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Alasdair Fotheringham

Tour of Holland: Ethan Hayter beats Jakob Söderqvist in stage 2 time trial to take race lead

HAM, BELGIUM - JUNE 20: Ethan Hayter of Great Britain and Team Soudal Quick-Step competes during the 94th Baloise Belgium Tour 2025, Stage 3 a 9.7km individual time trial stage from Tessenderlo to Ham on June 20, 2025 in Ham, Belgium. (Photo by Rhode Van Elsen/Getty Images).

Britain's Ethan Hayter used his time trialling skills to the full on Thursday's stage 2 of the Tour Holland to both score his second win in the race in less than 72 hours and simultaneously blast back into the top spot overall.

Already the winner of the opening prologue on Tuesday evening, Hayter repeated his success in Thursday's ultra-flat 15 kilometre time trial effort in Etten-Leur, beating Swedish national TT champion and race leader Jakob Söderqvist (Lidl-Trek) by two seconds. Third was Christophe Laporte (Visma-Lease a Bike), 15 seconds back.

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