Russell Downing won stage two of the Critérium International on Sunday morning. With no pure sprinters in the lead group, the HTC-Columbia train lead out for Michael Albasini. Downing was able to follow their wheels and come through to beat the Swiss rider to the line. In doing so he recorded the first British victory for Sky. Race leader Pierrick Fedrigo finished third to increase his lead.
In the individual time-trial in the afternoon it was the turn of David Millar. The experienced rider was fastest around the technical 7.7km course, finishing two seconds ahead of Alberto Contador. Fedrigo held on to take the overall win ahead of Michael Rogers and Tiago Machado. Millar finished the event in fifth place on the general classification.
Stage 2 Result
1. Russell Downing - Sky
2. Michael Albasini - HTC-Columbia
3. Pierrick Fedrigo - Bbox-Bouygues Telecom
Stage 3 Result
1. David Millar - Garmin-Transitions
2. Alberto Contador - Astana + 2"
3. Michael Rogers - HTC-Columbia + 4"
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