France's Bryan Coquard (Team Europcar) took the second stage of the Tour de Picardie and simultaneously grabbed the leader's jersey today as he avenged yesterday’s sprint defeat against Marcel Kittel.

The Europcar sprinter defeated Germany's stage one winner Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) and Britain's Andrew Fenn (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) in a sprint dash to the finish line at the end of the 171km stage from Oisemont to Bailleul-sur-Therain.

Coquard has the same time as Kittel in the GC but leads by virtue of his superior points tally.

Sébastien Minard (AG2R La Mondiale) is ten seconds down in third place.

Result, stage 2:
1 Bryan Coquard - Team Europcar 04.06.11
2 Marcel Kittel - Team Argos-Shimano
3 Andrew Fenn - Omega Pharma-Quick Step
4 Yannick Martinez - La Pomme Marseille
5 Kenny Robert van Hummel - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
6 Kristan Sbaragli - MTN-Qhubeka
7 Davide Vigano - Lampre-Merida
8 Erwann Corbel - Bretagne-Seche Environnement
9 Andrea Francesco Palini - Lampre-Merida
10 Benjamin Giraud - La Pomme Marseille

General classification:
1 Bryan Coquard - Team Europcar 09.03.41
2 Marcel Kittel - Team Argos-Shimano
3 Sébastien Minard - AG2R La Mondiale 0.10”
4 Sven Vandousselaere - Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0.11”
5 Andrew Fenn - Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0.12”
6 Erwann Corbel - Bretagne-Seche Environnement
7 Kenny Robert van Hummel - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0.16”
8 Benjamin Giraud - La Pomme Marseille
9 Jurgen Roelandts - Lotto Belisol
10 Kristan Sbaragli - MTN-Qhubeka