Frenchman Kevin Vauquelin won the second stage of the Tour de France, a 199-km bumpy ride from Cesenatico to Bologna on Sunday as Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, the 2020 and 2021 champion, claimed the leader's yellow jersey. It took only two days into the Tour de France to show that Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard are in a class of their own.Pogacar attacked from the chasing peloton up the second ascent of the short but brutally steep San Luca climb in the second stage of the Tour on Sunday and on
Mark Cavendish denied he had been in serious danger of missing the time cut on a brutal but thrilling first stage of the Tour de France on Saturday. The Manx rider, who was dropped on the opening climb of the day, was seen vomiting from his bike at one stage in searing 35C heat after the race rolled out of Florence. But after crossing the finish line along with the rest of the grupetto, 39 mins down on stage winner Romain Bardet, Cavendish insisted he and his team always “knew what they were doi
Cavendish eventually crossed the line more than 39 minutes down.
British cyclist hit by heatstroke and suffered from foot of first climb as Romain Bardet wins and host of big names also struggle