After the first stage the 176 km second stage also ended in a sprint finish. This time Tom Steels of Belgium was the strongest. Jaan Kirsipuu from Estonia took over the yellow jersey. There were several crashes today. One of them caused the peloton to break in several parts. Tour favorites Zulle, Gotti, Boogerd and Rinero ended up in the second group and finished more than six minutes behind Steels. Boardman lost more than fifteen minutes.
All major sprinters finished in the first group and this has enabled the participants in the game to obtain fantastic score. Today's winner is Dick Blom from The Netherlands. He had the complete stage top ten in his team. Blom's stage score of 107 points is a new overall stage record in the game. Fellow countrymen Jacco Konijn and Rien Post finished second and third. Seven players managed to get 100+ points today.
Two cyclists dropped out today. The most important one was Jonathan Vaughters (member of 53 game participant teams).
1. 107 Dick Blom (The Netherlands)
2. 105 Jacco Konijn (The Netherlands)
3. 104 Rien Post (The Netherlands)
4. 103 Martin Brilleman (The Netherlands)
5. 101 Andrea Giordano (Italy)
101 Erix Schokker (New Zealand/The Netherlands)
7. 100 Paul van den Berg (The Netherlands)
8. 99 Angelo Colombo (Italy)
99 Stuart O'Grady (Australia)
99 Wicher Otten (The Netherlands)
11. 96 Arno Brus (The Netherlands)
12. 95 Berthold B. Journaille (The Netherlands)
95 Jan van Holland (The Netherlands)
14. 94 Akke Vellinga (Belgium)
15. 93 Anton Cozijnsen (Australia)
93 Bauke Bouwstra (The Netherlands)
93 Gerard Creemers (The Netherlands)
18. 92 Gijs van de Broek (The Netherlands)
92 Rene van Buitenen (The Netherlands)
92 William Westendorp (The Netherlands)
21. 91 Marco Moccetti (Switzerland)
22. 90 Herman Klaassen (The Netherlands)
90 Huib van Grol (The Netherlands)
90 Michael Botzet (Germany)
90 Wim Hoefs (The Netherlands)
26. 89 Bob Dongelmans (The Netherlands)
89 Carlos Girao (Portugal)
89 Daniel M. Kokke (The Netherlands)
89 Ellen van Overeem (The Netherlands)
89 Howard Hobson (UK)
89 Sander Kaspers (The Netherlands)
89 Shane Moore (Ireland)
33. 88 Gosse Darbe (The Netherlands)
88 Kees de Vroege (The Netherlands)
35. 87 Jan Buiten (The Netherlands)
87 Merijn van der Werff (The Netherlands)
87 Michael McQuillen (USA)
38. 86 Bojan Kozelj (Slovenia)
86 Frans Mobron (The Netherlands)
86 Glen Mayfield (USA)
86 Stuart Dwight (UK)
42. 85 Henry van Asseldonk (The Netherlands)
43. 84 Amat Artigas Towle (Spain)
84 Doug Beridon (USA)
84 Gosse Bouma (The Netherlands)
84 Jos Droste (Belgium)
84 Peter Beursgens (The Netherlands)
48. 83 Christoph Kuendig (Canada)
83 Dimitri van Agterveld (The Netherlands)
83 Martin Smith (UK)
83 Robert Beernink (The Netherlands)
83 Saskia Lamkin (The Netherlands)
53. 82 Justitian (The Netherlands)
82 Maurice Coenen (The Netherlands)
82 Tuffin (France/USA)
56. 81 Eddy B. (The Netherlands)
81 Filipe Rigueira (Portugal)
81 Marcel Luyckx (The Netherlands)
81 Richard Best (UK)
81 Wim Stoops (Belgium)
61. 80 Gert Holswilder (The Netherlands)
80 Rodney Tiesselinck (The Netherlands)
63. 79 Andreas Grass (Sweden)
79 Marcel Spanjer (The Netherlands)
79 Michel van Musschenbroek (Canada)
79 Michiel Kokke (The Netherlands)
79 Nico Wienders (France)
79 Patricko Kortink (The Netherlands)
79 Stephan Wageman (The Netherlands)
79 T.H.C. Later (The Netherlands)
79 Theo Boekhorst (The Netherlands)
79 Tue Lumbye (Denmark)
73. 78 Aaron Corbett (New Zealand)
78 Christian Johnson (USA)
78 Edmond Huntjens (The Netherlands)
78 Harald Stiefel (Germany)
78 Henrique Madureira (Portugal)
78 Jari Eloranta (Finland)
78 Jean-Louis Simon (France)
78 Joe Jankovsky (USA)
78 Ken Charbonneau (USA)
78 Peter Sanders (The Netherlands)
78 Roelof de Jong (The Netherlands)
78 Tato Uribe Ortiz (Colombia)
85. 77 Christian Hoffellner (Austria)
77 George Dusties (The Netherlands)
77 H. van Oosbree (The Netherlands)
77 Kim Jorgart (Denmark)
77 Michael van der Poorten (The Netherlands)
77 Michel Oberson (Switzerland)
77 Mike Ross (New Zealand)
77 Sören Mosberg (Denmark)
93. 76 Babette Goudbeek (The Netherlands)
76 Brett Arenz (USA)
76 Cameron Henderson (Australia)
76 Dave Marple (USA)
76 E. Barbari (Italy)
76 F.R. Pearce (UK)
76 Freek Burger (The Netherlands)
76 Jeroen Van Koert (Australia)