Bonjour le Tour! Yes, hello, and welcome to live coverage of stage two of the Grande Boucle - another one for the sprinters, although what with all that drama yesterday, we all know that anything can happen on the Tour...

Thanks for joining us today - feast our eyes on Sagan's victory, and we'll see you tomorrow for the TTT in Cholet.

Confirmation of the result today.

What a win by Sagan who picks up his ninth win on the Tour and keeps going a quite sensational run.

Gaviria wasn't hurt by that fall and managed to finish in a chasing group - but he'll lose the yellow jersey to Sagan because of those bonus seconds. Sagan should also leapfrog the Colombian in the green jersey standings too.

That was yet another electrifying finale - with so many crashes, punctures and race incidents. The peloton was blown apart by it all and the riders arrive in dribs and drabs in the wake of that ninth Tour stage win for Sagan, who should be in yellow now.

Demare went early on the slightly uphill rise to the line, Sagan reeled him in, Colbrelli countered... but Sagan held on to take the win ahead of the Italian, with the Frenchman settling for third.

Victory for Peter Sagan!

Last kilometre and we only have about 12 riders left. Griepel, Sagan, Demare, Alaphilippe, Kristoff all there...

Gaviria back on his bike but it will be too much to ask.

CRASH: Pile-up on a right-hander and the yellow jersey is involved, as is Matthews and Laporte.

Here come Greipel and Ktistoff - and Cavendish could be there. Sagan takes an elbow from Demare it seems. It's feisty and frantic.

Cofidis are there for Laporte and Groupama for Demare. No sign of Cavendish or Greipel for now.

Now Quick-Step Floors get their train together and on the front. Terpstra, Lampaert and Gilbert all there, with another back with Gaviria a few wheels back.

More roundabouts, twists and turns. It's a free-for-all on the front with a mix of GC teams and sprinters.

CRASH: Luke Durbridge goes down! The big Australian from Mitchelton-Scott manages to land on his feet after an initial bump - and he takes some time out on a verge to compose himself.

Demare must be well and truly back on because Groupama-FDJ are one of the sprint teams in the mix, as are Sagan's Bora-Hansgrohe. For now, Quick-Step Floors are a bit crowded out.

Puncture for Kittel! The German, who is in a free skinsuit, needs a bike change - and that's probably his chances for the win today gone. He looks rather angry.

We hit the first of a few roundabouts...

The peloton is using the entire width of this already considerably wide road - forcing the fans to take sudden steps back. You sense there could be more crashes...

Now it's Movistar on the front - they want no repeat of yesterday, when Quintana shipped 1'15" after his mechanical.