RESULT

Leading positions after Stage 2 (Dusseldorf - Liege - 203.5km): 1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-step Floors at 4hrs 37mins 6secs, 2 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ, 3 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal, 4 Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Dimension Data, 5 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Lottonl-jumbo. Selected others: 7 Ben Swift (Gbr) UAE Team Emirates, 14 Daniel Mclay (Gbr) Team Fortuneo Oscaro, 31 Simon Yates (Gbr) Orica-scott, 35 Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Team Sky, 37 Christopher Froome (Gbr) Team Sky, 99 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team, 113 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-step Floors, 161 Stephen Cummings (Gbr) Dimension Data at same time, 162 Scott Thwaites (Gbr) Dimension Data at 26secs, 193 Luke Rowe (Gbr) Team Sky at 13mins 55secs. Leading general classifications after stage 2: 1 Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Team Sky at 4hrs 53mins 10secs, 2 Stefan Kung (Swi) BMC Racing Team at 5secs, 3 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-step Floors at 6secs, 4 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky at 7secs, 5 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-step Floors at 10secs. Selected others: 6 Christopher Froome (Gbr) Team Sky at 12secs, 26 Simon Yates (Gbr) Orica-scott at 37secs, 52 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-step Floors at 49secs, 68 Stephen Cummings (Gbr) Dimension Data at 56secs, 92 Ben Swift (Gbr) UAE Team Emirates at 1min 8secs, 103 Daniel Mclay (Gbr) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro at 1min 12secs, 111 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team at 1min 14secs, 147 Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Dimension Data at 1min 46secs, 164 Scott Thwaites (Gbr) Dimension Data at 2mins 16secs, 193 Luke Rowe (Gbr) Team Sky at 15mins 45secs.