HENDERSON GETS CLOSER TO THE LEAD

High Road’s Greg Henderson took second place in today’s second stage of Tour de Georgia. In a very close sprint finish, Henderson came in behind CSC’s JJ Haedo moving himself up to second place in the overall classification. Henderson goes into Stage Three tomorrow trailing the overall leader, Ivan Dominguez (Toyota United), by only three seconds.

“It was close,” said High Road’s Directeur Sportif Allan Piper, “but it’s not winning.”

“The team rode really well,” he added. “We only have seven riders here and they were on the front today for close to 100km so they did a great job. We’ll try again tomorrow.”

Henderson was a little disappointed with the finish, struggling to get the gear he needed for the finish.
At 150m to go I thought I was going to pull it off but I couldn’t get into the 11 cog,” he explained. I don’t don’t really want to blame my gears thought. At least I proved I have good speed and I’ve got another opportunity to go for it tomorrow.”

“The boys were great and rode really hard for me all day,” he added. “They did a lot of work to bring the break back and George [Hincapie] looked after me in the finishing circuits to set it up for the finish.”

Tomorrow’s stage starts in the small town of Washington, Georgia and covers 180km of undulating terrain to finish in Gainsville. It is likely to be another stage for the sprinters.

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