Jhonatan Narváez won stage 2 of the Deutschland Tour, overtaking Riley Sheehan on the line after Sheehan celebrated prematurely. Narváez and Sheehan escaped in a trio with Søren Wærenskjold when Wærenskjold attacked with 7.8km to go. The trio cooperated to hold off a chase from GC contenders and contested the sprint. Wærenskjold led in the final kilometre but could not produce a leadout, while Sheehan launched early. Narváez followed in Sheehan's slipstream and sprinted past on the line in Arnsberg. Marius Mayfhofer finished fourth and Jonathan Milan led the bunch home 14 seconds later. Wærenskjold took the overall lead; Narváez moved to second, one second behind, and Sheehan sits four seconds back.
A crazy finale to stage 2 of the Deutschland Tour saw Jhonatan Narváez (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) snatch victory from Riley Sheehan (Israel-Premier Tech) at the last moment, only pipping the American on the line after he celebrated too early from a late breakaway. The Ecuadorian champion and Sheehan got away in a trio with Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) after the Norwegian attacked a rising road with 7.8km to go.
They cooperated to hold off a chase behind from the GC leaders and played out the sprint for the win. Wærenskjold got stuck on the front in the final kilometre, flicking his elbow for someone to come through with no response, and Sheehan launched first, knowing he would have to go early and surprise if he was to win from elite company.
Narváez played things perfectly, in typical fashion, kicking off his sprint into Sheehan's wheel and coming out of the American's slipstream to beat him on the line in Arnsberg. Marius Mayfhofer (Tudor) chased alone in no-man's-land to finish fourth, with Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) leading the bunch home 14 seconds after the leaders. Danny van Poppel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) also finished in the Milan group, but ceded the overall lead to Wærenskjold thanks to the bonus seconds gained on the line.
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