Australian sprinter Michael Matthews has won the second stage of cycling's Tour of Utah to take the overall lead in the six-stage race.
Matthews, riding for Australian-owned team Orica GreenEDGE, gained revenge by outsprinting Belgium's Greg Van Avermaet by a bike-length on Wednesday, a day after finishing second behind the BMC rider in the first stage.
Matthews has a one-second lead over Van Avermaet in the overall standings with American Christopher Jones third overall, 11 seconds back.
"It's definitely been a long process this year," Matthews said.
"I haven't had a win yet. I've had lots of seconds. It was really a goal for me to come into this tour with good form and, hopefully, keep building up through it."
The lead group finished the 211km stage that started in Panguitch in five hours, 17 minutes, 56 seconds.
