Highlights Tour de France Stage 2: Perros Guirec - Mûr De Bretagne Guerlédan

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Relatively calm day for the riders, who will start from Lorient and the only difficulties will be two mountain passes, the Côte de Cadoual and the Côte de Pluméliau, both fourth category. The intermediate sprint will be contested at the 118th kilometer. The finish will be favorable for the sprinters.

This is how the teams ranking is going:

This is how the youth's ranking is going:

This is how the mountain classification is going:

This is how the overall points standings are:

This is how the general classification is going:

This is how today's stage looked like:

VICTORY FOR THE DUTCH RIDER! Phenomenal attack with 600 meters to go and nobody could catch him.

MATHIEU VAN DER POEL! The Alpecin Fenix rider appears to go solo.

NAIRO QUINTANA TRIES! The Colombian moves the group.

The second ascent of the Mûr de Bretagne is underway. The first kilometer will have a ramp of up to 10% steepness and then it will drop to 5%.

Last three kilometers to the finish. In one kilometer they will start the second ascent to the Mûr de Bretagne and it will be the opportunity for one of the favorites to attack. The average gradient is 6.9%.

The cyclists are still descending the Mûr de Bretagne. The next climb to the same pass will start with two kilometers to go.

Matheu Van der Poel passed in first place and earned the eight-second bonus that this passage gave him.

In second place was Tadej Pogacar (5 seconds) and Primoz Roglic third (2 seconds). 

The first of two climbs to the last pass of the day, the Mûr de Bretagne, is underway and Matheu Van der Poel has escaped! It is third category and gives bonus seconds.

Edward Theuns passes first on the mountain pass and is immediately caught by the peloton.

Edward Theuns starts the ascent to the Côte du Village de Mûr De Bretagne.

Edwar Theuns is gone! The Belgian has escaped from his breakaway companion, Jérémy Cabot. He's going for the mountain prize.

The ascent that will come in a few minutes, only lasts 1.7 kilometers, at 4.1% of inclination on average. It will award a point to whoever crosses it first.

The gap between the escapees and the peloton is narrowing. 01'20" with 28 kilometers to go.

The peloton is now passing through the commune of Saint-Maurice, located in the Marne Valley department.  There are about 10 kilometers to go before the start of the last climbs of the day.

The last 20 kilometers are getting closer and closer, where the last three passes of the day will be found, including the finish line.

Edward Theuns and Jérémy Cabot maintain a good distance in front of the peloton, which is already working to reduce the gap.

The escapees have increased their lead to almost two minutes. The peloton doesn't want to make any effort to catch them yet.

The peloton keeps the gap at about 01'40". The pace is calm for the moment, there are still about 40 kilometers to go before the next mountain pass.

The peloton is 01'38" behind the two remaining riders in the breakaway, Edward Theuns and Jérémy Cabot.

Simon Clarke is caught by the peloton.

Edward Theuns passes first over the third mountain pass of the day. He scores his first point in the classification of this category.

Simon Clarke (Australia / Qhubeka NextHash) went off the road on a corner on a small descent, but it was just a scare.

Edward Theuns (Belgium / Trek Segabredo) escaped and is now riding solo. The rest of the escapees still have him in their sights.

Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands / Alpecin Fenix) suffers a puncture in his bike. He will require mechanical attention and will have to make a big effort to get back into the peloton.

Ide Schelling was the first to cross the second mountain pass of the day. He adds one point to the leader of the classification.

