American AJ August (Netcompany INEOS) sprinted to stage two’s summit finish to take the overall lead at Czech Tour. August was led out by Ben Turner and Jack Haig before attacking, then kicking again to seal the victory. The win sees August move into the race lead, holding a two second lead over Alessandro Fancellu with two stages remaining. “It was a long climb, but the gradients weren’t really steep until the last kilometres. We had to ride a steady pace and then go all out in the last kilometres. The atmosphere was incredible, the amount of fans and the support, it made the pain on the legs a little bit better.” -AJ August Erlend Blikra won stage 2 of the Arctic Race of Norway for the bunch sprint in Andenes. Ethan Vernon (NSN Cycling) bounced back from a disappointing opening day to take second, while Giovanni Lonardi finished third and stays in the overall race lead. Canadian Riley Pickrell finished in fourth with Anders Foldager completing the top five....
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