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Cycling Road – Trofimov wins second stage of Basque race in breakaway

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Russian Yury Trofimov won stage two of the Tour of the Basque Country after a 130 km breakaway on Tuesday.

The Bbox-Bouyges Telecom rider shed his last breakaway companion, Estonian Rein Taaramae, 2.5 km from the line for his first win of the season. British rider Ben Swift was third.

“I didn’t want to try to win this in a sprint against another rider because I’m not good at it,” said Trofimov.

“We’d worked together with two other riders in a break for most of the day. Finally, I dropped Taaramae on a climb before the finish and then again close to the line.”  …  Details

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