C’est l’Australien Mark Renshaw, 31 ans, (Omega Pharma-QuickStep)qui a remporté la 2ème étape au Pays de Galles à Llandudno. Au terme des 200 km , il devance Ben Swift (Team Sky) et l’Irlandais Sam Bennett (Team NetApp-Endura )Il endosse aussi, avec le jeu des bonifications, le maillot jaune de leader.
Dès le début d’étape , le leader du classement de la montagne Mark McNally (An Post Chainreaction) prend les commande d’un groupe d’échappée. Il s’octroie les points des 2 premières ascensions face au jeune Britannique Alex Peters. Mais le peloton ne laisse pas de marge suffisant au groupe de 4 pour une échappée concrète.
Dès la jonction, 6 hommes se font la belle avec Pablo Lastras (Movistar) a,Lasse Norman Hansen (GARMIN-Sharp), Ian Bibby (Madison Genesis), Robert Partridge (Giordana) et Christopher Lawless (GB)
Ils seront repris par un peloton contrôlé par les hommes d’IAM et SKY. Dès la jonction, 6 hommes se font la belle avec Pablo Lastras (Movistar),Lasse Norman Hansen (GARMIN-Sharp), Ian Bibby (Madison Genesis), Robert Partridge (Giordana) et Christopher Lawless (GB). Mais le team IAM et Omega font le forcing dans la dernière montée et rejoignent les fuyards.
On se dirige vers un sprint massif malgré la dernière attaque de Dowsett (Movistar) qui sera repris a quelques centaines de mètres du finish.
Au final, Renshaw remporte le sprint devant Ben Swift et l’Irlandais Sam Bennett. Kittel a souffert sur ces ascensions et perd son maillot de leader. Mark Mc Nally conserve son maillot de meilleur grimpeur .
Mark McNally: (An Post Chainreaction) » Je me sens bien, j’ai les jambes et je me sens encore plus fort qu’au début de ce tour. Le maillot de meilleur grimpeur me donne des ailes. Je suis optimiste pour la suite et conserver le meilleur grimpeur reste l’objectif de l’équipe.
Classement de la 2ème étape
| 1 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 4:38:54 | |
| 2 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 3 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 4 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 5 | Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 6 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 7 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling | ||
| 8 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 9 | Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 10 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling | ||
| 11 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 12 | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 13 | Alex Peters (GBr) Madison Genesis | ||
| 14 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 15 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 16 | Adam Blythe (GBr) NFTO | ||
| 17 | Jon Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Movistar Team | ||
| 18 | Matthieu Boulo (Fra) Team Raleigh | ||
| 19 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | ||
| 20 | Daniel McLay (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 21 | Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 22 | Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 23 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 24 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 25 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling | ||
| 26 | Leopold König (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 27 | Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 28 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 29 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 30 | Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling | ||
| 31 | Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 32 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 33 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 34 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 35 | Chris Opie (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 36 | Thomas Stewart (GBr) Madison Genesis | ||
| 37 | Richard Handley (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 38 | Mark Christian (GBr) Team Raleigh | ||
| 39 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 40 | Shane Archbold (NZl) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 41 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 42 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 43 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 44 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 45 | Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Team Raleigh | ||
| 46 | Sebastian Lander (Den) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 47 | Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 48 | Owain Doull (GBr) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 49 | Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 50 | Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 51 | David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Team Sky | ||
| 52 | Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Raleigh | ||
| 53 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 54 | Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) IAM Cycling | ||
| 55 | Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 56 | Michael James Northey (NZl) Madison Genesis | ||
| 57 | Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 58 | Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:00:10 | |
| 59 | Steve Lampier (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 60 | Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:00:10 | |
| 61 | Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 62 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 63 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team | 0:00:13 | |
| 64 | Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky | ||
| 65 | Dylan Girdlestone (Rsa) Garmin-Sharp | 0:00:16 | |
| 66 | Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 67 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 68 | Liam Holohan (GBr) Madison Genesis | 0:00:16 | |
| 69 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 70 | Karel Hnik (Cze) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 71 | George Atkins (GBr) Team Raleigh | 0:00:24 | |
| 72 | Dennis Van Niekerk (Rsa) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:00:26 | |
| 73 | Michael Cumings (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 74 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team | 0:00:33 | |
| 75 | Ryan Mullen (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction | 0:00:44 | |
