2016 Tour de France

103rd edition: July 2 - July 24, 2016

Stage 2, Sunday, July 3: 
Saint Lô - Cherbourg en Cotentin

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Stage 2, Sunday, July 3: Saint Lô - Cherbourg en Cotentin, 183 km

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Peter Sagan wins stage 2.

Rated ascents:

• Km 10.0: Côte de Torigny-les-Villes, 1.4 km @ 5.7% - cat 4
• Km 23.0: Côte de Montabot, 1.9 km @ 5% - cat 4
• Km 52.0: Côte de Montpinchon, 1.2 km @ 5.9% - cat 4
• Km 181.5: Côte de La Glacerie, 1.9 km @ 6.5% - cat 3

Weather: At Saint-Lô, 2:05 PM local time. It had been raining, but stopped before the riders rolled off. It's 17C (62F), cloudy with no forecast for further rain today. The wind is WSW at 20 km/hr (13 mph).

The Race: All 198 riders who started yesterday rolled off today at 12:58 PM. Paul Voss (Bora-Argon 18) attacked at the gun.

Here's the organizer's race summary:

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 debuts 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.

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.

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.

After the race, Sagan said, “I'm very surprised I won. I thought there were still two guys in the front. Only at the very end I realized we were sprinting for victory. I'm very happy to be first. My team today very did a big job. Roman Kreuziger helped me a lot in the last climb. It's unbelievable. He rode 500 meters flat out. Julian Alaphilippe was very close to me at the end but I beat him. I'm in yellow first time. It's a very nice jersey. This is something special for sure.”

Complete Results:

