Eritrean Biniam Girmay won the second stage of the Tour de Suisse in a massive sprint on Monday after 173 km between Beromünster and Nottwil, while Swiss Stefan Küng retained the yellow jersey for five seconds. Cleverly, the sprinter from Intermarché-Circus-Wanty slipped into the opening left by Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), who left too early, to beat the Frenchman Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ), who was nevertheless well led by Küng in the last kilometers. At 23, Girmay offers himself a new prestigious victory less than three weeks before the start of the Tour de France which he will discover this year. In the general classification, Küng saves his leading position acquired on Sunday in the prologue with five seconds ahead of Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step), who grabbed a bonus second in the second intermediate sprint, and six on Van Aert.
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Tour of Switzerland: Biniam Girmay ahead of Démare in the second stage