| 76 | Markus Barry (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 77 | Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 78 | Thomas Moses (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 79 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Esp) Movistar Team | ||
| 80 | Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 81 | Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 82 | David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 83 | Marcin Bialobloski (Pol) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 84 | Mark McNally (GBr) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 85 | Nathan Edmondson (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | 0:00:54 | |
| 86 | Rick Flens (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 87 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 0:01:05 | |
| 88 | Yanto Barker (GBr) Team Raleigh | 0:01:31 | |
| 89 | Dale Appleby (GBr) NFTO | ||
| 90 | Enrique Sanz Unzue (Esp) Movistar Team | ||
| 91 | Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:02:37 | |
| 92 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:03:12 | |
| 93 | Christopher Latham (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 94 | Thomas Scully (NZl) Madison Genesis | ||
| 95 | Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 96 | Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 97 | Bradley Morgan (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 98 | James Moss (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 99 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 100 | Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling | ||
| 101 | Bol Jetse (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:04:46 | |
| 102 | Glen O’Shea (Aus) An Post-Chainreaction | 0:04:58 | |
| 103 | Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:05:07 | |
| 104 | Andrea Piechele (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:05:09 | |
| 105 | Robert Partridge (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | 0:05:13 | |
| 106 | Joshua Hunt (GBr) NFTO | 0:06:01 | |
| 107 | Jonathan Mould (GBr) NFTO | ||
| 108 | Jim Songezo (Rsa) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:06:12 | |
| 109 | Ian Bibby (GBr) Madison Genesis | 0:06:25 | |
| 110 | James Lowsley Williams (GBr) NFTO | 0:09:55 | |
| 111 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky | ||
| 112 | Brian Bulgac (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 113 | Samuel Harrison (GBr) NFTO | 0:10:17 | |
| 114 | Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:10:41 | |
| 115 | Christopher Lawless (GBr) Great Britain | 0:11:55 | |
| 116 | Germain Burton (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 117 | Jack Wilson (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| DNF | Hugh Carthy (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| DNF | Daniel Pearson (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| DNS | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky |
Classement général provisoire
| 1 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 6:55:19 | |
| 2 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | 0:00:04 | |
| 3 | Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 4 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Team NetApp-Endura | 0:00:06 | |
| 5 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 6 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | 0:00:07 | |
| 7 | Richard Handley (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 8 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 0:00:10 | |
| 9 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling | ||
| 10 | Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 11 | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 12 | Alex Peters (GBr) Madison Genesis | ||
| 13 | Daniel McLay (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 14 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling | ||
| 15 | Adam Blythe (GBr) NFTO | ||
| 16 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 17 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 18 | Matthieu Boulo (Fra) Team Raleigh | ||
| 19 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 20 | Chris Opie (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 21 | Sebastian Lander (Den) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 22 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 23 | Morgan Kneisky (Fra) Team Raleigh | ||
| 24 | Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling | ||
| 25 | Jon Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Movistar Team | ||
| 26 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling | ||
| 27 | Owain Doull (GBr) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 28 | Thomas Stewart (GBr) Madison Genesis | ||
| 29 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 30 | Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 31 | Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Team Raleigh | ||
| 32 | Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 33 | Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 34 | Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 35 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 36 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 37 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 38 | Leopold König (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 39 | Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 40 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 41 | Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 42 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 43 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 44 | Paul Voss (Ger) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 45 | Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 46 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 47 | Sébastien Reichenbach (Sui) IAM Cycling | ||
| 48 | Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 49 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 50 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 51 | Mark Christian (GBr) Team Raleigh | ||
| 52 | David Lopez Garcia (Esp) Team Sky | ||
| 53 | Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp-Endura | ||
| 54 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 55 | Shane Archbold (NZl) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 56 | Steve Lampier (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 57 | Michael James Northey (NZl) Madison Genesis | ||
