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Colombian Bernal wins second stage of Tour of California

By AFP
May 16, 2018

LOS ANGELES, California: Colombian rider Egan Bernal of Team Sky surged late in the final climb to win Monday’s second stage of the Tour of California cycling race, seizing the overall lead.

The 21-year-old from Bogota captured his fourth win of the year, taking the 157 kilometre (98 mile) stage in 4 hours 14 minutes, giving him an overall top time of 7:16:13.Poland’s Rafal Majka (Bora) was second, 21 second back, with Britain’s Adam Yates (Mitchelton) third, another four seconds adrift.In the overall fight, Majka was second at 25 seconds back with Yates at 31 and Dutchman Antwan Tolhoek (LottoNL) fourth at 40 seconds back.