Here are the positions at the intermediate sprint of the day:

1- Edward Theuns (Bélgica / Trek-Segafredo) - 20 pts.
2- Jonas Koch (Alemania / Intermarché-Wanty Gobert) - 17 pts
3- Jérémy Cabot (Francia / TotalEnergies) - 15 pts
4- Anthony Perez (Franca / Cofidis) - 13 pts
5- Ide Schelling (Netherlands / Bora-Hansgrohe) - 11 pts
6- Simon Clarke (Australia / Qhubeka-NetxHash) - 10 pts
7- Caleb Ewan (Australia / Lotto-Soudal) - 9 pts
8- Mark Cavendish (Australia / Deceuninck-Quick Step) - 8 pts
9- Jasper Philipsen (Belgium / Alpecin-Fenix) - 7 pts
10- Michael Mørkøv (Denmark / Deceuninck-Quick Step) - 6 pts
11- Arnaud Démare (France / Groupama-FDJ) - 5 pts
12- Nacer Bouhanni (France / Arkéa-Samsic) - 4 pts
13- Peter Sagan (Eslovaquia / Bora-Hansgrohe) - 3 pts
14- Michael Matthews (Australia / Team BikeExchange) - 2 pts
15- Bryan Coquard (France / B&B Hotels-KTM) - 1 pt

Anthony Perez was the winner of the first mountain pass of the day. He added a point in the classification of the best climbers.

The peloton's gap to the escapees is narrowing. 01'14" right now.

These are the six riders in the lead of the race:

48- Edward Theuns (Belgium / Trek Segafredo).

78- Ide Schelling (Netherlands / Bora - Hansgrohe)

96- Anthony Perez (France / Cofidis)

195- Simon Clarke (Australia / Qhubeka NextHash)

203- Jeremy Cabot (France / Total Energies)

213- Jonas Koch (Germany / Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux)

Six riders are in the lead of the race. This group has 94 kilometers left and has a lead of 01'45" over the peloton.

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After a very eventful day, four riders did not continue in the Tour de France: Marc Soler (Movistar), Ignatas Konovalovas (Groupama-FDJ), Jasha Sütterlin (Team DSM) and Cyril Lemoine (B&B Hotels p/b KTM).

"Everyone saw that Alaphilippe was the strongest, no doubt. I did everything I could today, but I had no more in my legs. In the second stage we have another chance. I'll try to beat Alaphilippe, but he's the absolute favorite".

The first wearer of the leader's jersey of the mountains spoke about the first day: "The plan was for me to get into the breakaway. Above all, to help my teammates, to prevent them from having to pull the peloton and to allow them to save their strength, because we had a few tricks to go for the win on the final climb. I managed to get into the breakaway and I started to fight for the mountains jersey. At one climb I realized that there was someone stronger than me in the sprint and I decided to start from a distance on the next one. I opened a gap, I saw that it was big, and I said to myself... Here we go! I continued the solo breakaway to secure the red points jersey. To race the Tour de France is a dream come true, and to get this jersey is.... unbelievable!".

"This victory is a great satisfaction and the result of a great team work. In the pre-stage meeting I told the team that I wanted to ride as if there was no stage tomorrow and give everything on the last climb. My teammates believed in me and rode as a block almost all day. We accelerated at the foot of the final climb with the aim of hurting the fastest riders, and we succeeded. When my teammate Devenyns opened up, I pulled away, opened up a gap and, seeing that everyone was at their limit, I continued to the finish. I attacked from a long way back, but that's how you get the most beautiful victories. I hope people enjoyed my victory, both from the side of the road and on TV, and I thank the fans for their support and encouragement. Tomorrow there's another beautiful stage where I'll try not to lose the yellow jersey. But even so, I would almost say that my Tour de France has already been a success."

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The second day of competition will once again have some passes, which may not demand too much from the riders and may be feasible for those who escape. First there will be four categorized climbs (fourth category); in the last 20 kilometers there will be a third category pass with bonus and there will be another uphill finish, on the Mûr-De-Bretagne Guerlédan, also third category.

This is how the jerseys that distinguish the different leaders of the classifications are distributed.

This is how the teams ranking is going:

This is how the youth's ranking is going:

This is how the mountain classification is going:

This is how the general classification by points is going:

This is how the general classification is going:

French rider Julian Alaphilippe (Deceunink - Quick Step), was the winner of the first day of the Tour de France, which took place between Brest and Landerneau.

My name is Jhonatan Martinez and I will be your host for this stage. We'll be bringing you preview analysis, updates and live news here on VAVEL.