Andreas Leknessund wins stage two of the Tour de Suisse - before Alberto Bettiol's misinformed celebration

Andreas Leknessund takes impressive solo victory in Aesch

Andreas Leknessund wins stage 2 tour de suisse
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Andreas Leknessund of Team DSM took a superb solo victory in stage two of the Tour de Suisse, though crowds enjoyed an extra celebration, as Alberto Bettiol (EF Education Easy-Post) seemingly didn't realise he was racing in the bunch kick for second place. 

The young Norwegian rider Leknessund was the strongest of the leading breakaway throughout the day and was able to accelerate away on the final climb, the category two Challpass, to take his first WorldTour win. 

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Tom Thewlis
News and Features Writer

After previously working in higher education, Tom joined Cycling Weekly in 2022 and hasn't looked back. He's been covering professional cycling ever since; reporting on the ground from some of the sport's biggest races and events, including the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and the World Championships. His earliest memory of a bike race is watching the Tour on holiday in the early 2000's in the south of France - he even made it on to the podium in Pau afterwards. His favourite place that cycling has taken him is Montréal in Canada.