FOTOS: Mejor del Tour de France

Tour de France 2015 (KOEN VAN WEEL / EFE)

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Jul. 5, 2015 2:36 PM PT

Bajo una intensa lluvia y rachas de viento, Chris Froome y Alberto Contador sacaron provecho de las condiciones adversas en la segunda etapa del Tour de Francia.

Froome y Contador respondieron a la situación para abrir distancia sobre los otros dos candidatos al título, Vincenzo Nibali y Nairo Quintana.

Tal vez sea prematura para señalar que alguien sacó una ventaja decisiva en la ronda gala, pero el británico Froome y el español Contador quedaron el domingo en una posición favorable en la puja del publicitado dueño entre cuatro ciclistas.

Los dos le sacaron más de un minuto de diferencia al vigente campeón Nibali y al colombiano Quintana, quienes se rezagaron cuando el pelotón se fragmentó al luchar contra el fuerte viento.

“Sabíamos que en etapas como las de hoy se podía sacar una diferencia mayor con respecto a las etapas de montaña”, afirmó Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo), quien aspira a su tercer título en el Tour. “Conversaba con Froome y (Tejay) Van Garderen y les decía que estas eran las oportunidades que uno tenía que capitalizar”.

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Three hostesses pose prior to the start of the second stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 166 kilometers (103 miles) with start in Utrecht and finish in Neeltje Jans, Netherlands, Sunday, July 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) (Christophe Ena / AP)

. Utrecht (Netherlands), 05/07/2015.- The pack is on the way at the start of the second stage of the 102nd edition of the Tour de France 2015 cycling race from Utrecht to Zelande over 166km in Utrecht, Netherlands, 05 July 2015. In background the Dom Tower of Utrecht. (Ciclismo, Francia, Países Bajos; Holanda) EFE/EPA/ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN ** Usable by HOY and FL-ELSENT Only ** (ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN / EFE)

The pack rides on a bridge during the 166 km second stage of the 102nd edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 5, 2015, between Utrecht and Vrouwenpolder in Zeeland province, The Netherlands. AFP PHOTO / LIONEL BONAVENTURELIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD ** (LIONEL BONAVENTURE / AFP/Getty Images)

The pack rides during the 166 km second stage of the 102nd edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 5, 2015, between Utrecht and Vrouwenpolder in Zeeland province, The Netherlands. AFP PHOTO / ERIC FEFERBERGERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/Getty Images ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD ** (ERIC FEFERBERG / AFP/Getty Images)

Great Britain’s Christopher Froome (2ndL) and Slovakia’s Peter Sagan (C) ride in the pack during the 166 km second stage of the 102nd edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 5, 2015, between Utrecht and Neeltje Jans island in the Dutch city of Vrouwenpolder, in Zeeland province, The Netherlands. AFP PHOTO / LIONEL BONAVENTURELIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD ** (LIONEL BONAVENTURE / AFP/Getty Images)

TDF252. Zelande (Netherlands), 05/07/2015.- The yellow jersey wearer, BMC Racing team rider Rohan Dennis (C) of Australia during the 2nd stage of the 102nd edition of the Tour de France 2015 cycling race, over 166Km from Utrecht to Zelande, Netherlands, 05 July 2015. (Ciclismo, Francia, Países Bajos; Holanda) EFE/EPA/SEBASTIEN NOGIER ** Usable by HOY and FL-ELSENT Only ** (SEBASTIEN NOGIER / EFE)

UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS - JULY 05: Tejay van Garderen of the USA and the BMC Racing team spends with time with his daughter Rylan at the start of stage two of the 2015 Tour de France, a 166km stage between Utrecht and Zelande, on July 5, 2015 in Utrecht, Netherlands. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD ** (Bryn Lennon / Getty Images)

The pack rides in the rain during the second stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 166 kilometers (103 miles) with start in Utrecht and finish in Neeltje Jans, Netherlands, Sunday, July 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) (Christophe Ena / AP)

People line a dyke as the watch the pack pass by during the second stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 166 kilometers (103 miles) with start in Utrecht and finish in Neeltje Jans, Netherlands, Sunday, July 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani) (Laurent Cipriani / AP)

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