about film and TV - but you won't find much of that content embedded into his CW articles.