Jesus Herrada wins stage two, Chris Froome remains third overall

The Movistar rider raced away in the closing moments of the uphill stage in Chalmazel–Jeansagnière winning the uphill sprint by surprisingly giving the peleton the slip before holding off the late attackers to finish in first place.

Team Sky rider Froome remains 13 seconds behind overall leader Alberto Contador - who won Sunday's opening uphill prologue - in third place. Richie Porte of BMC is second six seconds behind.

The third stage from Boen-sur-Lignon to Tournon-sur-Rhone on Wednesday is another hilly demand covering a distance of 187km.

France's Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Soudal) was second on the day and Belgium's Serge Pauwels (Dimension Data) was third.

The day's six-man breakaway were kept within reach by the Tinkoff and Team Sky squads and Etixx-QuickStep were to the fore approaching the final climb.

The attacks began, but the peloton swept up those making late charges for victory before Herrada's decisive, stage-winning attack.

1. Jesus Herrada (Spain / Movistar) 4:13:43"

2. Tony Gallopin (France / Lotto) +2"

3. Serge Pauwels (Belgium / Dimension Data)

4. Fabrice Jeandesboz (France / Direct Energie)

5. Daniel Moreno (Spain / Movistar)

6. Bauke Mollema (Netherlands / Trek)

7. Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium / BMC Racing)

8. Chris Froome (Britain / Team Sky)

9. Valerio Conti (Italy / Lampre)

10. Joaquim Rodriguez (Spain / Katusha)

1. Alberto Contador (Spain / Tinkoff) 8:53:18"

2. Richie Porte (Australia / BMC Racing) +6"

3. Chris Froome (Britain / Team Sky) +9"

4. Daniel Martin (Ireland / Etixx - Quick-Step) +17"

5. Jesus Herrada (Spain / Movistar) +23"

6. Julian Alaphilippe (France / Etixx - Quick-Step) +24"

7. Adam Yates (Britain / Orica) +31"

8. Diego Rosa (Italy / Astana) +37"

9. Daniel Navarro (Spain / Cofidis) +43" 1

10. Bauke Mollema (Netherlands / Trek) +44"