Results Eneco Tour 2026 Stage 2 | Jakob Söderqvist doubles up with dominant Tilburg time trial win
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Jakob Söderqvist has won the Stage 2 individual time trial at the 2026 Eneco Tour, backing up his victory in the opening prologue with another dominant ride against the clock in Tilburg.
The Lidl-Trek rider completed the flat 13.5-kilometre course in 15:04.71, averaging 53.792km/h and beating Finn Fisher-Black by 11.28 seconds.
Söderqvist had already moved to the top of the standings at the intermediate checkpoint, reaching it in 6:44.58 before maintaining his advantage through to the finish.
Fisher-Black had previously set the benchmark with 15:15.99 after also going quickest at the intermediate point. His time was good enough for second place, although Ethan Hayter came extremely close to dislodging him, finishing just 0.46 seconds slower in 15:16.45.
Pepijn Reinderink took fourth at 16.16 seconds, with Tomáš Kopecký fifth and Wessel Mouris sixth. Victor Campenaerts finished seventh, ahead of Michiel Mouris, Christophe Laporte and Kristian Egholm.
The result also strengthened Söderqvist's position at the top of the general classification. Hayter had started the day two seconds behind the Swede and lost a further 11.74 seconds, while Wessel Mouris, who began just one second down, conceded 18.32 seconds.
Defending champion Laporte also lost significant ground, finishing ninth at 28.15 seconds from Söderqvist after beginning the stage only one second behind the race leader.
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Results Eneco Tour 2026 Stage 2
| 1 | Söderqvist Jakob | Lidl-Trek | 00:15:04 | 14 |
| 2 | Fisher-Black Finn | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 11 | 5 |
| 3 | Hayter Ethan | Soudal Quick-Step | + 12 | 3 |
| 4 | Reinderink Pepijn | Soudal Quick-Step | + 16 | |
| 5 | Kopecky Tomas | Unibet Rose Rockets | + 18 | |
| 6 | Mouris Wessel | Unibet Rose Rockets | + 19 | |
| 7 | Campenaerts Victor | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 22 | |
| 8 | Mouris Michiel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 28 | |
| 9 | Laporte Christophe | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 28 | |
| 10 | Egholm Kristian | Lidl-Trek | + 32 | |
| 11 | Lanhove Milan | Team Flanders-Baloise | + 33 | |
| 12 | Affini Edoardo | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 37 | |
| 13 | Grindley Seb | Lidl-Trek | + 41 | |
| 14 | De Schuyteneer Steffen | Lotto-Intermarché | + 41 | |
| 15 | Donati Davide | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 42 | |
| 16 | Geeraerts Ferre | Team Flanders-Baloise | + 42 | |
| 17 | Kubis Lukas | Unibet Rose Rockets | + 42 | |
| 18 | van der Wal Rik | EEW-VDK Cyclingteam | + 44 | |
| 19 | van den Berg Julius | Team Picnic PostNL | + 45 | |
| 20 | Verbeeck Tuur | Lotto-Intermarché | + 45 | |
| 21 | Monkelbaan Thomas | EEW-VDK Cyclingteam | + 46 | |
| 22 | van de Ven Jarne | Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel | + 47 | |
| 23 | Thierry Pierre | Team TotalEnergies | + 51 | |
| 24 | Theuns Edward | Lidl-Trek | + 52 | |
| 25 | Abma Elmar | VolkerWessels Cycling Team | + 52 | |
| 26 | Schaper Joeri | Soudal Quick-Step | + 54 | |
| 27 | Fiorelli Filippo | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 55 | |
| 28 | van Sintmaartensdijk Roel | Lotto-Intermarché | + 57 | |
| 29 | Bittner Pavel | Team Picnic PostNL | + 57 | |
| 30 | Vercouillie Victor | Team Flanders-Baloise | + 58 | |
| 31 | Conor Paul | Team TotalEnergies | + 58 | |
| 32 | de Vries Hartthijs | Unibet Rose Rockets | + 01:00 | |
| 33 | Huising Menno | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 01:01 | |
| 34 | Sentjens Sente | Alpecin-Premier Tech | + 01:02 | |
| 35 | Desal Cériel | Soudal Quick-Step | + 01:04 | |
| 36 | Goossens Simon | Alpecin-Premier Tech | + 01:05 | |
| 37 | Ottema Rick | EEW-VDK Cyclingteam | + 01:07 | |
| 38 | Dissel Bram | BEAT CC p/b Saxo | + 01:10 | |
| 39 | Paats Hugo | EEW-VDK Cyclingteam | + 01:11 | |
| 40 | Agricola Danijel | Metec-SOLARWATT p/b Mantel | + 01:12 | |
| 41 | De Ceuster Milan | Team Picnic PostNL | + 01:13 | |
| 42 | Rutsch Jonas | Lotto-Intermarché | + 01:15 | |
| 43 | Maas Marijn | BEAT CC p/b Saxo | + 01:15 | |
| 44 | Merlier Tim | Soudal Quick-Step | + 01:16 | |
| 45 | Oosterveld Steijn | Azerion / Villa Valkenburg | + 01:16 | |
| 46 | Dauphin Florian | Team TotalEnergies | + 01:16 | |
| 47 | Roesems Siebe | Alpecin-Premier Tech | + 01:18 | |
| 48 | Deweirdt Siebe | Team Flanders-Baloise | + 01:18 | |
| 49 | Van Lerberghe Bert | Soudal Quick-Step | + 01:20 | |
| 50 | Van Hautegem Leander | Team Flanders-Baloise | + 01:22 |
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