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...

One sprinter we didn't see yesterday - didn't see in the sprint, that is - was Arnaud Demare of Groupama-FDJ. He went down in that crash 11km from the finish, and while he wasn't hurt, he didn't bother to waste energy fighting back on, preferring to keep his powder dry for today. Demare is currently off the back of the peloton with a mechanical issue. He'll be hoping to bounce back today.

Because he's in yellow, Gaviria cannot wear the green jersey. After picking up points for fourth place (behind the break) in the intermediate sprint, and then maximum points at the finish, the Colombian leads the standings on 63 points. Sagan is on 37 and both Marcel Kittel and Alexander Kristoff are on 24. It's Germany's Kittel who is in green, however, because the world champion Sagan has opted to wear his rainbow jersey and not the green by default.

Let's run through who's wearing all of the classification jerseys today. After his victory yesterday, Fernando Gaviria is in yellow and is the second Colombian to don the famous garment (after Victor Hugo Pena in 2003). With bonus seconds, Gaviria leads Peter Sagan by 4 seconds on GC with Marcel Kittel third at 6 seconds. After the carnage of yesterday's finish we have Chris Froome, Richie Porte and Adam Yates already 61 seconds down, while Nairo Quintana is 1'25" in arrears after his late mechanical.

In any case, that chase group has come to nothing. So we have three riders out ahead - Dion Smith (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Sylvain Chavanel (Direct Energie) and Michael Gogl (Trek-Segafredo) - as their lead creeps up to over one minute.

Ledanois attacks from the pack and that sparks a reaction from half a dozen riders. The young Frenchman from Wanty-Groupe Gobert will want to protect his lead in the polka dot jersey standings. He's on one point and there's another point up for grabs on the only climb today. I'm not sure how they sort that one out... perhaps Ledanois will stay in the lead whatever on the grounds of chronology.

Already, Lawson Craddock of EF Education First is struggling off the back. The American crashed yesterday and fractured a bone in his shoulder. He's determined to fight on - but could it be a bridge too far?

Yesterday the break formed very quickly but it's not the same case today. There's a bit more at play and as such it's a far more hectic - and fast - opening. Kevin Ledanois, who took the polka dot jersey yesterday, was involved in an early move which came to nothing. We now have veteran Sylvain Chavanel out ahead with two others. But the gap is small.

They're off! Christian Prudhomme waves the flag and we have a flurry of attacks from the outset...

The riders have almost completed the neutral zone and are about to get this stage started... It's another sunny day in the Vendee with temperatures pushing 30 degrees once again.

Here's what the riders have in store in this 182.5km stage two from Mouilleron-Saint-Germain to La Roche-sur-Yon. Just the one categorised climb before a long flat slog towards the two intermediate sprints and the final ding-dig battle.

Yesterday, Britain’s Chris Froome left the road and Nairo Quintana suffered a costly puncture in a hectic conclusion to the opening stage of the Tour de France, expertly won by the Colombian Fernando Gaviria in a reduced bunch sprint. Read all about it below...