German rider Andre Greipel frustrated all the local riders by outsprinting them to the finish of the second state of Australia’s Tour Down Under. This represents the first stage win for Team High Road under its present name. Here a link to the UK’s Daily Telegraph video that includes the finish.

Australian rider Graeme Brown of the Rabobank team now leads the GC, followed by Greipel, Stage One winner Mark Renshaw, and Caisse D’Epargne’s Jose Rojas, who all are four seconds back. Mickael Buffaz (Cofidis) remains the points classification leader and Philippe Gilbert (Francaise Des Jeux) still leads the mountains classification.