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.
Four riders in the lead
198 riders took the start of stage 2 in Saint-Lô. 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.
Un dia despues de que Mark Cavendish tomara el liderato por primera vez, Peter Sagan hizo lo mismo al lograr si quinta victoria en etapas del Tour de France desde su debut en el 2012. El grueso del lote con los principales favoritos capturo al hombre de la fuga Jsper Stuyven a 500 metros de la final en Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, despues de 183 kilometros de recorrido. el Frances Julian Alaphilipe, la joven sensacion de la carrera, logro el segundo lugar, lidera la ctaegoria de kos jóvenes….Los favoritos como Chris Froome, Nairo Quintana y Alejandro Valverde llegaron como el lote muy cerca del ganaron. Valverde le saco 4 segundos a Froome y Quintana que ya se metieron en el top ten….
La tercera etapa el lunes se disputara sobre 223 kilometros entre Granville y Angers.
La general despues de 2 jornadas esta asi…
