Overview

• Ecuadorian Jhonatan Narváez won Stage 2 to Arnsberg from a three-man move after Riley Sheehan celebrated early, with Narváez passing on the line.
• Prolog winner Sören Waerenskjold finished third on the stage to move into the blue leader's jersey, demoting Stage 1 leader Danny van Poppel.
• Florian Lipowitz left the road about 16 km from the finish and hit roadside infrastructure, continued after treatment, and finished over eight minutes down with his hand sore.
• German champion Georg Zimmermann crashed in the same left-hand corner and was visibly battered after also going down earlier in the stage; his status remained uncertain.
• The race heads to a hilly 175.7 km Stage 3 from Arnsberg to Kassel on Saturday, after Matthew Brennan’s photo-finish win over Jonathan Milan on Stage 1 set early tight gaps; the tour ends Sunday in Magdeburg.