Day 2 Results & Headlines
Stage 2 – 41.3km
- Moroccan El Morabity keeps the lead extending it by several seconds over second place El Mouaziz. Spains Martinez moves up to third. Fellow Moroccans Akhdar and El Akad step up to fourth and fifth respectively.
- Russia’s Sedykh remains in the lead increasing it to 31 minutes over France’s Mauclair. Brazilian Maciel jumps up two places to third. Defending champion Barnes drops to fourth and American Howard in fifth.
- Top Brits – David Hellard is still the leading Brit moving up seven places to 15th overall. Alastair King remains in second and 22nd place overall. Top female Brit is Selina McCole in 82nd place overall.
Men’s Race – Overall Leaderboard
| 1 | Rachid El Morabity | 06:34:33 |
| 2 | Abdelkader El Mouaziz | 06:35:35 |
| 3 | Jose Manuel Martinez | 07:03:36 |
| 4 | Samir Akhdar | 07:21:16 |
| 5 | Aziz El Akad | 07:22:11 |
Clavery 6th, Amdahl 7th, Sa 9th Schlarb 12th
Women’s Race – Overall Leaderboard
| 1 | Natalia Sedykh | 07:51:06 |
| 2 | Nathalie Mauclair | 08:22:13 |
| 3 | Fernanda Maciel | 08:49:36 |
| 4 | Elisabet Barnes | 09:02:43 |
| 5 | Lisa Howard | 09:15:40 |
Raji 6th, Arbogast 7th
Top Brit’s
| 1 | David Hellard (15th overall) | 08:15:04 |
| 2 | Alastair King (22nd overall) | 08:22:34 |
| 3 | Kristian Morgan (26th overall) | 08:38:59 |
| 4 | Greg Dunning (32nd overall) | 08:56:24 |
| 5 | Michael Smith (34th overall) | 09:03:52 |
