The second stage of the Tour de Suisse, the 177 km Aarau - Schwarzsee, is an Italian success: Vincenzo Albanese took the victory, beating Swiss rider Fabio Christen from Q36.5 and British rider Lewis Askey from Groupama FDJ. Eighth place for another Italian, Nicolò Buratti from Bahrain Victorious.

For the Tuscan rider from EF Education Easypost, this is his third career victory and his first in a WorldTour race.

THE RACE. The day's breakaway featured German rider Jonas Rutsch from Intermarché Wanty and Swiss riders Mauro Schmid from Jayco AlUla and Silvan Dillier from Alpecin Deceuninck. The latter lost contact on the Guggisberg climb 55 kilometers from the finish. Schmid and Rutsch were caught 13 kilometers from the end by a group with several attempts to anticipate the sprint, with Fabio Christen being particularly active.

In the general classification, Frenchman Romain Gregoire from Groupama FDJ remains in the lead.

FINISH ORDER
1 ALBANESE Vincenzo EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST 3h55'57"
2 *CHRISTEN Fabio Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM '
3 *ASKEY Lewis GROUPAMA-FDJ '
4 *SIMMONS Quinn LIDL-TREK '
5 VAN POPPEL Danny RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE '
6 *LAPEIRA Paul DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM '
7 BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS '
8 *BURATTI Nicolo BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS '
9 *GLIVAR Gal ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK '
10 *VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK '
11 *MAYRHOFER Marius TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM '
12 BENOOT Tiesj TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE '
13 *MIHKELS Madis EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST '
14 BAGIOLI Andrea LIDL-TREK '
15 OLDANI Stefano COFIDIS '
16 CHARMIG Anthon XDS ASTANA TEAM '
17 SWIFT Ben INEOS GRENADIERS '
18 *BITTNER Pavel TEAM PICNIC POSTNL '
19 *TOMAS MORGADO Antonio UAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG '
20 ADRIA OLIVERAS Roger RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE '
21 *GREGOIRE Romain GROUPAMA-FDJ '
22 *LE BERRE Mathis ARKEA-B&B HOTELS '
23 *BLACKMORE Joseph ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH '
24 BETTIOL Alberto XDS ASTANA TEAM '
25 *ENGELHARDT Felix TEAM JAYCO ALULA '
26 *VAUQUELIN Kevin ARKEA-B&B HOTELS '
27 VLASOV Aleksandr RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE '
28 O'CONNOR Ben Alexander TEAM JAYCO ALULA '
29 ZIMMERMANN Georg INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY '
30 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Ion COFIDIS '
31 GROSSSCHARTNER Felix UAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG '
32 MADOUAS Valentin GROUPAMA-FDJ '
33 WOODS Michael Russell ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH '
34 *HUBY Antoine SOUDAL QUICK-STEP '
35 VANSEVENANT Mauri SOUDAL QUICK-STEP '
36 *VERSTRYNGE Emiel ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK '
37 CHAMPOUSSIN Clement XDS ASTANA TEAM '
38 THOMAS Geraint INEOS GRENADIERS '
39 HIRSCHI Marc TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM '
40 *VAN WILDER Ilan SOUDAL QUICK-STEP '
41 KAMNA Lennard LIDL-TREK '
42 LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro LIDL-TREK '
43 PETERS Nans DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM '
44 GONCALVES ALMEIDA Joao Pedro UAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG '
45 DE BUYST Jasper LOTTO '
46 *DE LIE Arnaud LOTTO '
47 *CAMPRUBI PIJUAN Marcel Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM '
48 LIVYNS Arjen LOTTO '
49 LEMMEN Bart TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE '
50 *RICCITELLO Matthew ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH '
51 *UHLIG HenriALPECIN-DECEUNINCK '
52 *CHRISTEN JanUAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG '
53 *ONLEY Edgar OscarTEAM PICNIC POSTNL '
54 BADILATTI MatteoQ36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM '
55 *GRAAT TijmenTEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE '
56 *BISIAUX LeoDECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM '
57 *MAISONOBE SamCOFIDIS '
58 SOBRERO MatteoRED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE '
59 BENNETT GeorgeISRAEL - PREMIER TECH '
60 HOULE HugoISRAEL - PREMIER TECH '
61 BARTA WilliamMOVISTAR TEAM '
62 *CASTRILLO ZAPATER PabloMOVISTAR TEAM '
63 WARBASSE LawrenceTUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM '
64 *GLOAG ThomasTEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE '
65 KUNG StefanGROUPAMA-FDJ '
66 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO DavidQ36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM '
67 CONCI NicolaXDS ASTANA TEAM '
68 KEPPLINGER RainerBAHRAIN VICTORIOUS '
69 BAX SjoerdQ36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM '
70 LANGELLOTTI VictorINEOS GRENADIERS '
71 ROMO OLIVER JavierMOVISTAR TEAM '
72 *LECERF JuniorSOUDAL QUICK-STEP '
73 ALAPHILIPPE JulianTUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM '
74 SEPULVEDA EduardoLOTTO '
75 DE PLUS LaurensINEOS GRENADIERS '
76 *AUGUST AndrewINEOS GRENADIERS '
77 FORTUNATO LorenzoXDS ASTANA TEAM '
78 JUNGELS BobINEOS GRENADIERS '
79 GEOGHEGAN HART TaoLIDL-TREK '
80 BARGUIL WarrenTEAM PICNIC POSTNL '
81 OOMEN SamLIDL-TREK '
82 *PICKERING Xavier Finlay XavierBAHRAIN VICTORIOUS '
83 GALL FelixDECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM '
84 SAMITIER SAMITIER SergioCOFIDIS '
85 *DEBRUYNE RamsesALPECIN-DECEUNINCK '
86 KRUIJSWIJK StevenTEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE '
87 HUYS LaurensARKEA-B&B HOTELS '
88 QUINTANA NairoMOVISTAR TEAM '
89 SCOTSON CallumDECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM '
90 SCHMID MauroTEAM JAYCO ALULA '
91 *COSTIOU EwenARKEA-B&B HOTELS '
92 GRIGNARD SebastienLOTTO '
93 *TJOTTA MartinARKEA-B&B HOTELS '
94 RUTSCH JonasINTERMARCHÉ - WANTY '
95 VERGAERDE OttoLIDL-TREK 23"
96 GAMPER PatrickTEAM JAYCO ALULA '
97 HAMILTON Lucas WadeINEOS GRENADIERS '
98 SERRY PieterSOUDAL QUICK-STEP '
99 POWLESS NeilsonEF EDUCATION - EASYPOST 27"
100 COLLEONI KevinINTERMARCHÉ - WANTY '