Stage 2 photos

183 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.093 km/hr

1	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF	4hr 20min 51sec
2	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
3	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	s.t.
4	MARTIN Daniel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
5	MATTHEWS Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
6	KELDERMAN Wilco	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
7	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
8	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	s.t.
9	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
10	FROOME Christopher	TEAM SKY	s.t.
11	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
12	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	s.t.
13	YATES Adam	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
14	BARGUIL WARREN	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
15	RODRIGUEZ Joaquin	KATUSHA	s.t.
16	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	s.t.
17	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	s.t.
18	FARIA Rui Alberto	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
19	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
20	VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen	KATUSHA	s.t.
21	LANDA Mikel	TEAM SKY	s.t.
22	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	s.t.
23	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF	s.t.
24	BARDET Romain	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
25	DUMOULIN Tom	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
26	HENAO Sergio Luis	TEAM SKY	s.t.
27	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	@ 10sec
28	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	+ 00' 11''
29	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA	s.t.
30	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
31	MEINTJES Louis	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
32	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
33	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 00' 15''
34	SANCHEZ GIL Luis-Leon	ASTANA	s.t.
35	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	+ 00' 17''
36	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
37	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	s.t.
38	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
39	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
40	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
41	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
42	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
43	HERRADA Jesús	MOVISTAR	s.t.
44	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
45	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 00' 21''
46	THOMAS Geraint	TEAM SKY	+ 00' 24''
47	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	+ 00' 26''
48	JEANNESSON Arnold	COFIDIS	s.t.
49	SCHLECK Frank	TREK - SEGAFREDO	+ 00' 32''
50	POLANC Jan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 00' 35''
51	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	s.t.
52	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	s.t.
53	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
54	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR	s.t.
55	NIEVE Mikel	TEAM SKY	+ 00' 41''
56	DUMOULIN Samuel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
57	FEILLU Brice	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
58	JEANDESBOZ Fabrice	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
59	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	s.t.
60	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	+ 00' 48''
61	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	s.t.
62	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
63	TEN DAM Laurens	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
64	STETINA Peter	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
65	RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
66	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK - SEGAFREDO	+ 00' 57''
67	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 07''
68	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
69	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01' 13''
70	PREIDLER Georg	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
71	GESCHKE Simon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
72	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01' 22''
73	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
74	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK - SEGAFREDO	+ 01' 28''
75	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR	+ 01' 39''
76	THEUNS Edward	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
77	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
78	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
79	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	s.t.
80	PIBERNIK Luka	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
81	PORTE Richie	BMC	+ 01' 45''
82	POZZOVIVO Domenico	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
83	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
84	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
85	POELS Wouter	TEAM SKY	s.t.
86	CAVENDISH Mark	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
87	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
88	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 51''
89	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02' 06''
90	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	+ 02' 10''
91	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
92	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA	+ 02' 29''
93	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	+ 02' 52''
94	IMPEY Daryl	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
95	FONSECA Armindo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
96	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	TINKOFF	s.t.
97	IRIZAR Markel	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
98	MARTENS Paul	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
99	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	s.t.
100	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	s.t.
101	BRESCHEL Matti	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	s.t.
102	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	s.t.
103	KIRYIENKA Vasili	TEAM SKY	s.t.
104	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	s.t.
105	RAST Gregory	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
106	ROELANDTS Jurgen	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
107	BONNET William	FDJ	s.t.
108	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	s.t.
109	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 03' 07''
110	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 03' 09''
111	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	+ 03' 19''
112	LANGEVELD Sebastian	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	s.t.
113	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	+ 03' 24''
114	VAKOC Petr	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 03' 30''
115	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	+ 03' 47''
116	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 03' 51''
117	DURBRIDGE Luke	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
118	DELAPLACE Anthony	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
119	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	+ 04' 17''
120	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
121	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	s.t.
122	ANACONA Winner Andrew	MOVISTAR	+ 04' 46''
123	LINDEMAN Bert Jan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
124	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC	s.t.
125	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
126	COUSIN Jérome	COFIDIS	s.t.
127	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
128	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
129	NAVARRO Daniel	COFIDIS	s.t.
130	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
131	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	s.t.
132	VICIOSO Angel	KATUSHA	s.t.
133	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 05' 53''
134	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	+ 05' 56''
135	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	s.t.
136	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 06' 15''
137	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 06' 51''
138	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
139	SINKELDAM Ramon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
140	TIMMER Albert	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
141	PINEAU Cedric	FDJ	s.t.
142	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	s.t.
143	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
144	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	s.t.
145	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
146	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	s.t.
147	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
148	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	s.t.
149	KEISSE Iljo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
150	RENSHAW Mark	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
151	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
152	VACHON Florian	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
153	SORENSEN Chris Anker	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
154	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
155	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
156	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
157	BOZIC Borut	COFIDIS	s.t.
158	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
159	BARTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
160	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
161	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
162	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	s.t.
163	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
164	VOECKLER Thomas	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
165	BODNAR Maciej	TINKOFF	s.t.
166	ARASHIRO Yukiya	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
167	MAJKA Rafal	TINKOFF	s.t.
168	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
169	GENE Yohann	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
170	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	+ 08' 15''
171	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
172	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
173	HENDERSON Gregory	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
174	CIMOLAI Davide	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
175	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	s.t.
176	SIEBERG Marcel	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
177	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
178	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
179	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	s.t.
180	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
181	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	s.t.
182	PLAZA MOLINA Ruben	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
183	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
184	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	s.t.
185	HOWES Alex	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	s.t.
186	ROSA Diego	ASTANA	s.t.
187	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	s.t.
188	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
189	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
190	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
191	CUMMINGS Stephen	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
192	STANNARD Ian	TEAM SKY	s.t.
193	ROWE Luke	TEAM SKY	s.t.
194	EISEL Bernhard	DIMENSION DATA	+ 08' 15''
195	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 09' 47''
196	ARCHBOLD Shane	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 13' 39''
197	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA	s.t.
198	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 16' 23''

GC after Stage 2:

• GC leader: Peter Sagan (Tinkoff)
• Points classification leader: Peter Sagan (Tinkoff), but green jersey will be worn by Mark Cavendish
• Mountains classification leader: Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo)
• Young rider classification leader: Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx-Quick Step)
• Team classification leader: Orica-BikeExchange

