Welcome to live coverage of stage two of the Tour de France, a 154km lumpy ride from Bastia to Ajaccio, the birthplace of Napoleon. There are four categorised climbs on the agenda today so the pure sprinters could well be distanced before the end. And after yesterday’s pile-ups, there will be some sore limbs in the peloton for sure…
Tour de France
Stage 2 | Semi mountain | Men | 30.06.2013
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Updated 30/06/2013 at 16:17 GMT
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Confirmation of the new top three on GC. 1. Jan Bakelants (RadioShack), 2. David Millar (Garmin) +1, 3. Julien Simon (Sojasun) +1.
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Bakelants pulled off one of the Tour's greatest magic acts there by defying Sagan et al - stunning stuff. The group containing yellow jersey Marcel Kittel crossed the line more than 17 minutes down in the end.
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Result: 1. Bakelants, 2. Sagan +1, 3. Kwiatkovski, 4. Cimolai, 5. Boasson Hagen.
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What an incredible finish by the man we thought was Irizar! Jan Bakelants just held on as the likes of Peter Sagan closed in for the kill... That's a yellow jersey for the Belgian by one slender second...
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Jan Bakelandts of RadioShack holds on by one second to take the stage win and the yellow jersey! We were told it was Markel Irizar but it was his Belgian team-mate!!
0.5km
It looks like Irizar will stay out ahead and take the yellow jersey!
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Irizar continues with Chavanel and Izagirre in pursuit...
2km
The pace is high as the peloton closes in on the kill... Irizar has a pop for a long solo attempt.
3km
The six riders have eight seconds on the pack and they may hold on. Cannondale and Garmin are leading the chase - for Sagan and Millar!
4km
DOG ON ROAD! That was close - the small white animal almost took out the whole peloton...
5km
Flecha and Chavanel are in this sextet, as is Gorka Izagirre of Euskaltel, RadioShack's Irizar, Fuglsang, and Lampre's Mori.
6km
Six riders - including Chavanel - are riding off the front of the pack.
7km
Gautier is caught by the peloton just as an Omega Pharma rider pulls clear - it's birthday boy Chavanel!
8km
There are numerous attacks from the peloton in pursuit of Gautier, who has just six seconds to play with.
9km
Gautier is the lone leader after Froome is pulled back! And it's Peter Sagan who leads the chase as a near-naked lunatic almost runs out into his path...
10km
Froome eases up after delivering the message to his rivals. He's almost back with the main pack under the 10km banner. The peloton is really strung out...
11km
Gautier almost comes a cropper on a tight corner but stays up on his bike!
12km
Froome attacks! Gautier crosses the summit to takes the points but it's the British rider who launches an attack just before the summit in pursuit of the Frenchman...
12.3km
Gautier and Flecha are being caught by the pack... Flecha is first to go but Gautier is holding out as Sky leads the chase.
12.5km
It's good for Gautier, but not for his team-mate Rolland, who crashes and needs to swap bikes with team-mate Davide Malacarne!