"They braked in front of me and I found myself in the meadow."

Those were the words of Astana's Dmtriy Gruzdev after stage 2 of the Critérium du Dauphiné. Gruzdev was involved in a crash with 20 km to go but fortunately did not report any consequences and arrived at the finish with the main group.

Gruzdev finished with the same time of his teammates at the end of a nervous stage won in a sprint by Nacer Bouhanni of France.

Astana is one of the favorites for tomorrow's TTT that should redesign the overall classification still led by Peter Kennaugh of Great Britain.