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The second stage of the Tour de France 2015 was a flat but windy ride from Utrecht to Neeltje Jans, an artificial island in the Dutch province of Zeeland. The stage was marked by echelons and splits in the peloton, caused by the strong crosswinds and the high pace of the teams. In the final kilometers, a select group of 26 riders contested the sprint, which was won by André Greipel of Lotto Soudal, ahead of Peter Sagan of Tinkoff-Saxo and Fabian Cancellara of Trek Factory Racing. Cancellara, who finished third, also gained four bonus seconds at an intermediate sprint and took over the yellow jersey from Rohan Dennis of BMC Racing Team, who was caught behind a crash with 14 km to go. Among the GC contenders, Chris Froome of Team Sky and Alberto Contador of Tinkoff-Saxo finished in the front group and gained time on Nairo Quintana of Movistar Team and Vincenzo Nibali of Astana Pro Team, who lost 1:28 and 1:38 respectively.

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