Roman Kreuziger – Unofficial
“Suddenly I got cramps and stayed at the back. I feel bad about it now because it was a relatively big group and I thought I could keep up with them. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out. When Scarponi and Sella went on the attack I cracked,” Roman said.He didn’t make a big deal out of it, though. “I have to be at my best at the Giro that starts in 20 days or so. It is good that Masciarelli, Kiserlovski and Tiralongo stayed at the front. I believe that I will get into the rhythm soon and it can´t be ruled out that it will be completely different tomorrow. There will be a tough uphill finish that is ten kilometers long, with an average gradient of 8% and we will ride it twice so it is going to be interesting,” he admitted.2nd stage (184 km): 1st Voeckler (Fra/Europcar) 4:47:51, 2nd Scarponi (Ita/Lampre) , 3rd Niemec (Pol/Lampre), 4th Morabito (Swi/BMC) both +25, 5th Baliani (Ita/D’Angelo&Antenucci), 6th Tiralongo (Ita/Astana) both +26, 48th Roman Kreuziger (Cze/Astana) +1:11.