| 58 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Great Britain | ||
| 59 | Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:00:20 | |
| 60 | Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 61 | Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 62 | Javier Megias Leal (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 63 | Sebastian Henao Gomez (Col) Team Sky | 0:00:23 | |
| 64 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team | ||
| 65 | Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:26 | |
| 66 | Karel Hnik (Cze) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 67 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) MTN-Qhubeka | ||
| 68 | Dylan Girdlestone (Rsa) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 69 | Liam Holohan (GBr) Madison Genesis | ||
| 70 | Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:30 | |
| 71 | George Atkins (GBr) Team Raleigh | 0:00:34 | |
| 72 | Dennis Van Niekerk (Rsa) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:00:36 | |
| 73 | Michael Cumings (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 74 | Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Movistar Team | 0:00:43 | |
| 75 | Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Garmin-Sharp | 0:00:50 | |
| 76 | Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:00:52 | |
| 77 | Markus Barry (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:54 | |
| 78 | Thomas Moses (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | ||
| 79 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Esp) Movistar Team | ||
| 80 | Ryan Mullen (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 81 | David Lozano Riba (Esp) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 82 | Mark McNally (GBr) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 83 | Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | ||
| 84 | Marcin Bialobloski (Pol) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 85 | Rick Flens (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:04 | |
| 86 | Nathan Edmondson (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 87 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 0:01:15 | |
| 88 | Enrique Sanz Unzue (Esp) Movistar Team | 0:01:41 | |
| 89 | Yanto Barker (GBr) Team Raleigh | ||
| 90 | Dale Appleby (GBr) NFTO | ||
| 91 | Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:02:47 | |
| 92 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:03:12 | |
| 93 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:03:13 | |
| 94 | Thomas Scully (NZl) Madison Genesis | 0:03:21 | |
| 95 | Christopher Latham (GBr) Great Britain | 0:03:22 | |
| 96 | Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 97 | Bradley Morgan (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 98 | Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling | ||
| 99 | James Moss (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | ||
| 100 | Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk | ||
| 101 | Bol Jetse (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:04:56 | |
| 102 | Glen O’Shea (Aus) An Post-Chainreaction | 0:05:08 | |
| 103 | Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:05:17 | |
| 104 | Andrea Piechele (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:05:19 | |
| 105 | Robert Partridge (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | 0:05:23 | |
| 106 | Jonathan Mould (GBr) NFTO | 0:06:05 | |
| 107 | Joshua Hunt (GBr) NFTO | 0:06:11 | |
| 108 | Jim Songezo (Rsa) MTN-Qhubeka | 0:06:22 | |
| 109 | Ian Bibby (GBr) Madison Genesis | 0:06:31 | |
| 110 | James Lowsley Williams (GBr) NFTO | 0:10:05 | |
| 111 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky | ||
| 112 | Samuel Harrison (GBr) NFTO | 0:10:27 | |
| 113 | Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:10:51 | |
| 114 | Christopher Lawless (GBr) Great Britain | 0:12:01 | |
| 115 | Germain Burton (GBr) Great Britain | 0:12:05 | |
| 116 | Jack Wilson (Irl) An Post-Chainreaction | ||
| 117 | Brian Bulgac (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:15:06 |
Classement par points
| 1 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | 25 | pts |
| 2 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 24 | |
| 3 | Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 21 | |
| 4 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Team NetApp-Endura | 17 | |
| 5 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 15 | |
| 6 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano | 15 | |
| 7 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling | 14 | |
| 8 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 13 | |
| 9 | Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team | 13 | |
| 10 | Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 11 | |
| 11 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 10 | |
| 12 | Markus Barry (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 10 | |
| 13 | Daniel McLay (GBr) Great Britain | 9 | |
| 14 | Jérôme Pineau (Fra) IAM Cycling | 9 | |
| 15 | Alex Peters (GBr) Madison Genesis | 8 | |
| 16 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 8 | |
| 17 | Enrique Sanz Unzue (Esp) Movistar Team | 6 | |
| 18 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky | 5 | |
| 19 | Sebastian Lander (Den) BMC Racing Team | 3 | |
| 20 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team NetApp-Endura | 2 | |
| 21 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp | 1 | |
| 22 | Yanto Barker (GBr) Team Raleigh |
Classement de la montagne
| 1 | Mark McNally (GBr) An Post-Chainreaction | 24 | pts |
| 2 | Ian Bibby (GBr) Madison Genesis | 10 | |
| 3 | Richard Handley (GBr) Rapha Condor JTL | 9 | |
| 4 | Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Garmin-Sharp | 8 | |
| 5 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling | 6 | |
| 6 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Sharp | 5 | |
| 7 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 5 | |
| 8 | Christopher Lawless (GBr) Great Britain | 5 | |
| 9 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 4 | |
| 10 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Esp) Movistar Team | 4 | |
| 11 | Jonathan Mould (GBr) NFTO | 4 | |
| 12 | Leopold König (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura | 3 | |
| 13 | Robert Partridge (GBr) Giordana Racing Team | 3 | |
| 14 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo | 2 | |
| 15 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky | 1 |