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Daryl Impey sprinted to stage two victory at Tour of Basque Country

Image: Daryl Impey: Produced a quality turn of pace to pull off stage two win

Daryl Impey made it two wins in two days for Orica-GreenEDGE as he sprinted to victory on stage two at the Tour of the Basque Country.

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On narrow roads heading towards Vitoria Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Leopard) and Adriano Malori (Lampre-Merida) put in a speculative dig as Team Saxo-Tinkoff came to the fore - the gap dropping all the while to a plucky Txurruka. The three riders combined heading into the closing stages but with a number of teams interested in setting up a sprint finish the gap never got beyond the one-minute mark. Malori was the final man to be caught on the tricky wet descent of the Alto de Zaldiaran and, despite a number of riders including world champion Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) trying to go clear, things came back together for the sprint finish.

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