The Ecuadorian Jhonatan Narváez from the UAE team is secured after a short sprint with two other outliers the stage victory at the second stage. Riley Shehan had torn his arms in the false moment. The popular German racing driver Florian Lipowitz fell almost 16 kilometers before the target and slammed against a power box.
The last three drivers of the top group looked around 500 meters before the end of the goal, who would be the first to start sprint. The American Riley Shehan finally started and first pulled past his two opponents Narváez and Waerenskjold. It looked like he was winning the stage. Shehan himself was also confident of victory. Shortly before the target he was already tore both arms from the handlebar – ready to cheer.
But while he crossed the finish line, he himself noticed that his jubilation was too early. The Ecuadorian Jhonatan Narváez narrowly passed him and secured the second stage win of this Germany tour in Arnsberg.
Shock moment falls as Lipowitz
Florian Lipowitz fell about 16 kilometers before the finish line and crashed into a power box at full speed. At first, the spectators feared whether the Tour de France dragon may have broken their collarbone.
After a break on the roadside, the 24-year-old got back on his racing bike, drove the race to the end, but lost time in the overall classification. The sporting director of the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe team, Berhard Eisel said that the medical examinations had to be waited to exclude worse injuries. Georg Zimmermann had also fallen and was on the ground next to Lipowitz.