The 152 km second stage on the circuit around AlManshiyah Train Station was again exposed to crosswinds, which repeatedly stretched and frayed the bunch but, unlike Stage 1, did not produce a decisive front group. Things regrouped enough for a mass gallop, and Jonathan Milan confirmed his status as the fastest man in the race, comfortably winning the sprint ahead of Daniel Skerl and Pascal Ackermann. It was a more conventional, controlled sprint than the chaotic opener, and it tightened Lidl - Trek's grip on the leader's jersey before the road tilted upward on Stage 3.

With another stage win and the maximum time bonus, Jonathan Milan strengthened his overall lead heading into the first summit finish. The GC remained tightly bunched among the sprinters and all-rounders who had made the Stage 1 front split, with the real reshaping still to come on the Stage 3 climb to Bir Jaydah Mountain Wirkah.