371 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.248 km/hr

1	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF	8hr 34min 42sec
2	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	@ 8sec
3	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	+ 00' 10''
4	BARGUIL WARREN	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 00' 14''
5	FROOME Christopher	TEAM SKY	s.t.
6	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	s.t.
7	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	s.t.
8	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF	s.t.
9	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
10	MARTIN Daniel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
11	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	s.t.
12	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	s.t.
13	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
14	DUMOULIN Tom	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
15	KELDERMAN Wilco	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
16	VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen	KATUSHA	s.t.
17	BARDET Romain	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
18	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
19	MATTHEWS Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
20	FARIA Rui Alberto	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
21	YATES Adam	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
22	HENAO Sergio Luis	TEAM SKY	s.t.
23	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
24	LANDA Mikel	TEAM SKY	s.t.
25	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	s.t.
26	RODRIGUEZ Joaquin	KATUSHA	s.t.
27	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	+ 00' 24''
28	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA	+ 00' 25''
29	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
30	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	s.t.
31	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
32	MEINTJES Louis	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
33	SANCHEZ GIL Luis-Leon	ASTANA	+ 00' 29''
34	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
35	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	+ 00' 31''
36	HERRADA Jesús	MOVISTAR	s.t.
37	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
38	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
39	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
40	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
41	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
42	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
43	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
44	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	s.t.
45	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 00' 35''
46	THOMAS Geraint	TEAM SKY	+ 00' 38''
47	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	+ 00' 40''
48	JEANNESSON Arnold	COFIDIS	s.t.
49	SCHLECK Frank	TREK - SEGAFREDO	+ 00' 46''
50	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR	+ 00' 49''
51	POLANC Jan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
52	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	s.t.
53	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
54	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	s.t.
55	DUMOULIN Samuel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 00' 55''
56	FEILLU Brice	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
57	JEANDESBOZ Fabrice	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
58	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	s.t.
59	NIEVE Mikel	TEAM SKY	s.t.
60	RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01' 02''
61	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
62	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	s.t.
63	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	s.t.
64	STETINA Peter	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
65	TEN DAM Laurens	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
66	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK - SEGAFREDO	+ 01' 11''
67	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 21''
68	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
69	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01' 27''
70	PREIDLER Georg	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
71	GESCHKE Simon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
72	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM CYCLING	+ 01' 36''
73	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
74	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK - SEGAFREDO	+ 01' 42''
75	CAVENDISH Mark	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01' 49''
76	THEUNS Edward	TREK - SEGAFREDO	+ 01' 53''
77	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
78	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
79	PIBERNIK Luka	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
80	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	s.t.
81	PORTE Richie	BMC	+ 01' 59''
82	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
83	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
84	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
85	POZZOVIVO Domenico	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
86	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02' 20''
87	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	+ 02' 24''
88	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	s.t.
89	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA	+ 02' 43''
90	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	+ 03' 06''
91	BRESCHEL Matti	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	s.t.
92	RAST Gregory	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
93	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	s.t.
94	IRIZAR Markel	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
95	MARTENS Paul	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
96	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	TINKOFF	s.t.
97	FONSECA Armindo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
98	IMPEY Daryl	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
99	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	s.t.
100	KIRYIENKA Vasili	TEAM SKY	s.t.
101	ROELANDTS Jurgen	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
102	BONNET William	FDJ	+ 03' 06''
103	POELS Wouter	TEAM SKY	+ 03' 32''
104	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	+ 03' 33''
105	LANGEVELD Sebastian	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	s.t.
106	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	+ 03' 38''
107	VAKOC Petr	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 03' 44''
108	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	+ 04' 01''
109	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 04' 05''
110	DURBRIDGE Luke	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
111	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	+ 04' 31''
112	MOINARD Amaël	BMC	s.t.
113	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
114	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	+ 04' 39''
115	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR	+ 04' 41''
116	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	+ 05' 00''
117	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
118	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC	s.t.
119	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
120	LINDEMAN Bert Jan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
121	ANACONA Winner Andrew	MOVISTAR	s.t.
122	NAVARRO Daniel	COFIDIS	s.t.
123	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
124	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
125	VICIOSO Angel	KATUSHA	s.t.
126	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	+ 05' 17''
127	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	+ 05' 27''
128	DELAPLACE Anthony	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 05' 38''
129	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 05' 41''
130	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 06' 07''
131	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	+ 06' 10''
132	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
133	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 06' 30''
134	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 06' 59''
135	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 07' 05''
136	TIMMER Albert	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
137	SINKELDAM Ramon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
138	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
139	RENSHAW Mark	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
140	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
141	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	s.t.
142	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
143	VACHON Florian	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
144	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	s.t.
145	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
146	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	s.t.
147	BOZIC Borut	COFIDIS	s.t.
148	GENE Yohann	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
149	PINEAU Cedric	FDJ	s.t.
150	BODNAR Maciej	TINKOFF	s.t.
151	SORENSEN Chris Anker	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
152	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	s.t.
153	ARASHIRO Yukiya	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
154	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
155	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
156	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
157	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
158	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
159	BARTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
160	KEISSE Iljo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
161	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	s.t.
162	VOECKLER Thomas	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 08' 27''
163	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 08' 29''
164	HENDERSON Gregory	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
165	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
166	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	s.t.
167	CIMOLAI Davide	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
168	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
169	SIEBERG Marcel	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
170	ROSA Diego	ASTANA	s.t.
171	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
172	STANNARD Ian	TEAM SKY	s.t.
173	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	s.t.
174	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
175	HOWES Alex	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	s.t.
176	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
177	CUMMINGS Stephen	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
178	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	s.t.
179	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
180	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
181	EISEL Bernhard	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
182	ROWE Luke	TEAM SKY	s.t.
183	COUSIN Jérome	COFIDIS	+ 08' 32''
184	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 08' 38''
185	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
186	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 08' 47''
187	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC	+ 08' 58''
188	MAJKA Rafal	TINKOFF	+ 09' 53''
189	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 10' 01''
190	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE DRAPAC	+ 10' 02''
191	PLAZA MOLINA Ruben	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
192	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	+ 11' 17''
193	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	s.t.
194	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 11' 38''
195	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 13' 02''
196	ARCHBOLD Shane	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 13' 53''
197	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA	s.t.
198	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 16' 37''

