The Circuit des Ardennes (2.2) is currently taking place in France. After yesterday's success of Danish rider Patrick Frydkjaer (Lidl Trek Future Racing) ahead of Brady Gilmore and Antoine Raugel, with Ludovico Mellano finishing sixth and Thomas Pesenti seventh, today it was the Norwegian Eirik Vang Aas (Team Coop Repsol) who conquered the second stage in Rethel in front of Danish rider Joshua Gudnitz (ColoQuick) and Australian Gilmore (Israel Premier Tech Academy). Mellano (XDS Astana Development) was again in the spotlight, repeating his sixth-place finish from the previous day, while Federico Savino (Soudal Quick Step Devo) secured eighth place.

Vang Aas leads the general classification, with Mellano tenth at 35".

STAGE RESULTS

1 AAS Eirik Vang Team Coop-Repsol 04:01:38

2 GUDNITZ Joshua Team Coloquick + 15

3 GILMORE Brady Israel Premier Tech Academy + 21

4 NØRTOFT Morten Team Coloquick + 21

5 DUNWOODY Seth Bahrain Victorious Development Team + 21

6 MELLANO Ludovico XDS Astana Development Team + 21

7 NEUMAN Dominik ATT Investments + 21

8 SAVINO Federico Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team + 21

9 LEIDERT Louis Lidl-Trek Future Racing + 21

10 JØRGENSEN Adam Holm Team Coloquick + 21

11 PESENTI Thomas Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team + 21

12 RAUGEL Antoine Velo Club Villefranche Beaujolais + 21

13 FRYDKJÆR Patrick Lidl-Trek Future Racing + 21

14 MUNOZ Hodei Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team + 21

15 SILLIAU Nicolas Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme + 21

16 BENNASSAR Francesc Equipo Cortizo + 21

17 STENSBY Anton Team Coop-Repsol + 21

18 FOFONOV Artem XDS Astana Development Team + 21

19 PELOQUIN Leonard Team Marni-N'side + 21

20 ROUSSEL Antoine Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme + 21

21 BUCK-JONES Huw Bourg-en-Bresse Ain Cyclisme + 21

22 POULARD Baptiste ARKEA-B&B HOTELS Continentale + 21

23 PROTIN Célian UV Aube + 21

24 DOCKX Gilles Wanty-NIPPO-ReUz + 21

25 FINCKBOHNER Anaël VCU Schwenheim + 21

26 MILES Carson Team Marni-N'side + 21

27 BAERS Arne Lotto Development Team + 21

28 VOS SØRENSEN Anders Team Coloquick + 21

29 HLADY Gavin EF Education–Aevolo + 21

30 NEGRENTE Mattia XDS Astana Development Team + 21