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July 3/16 19:27 pm - Tour de France: Stage 2, Sagan wins and takes yellow


Posted by Editoress on 07/3/16
 

Peter Sagan from rainbow to yellow

The day after Mark Cavendish took the yellow jersey for the first time, Peter Sagan did so as well as he claimed his fifth stage victory at the Tour de France since his debut in 2012. The peloton caught breakaway rider Jasper Stuyven 500 metres before the line at the uphill finish at Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. French sensation Julian Alaphilippe took the second place to move into the lead of the best young rider competition.

Four riders in the lead
198 riders took the start of stage 2 in Saint-Lô. Polka dot jersey holder Paul Voss and Cesare Benedetti (Bora-Argon 18), Vegard Breen (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) and Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) rode away from the gun. Stuyven passed first atop two of the three category 4 climbs of the day and thus prevented Voss from keeping the lead in the King of the Mountains competition. The leading quartet had a maximum advantage of 5.30 at km 20. Mark Cavendish's Dimension Data team maintained the deficit of the peloton around 4.30 until another crash involving Alberto Contador happened at km 60, after which the bunch slowed down. The time difference at km 69 was 6.50.

Stuyven caught with 500 metres to go
The leading quartet forged on. Their advantage was still five minutes with 40km to go. 25km before the end, Benedetti couldn't hold the pace anymore while top teams Astana, BMC and Tinkoff were strongly involved in the chase behind Voss, Breen and Stuyven. The leading trio enjoyed more than two minutes of an advantage with 10km to go. Stuyven rode away solo 8.5km before the line and was awarded the most aggressive rider price of the day. He also claimed the polka dot jersey as he passed the côte de la Glacerie alone at the front with 1.5km to go. The Belgian from Trek-Segafredo eventually got caught 500 metres before the line. Peter Sagan timed his sprint at perfection to fend off Tour of California winner Julian Alaphilippe who came second as he already did behind Alejandro Valverde at the Flèche wallonne those past two years. This time, the Spanish veteran was behind the up and coming Frenchman. Sagan last won a stage at the Tour de France in 2013. He's the first reigning world champion to win a stage since Cavendish in 2012.

 

 

Stage 2: Saint-Lo to Cherbourg-Octeville, 182 km
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team 4:20:51
2 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step
3 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team
4 Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx - Quick-Step
5 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
6 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
7 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
8 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
9 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
10 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
11 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
12 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac
13 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange
14 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin
15 Joaquin Rodriguez (Esp) Team Katusha
16 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
17 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
18 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida
19 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
20 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha all s.t.
 
160 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie 6:51
 
GC
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team 8:34:42
2 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step at 0:08
3 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team 0:10
4 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:14
5 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
7 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff Team
9 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
10 Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx - Quick-Step
11 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
12 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac
13 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal
14 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
15 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
16 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha
17 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
18 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
19 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange
20 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida
 
145 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie 7:05


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