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

Stage 2 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Now we really know it's the Tour de France

Yellow jersey Mark Cavendish heads to the start

Sylvain Chavanel

Bryan Coquard

Christopher Froome

Daniel Navarro

Thibaut Pinot

Nairo Quintana

Frank Schleck was a last-minute addition to the Trek-Segadredo TDF squad

Kiserlovski leads Contador, who crashed again today.

Here they come....

And Peter Sagan gets the stage win.

And trades his rainbow jersey for one colored yellow.

Organizer's preview:

On the menu from Saint-Lô, the chef-lieu of the Manche area and a journey through the west coast all the way to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. That's where the race will get harder with a first ever finish at the summit of the Côte de La Glacerie. A 3-km climb with a passage at 14%, therefore meaning seconds to be gained for the stage contenders and the favorites of the Tour.

Mark Cavendish will parade with the yellow jersey for the first time of his life during stage 2 from Saint-Lô to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. He said he'll respect this iconic symbol of cycling but he's very likely to lose it as the uphill finish is too steep for sprinters of his type. Still in La Manche near the English Channel, it shouldn't be too windy though. Most of the course is protected but a short section exposed to the sea just before the city of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin could lead to splits in the peloton. The very end is very hard.

The côte de la Glacerie is 3km long with a maximum gradient of 14%. It's the domain of the explosive puncheurs: Alejandro Valverde, Julian Alaphilippe, Greg van Avermaet, Peter Sagan, Alexis Vuillermoz. Orica-BikeExchange has a dilemma: which leader to choose between Michael Matthews, Michael Albasini and Simon Gerrans? The latter dreams of going back to Angers with the yellow jersey. That's where it all started for him when he agreed to join his first pro team, AG2R, minutes after Tom Boonen's stage victory in 2004.

There's another favourite even though he's been quiet so far this year: Joaquim “Purito” Rodriguez sees this stage as his only chance of getting the yellow jersey after he wore the pink jersey of the Giro d'Italia and the red jersey – as well as the jersey de oro (the leader's colour then in 2003) – at the Vuelta a España. Cavendish's old dream eventually made true might add to his motivation as another veteran of the peloton.

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