King George

It happened again. First at the 2007 Tour of Georgia and then at the Inaugural Tour of Ireland, a break succeeded in not only winning a stage, but possibly the entire stage race.

The fortunate recepient of the lack of an organized chase was Discovery Channel's George Hincapie, who won the 202km Stage 2 from Clinton to Springfield. The break that at one point had a 17 minute advantage ended up putting a 14 minute gap on the main field. With tomorrow's 29km ITT in Branson, Hincapie [the best time trialist in the top 10] should capture this inaugural race's title [barring near catastrophic events].

(Photo: John Pierce/Photosport International)

Overall After Stage 2
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Professional Cycling
2 Dominique Rollin (Can) KodakGallery/Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
3 Frank Pipp (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis
4 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
5 Stefan Parinussa (Ger) Team Sparkasse
6 Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light
7 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream Powered By Chipotle
8 David Canada (Spa) Prodir-Saunier Duval
9 Andrew Randell (Can) Symmetrics Cycling Team
10 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team