Benoît Cosnefroy (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) surged to a thundering victory on stage 2 of the Tour de Hongrie, with a long-range sprint to take him away from a group that had been formed by crosswinds in a thrilling finale to the stage.

The Frenchman made the first echelon in the wind with 25km to go, ripped up the group on a small climb with 17km to go, and sprinted away from it from over 500 metres out.

Cosnefroy’s teammate Rui Oliveira then took it upon himself to be the day’s MVP. The Portuguese rider initially went clear with an Astana rider but, as the group reformed, he took charge on the front and buried himself to keep the move going. He even went clear again, this time on his own, as the second rider in line let the wheel go.

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