Tour de France stage two - Van der Poel edges Pogacar in sprint finish
Date: 17:02 BST
Title: General classification after stage two
Content: 1. Mathieu Van der Poel (Ned - Alpecin-Deceuninck) 8hrs 38mins 42secs
2. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), +4secs
3. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), +6secs
4. Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels), +10secs
5. Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), Same time
6. Enric Mas (Spa-Movistar) "
7.Jasper Philipsen (Bel - Alpecin - Deceuninck) +31secs
8. Joseph Blackmore (GB - Israel - Premier Tech) +41secs
9. Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor - Uno-X Mobility) Same time
10. Ben O'Connor (Aus - Jayco AlUla) "
Update:
Date: 16:58 BST
Title: A happy coincidence
Content: Talk about coincidence...
Mathieu van der Poel takes the yellow jersey on stage two in a repeat of the 2021 Tour.
Update:
Date: 16:54 BST
Title: Stage two results
Content:
Update:
Date: 16:49 BST
Title: Superb rider from Onley
Content: And what about Oscar Onley, Matt?
The Scottish rider was sixth today on the longest stage of this year's Tour. A superb effort.
Update:
Date: 16:48 BST
Title: Post
Content: Matt WarwickBBC Sport at Boulogne sur Mer
A beautiful finish to the beautiful race. The two best riders in the world going at it hammer and tongs in the greatest race in the world.
The roar from the crowd said it all - they got what the came for.
Update:
Date: 16:44 BST
Title: Vingegaard third
Content: Jonas Vingegaard crossed in third there so will get a time bonus.
The Dane ends up just a fraction behind Tadej Pogacar. I'm not sure quite how often we will write their names in the same sentence during this Tour but I'd love to have a pound for every time.
Update:
Date: 16:40 BST
Title: Van der Poel wins stage two
Content: Sensational. Mathieu van der Poel empties his tank and holds off Tadej Pogacar to win stage two.
Update:
Date: 250m to go
Title: Post
Content: Mathieu van der Poel is straining every sinew...he is fully invested with Tadej Pogacar on his wheel.
Update:
Date: 400m to go
Title: Post
Content: Mathieu van der Poel hits the front..this is a long way out on an uphill finish.
Update:
Date: 500m to go
Title: Post
Content: Julian Alaphillipe goes with 500m to go.
Update:
Date: 1km to go
Title: Post
Content: Here we go.Joao Almeida is leading Tadej Pogacar out.
Update:
Date: 2km to go
Title: Post
Content: This is going to be a sprint finish for the GC men and the winner will likely take the yellow jersey.
Update:
Date: 3km to go
Title: Post
Content: Tadej Pogacar is going for this in a sprint finish. Mathieu van der Poel is still in attendance mind.
Update:
Date: 4km to go
Title: Post
Content: Matteo Jorgenson, Kevin Vaquelin and Alexey Lutsenko hit the front.
Update:
Date: 5.5km to go
Title: Post
Content: Kevin Vauquelin accelerates on the Cote d'Outreau. This is a play for the stage.
Update:
Date: 7km to go
Title: Post
Content: Geraint Thomas has bridged across into the front group. The 2018 champion is showing he is not quite done yet even if this will be his last tour before retirement.
Update:
Date: 8.5km to go
Title: Post
Content: Tadej Pogacar crests the climb first for the solitary KOM point available.
Nine riders have opened up a little gap at the front of the race and piled the pressure on the rest of the peloton.
Update:
Date: 9km to go
Title: Post
Content: Matteo Jorgenson has a little dig near the top of that climb but is shadowed by Tadej Pogacar, who has the time to look over his shoulder and take a ganders at what is happening behind him.
Update:
Date: 10km to go
Title: Post
Content: Tiesj Benoot hits the front on the Cote de Saint-Etienne-au-Mont.
Mathieu Van der Poel, Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, Matteo Jorgenson, Romain Gregoire and Reemco Evenepoel are on his wheel.
A gap is forming.
Update:
Date: 16:23 BST
Title: Full gas!
Content: Matt WarwickBBC Sport at Boulogne sur Mer
The Boulogne breeze is helping to whip up the tension here, 50 metres from the line.
But just look at the incline at the finish.
Their eyes will be popping out with the sheer effort.
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