2025 Tour de France

112th edition: July 5 - July 27, 2025
Stage 2, Sunday, July 6

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Sunday, July 6: Stage 2, Lauwin-Planque - Boulogne-sur-Mer, 209.1 km

Stage 2 map & profile | Stage 2 photos

Mathieu van der Poel just beats Tadej Pogacar to win stage two. Sirotti photo

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Rated ascents:

• Km 104.3: Côte de Cavron-Saint-Martin, 1.1 km @ 5.9%. Cat. 4
• Km 179.3: Côte du Haut Pichot, 1.2 km @ 9.4%. Cat 3
• Km 200.5.: Côte de Saint-Etienne-au-Mont, 1 km @ 9.5%. Cat. 3
• Km 203.8: Côte d'outreau, 0.8 km @ 8.8%. Cat. 4

Weather at the finish city of Boulogne-sur-Mer at 2:10 PM, local time: 21C (68F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 23 km/hr (11 mph). There is an 8% chance of rain, rising to 11% at 4:00 PM. It was raining at the start.

The Stage: Christophe Prudhomme writes: There’s good reason to think that the Yellow Jersey could find a new owner in Boulogne-sur-Mer, where the first of the 2025 Tour’s punchy finishes will take place. The hills in the Artois and Boulonnais regions will already have taken a physical toll on the riders by the time they tackle two tough tests on the coast, at Saint-Étienne-au-Mont where there are gradients of 15%, and then at Outreau, just over five kilometres from the finish line. After that, there’s still a demanding kilometre-long ramp where the final verdict will be decided.

The race: The race organizer posted these medical updates after yesterday's crashes: Involved in separate crashes early in stage 1, Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) and Stefan Bissegger (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) had to withdraw from the race. Their teams report they suffered symptoms of concussion.

Thibau Nys (Lidl-Trek) hit the deck at the same time as Bissegger. "Down but not out", the young Belgian said after his first day on the Tour. He suffered from knee pain but hopes it won't prevent him from going forward.

Marijn van den Berg and Ben O’Connor also went down at high speed inside the last 5 kilometres. “Post race x-rays confirmed that he avoided any fractures”, EF Education-EasyPost reports about the Dutch sprinter.

As for O’Connor, “he has a few abrasions and he’s a bit stiff in places but otherwise he is ok”, Jayco-AlUla say.

Classification leaders on the startline with clothes for the coming rainy stage. ASO photo

Here's the race organizer's stage two summary:

After Jasper Philipsen’s success on day 1, Mathieu Van der Poel ruled an animated stage 2 to continue with Alpecin-Deceuninck’s dream start in the Tour de France 2025. The Flying Dutchman mastered an explosive finale in Boulogne-sur-Mer to get the better of Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike). He also takes the Maillot Jaune, just like he did in 2021 when he won stage 2 in Mûr-de-Bretagne. Philipsen lost 31’’ on the day. But he’ll have another chance to win on day 3, as the sprinters eye victory on a mostly flat stage towards Dunkirk.

60 kilometers into the stage the peloton goes through the city of Arras. There is a four-man break 2min 30sec up the road.

The race:
The 182-man peloton gather in Lauwin-Planque for a rainy start of stage 2. Yevgeniy Fedorov (XDS-Astana) breaks away from the peloton in the first kilometre, quickly followed by Andreas Leknessund (Uno-X), Brent Van Moer (Lotto) and Bruno Armirail (Decathlon-AG2R).

Here's the four-man break

Their breakaway is momentarily disrupted by a crash at km 44, bringing down the Norwegian and Kazakh national champions, but this has no impact on the race as the quartet reforms and builds up a 3'05" lead (km 45). However, their progress is closely monitored by the riders from Intermarché-Wanty and Alpecin-Deceuninck.

Here's the break 150 kilometers into the stage (59.6km to go).

Milan displays his power
After an intense battle, Leknessund takes the first KOM point of the day, up Côte de Cavon-Saint-Martin (cat. 4, summit at km 104.3). The four men work well together but the peloton accelerate into the last 90 kilometres. The gap drops down to less than a minute with 65 kilometres to go.

The pace is hard in the bunch but the attackers resist until the intermediate sprint. Fedorov takes the 20 points while Jonathan Milan hits 80 km/h to narrowly edge Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step), Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) and Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) in the bunch. The breakaway is then caught with 52 km to go.

Van der Poel flies
The intensity picks up again as the riders get close to the final climbs of the day. Wout Van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) sets the pace at the bottom of the Côte du Haut Pichot. Then Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates) ups the ante and the peloton already explodes.

Onto the Côte d’Outreau, Jhonatan Narvaez (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) sets a strong pace before Kevin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) accelerates at the summit. A flurry of attacks ensue, but Mathieu Van der Poel controls things and eventually unleashes a dominant sprint.

Here's American road champion Quinn Simmons in stage two 500 meters before the finish line on a very steep hill. Photo is by John Pierce/PhotoSport International UK, USA, Asia. ©

Just like in 2021, the Flying Dutchman wins stage 2 of the Tour and takes the Maillot Jaune, as his teammate Jasper Philipsen crosses the line with a gap of 31’’.

The go-fasters with 500 km to go, from left: Vingegaard, Pogacar, Van der Poel, Onley and Alaphilippe. Photo is by John Pierce/PhotoSport International UK, USA, Asia. ©

Complete results:

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209.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.916 km/hr

1	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4hr 45min 41sec
2	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
3	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
4	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
7	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
8	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
9	Simone Velasco	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
10	Jenno Berckmoes	Lotto	s.t.
11	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
12	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
13	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
14	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
15	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
16	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
18	Matteo Jorgenson	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
19	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
20	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
22	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
24	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	Alexey Lutsenko	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
26	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	@ 31sec
28	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
29	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
30	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
31	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
33	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
34	Dylan Teuns	Cofidis	s.t.
35	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
36	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
37	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
38	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
39	Steff Cras	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
40	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
41	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
42	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
43	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
44	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
45	Clément Venturini	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
46	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
47	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	0:45
48	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	1:10
49	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	1:29
50	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
51	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
52	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
53	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
54	Simon Yates	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
55	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
56	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
57	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	1:34
58	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
59	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
60	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	2:33
61	Damien Touzé	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
63	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	2:43
64	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	2:53
65	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	2:58
66	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
67	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:11
68	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
69	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	3:22
70	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
71	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
72	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
73	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
74	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
75	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
76	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
77	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
78	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
79	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	3:27
80	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3:29
81	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	4:07
82	Jonathan Milan	Lidl-Trek	4:54
83	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	5:03
84	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
85	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
86	Matis Louvel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
87	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
90	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
91	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
92	Emilien Jeannière	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
93	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
94	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
95	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
96	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
97	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
98	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
99	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
100	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
101	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
102	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
103	Gianni Moscon	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
104	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	5:25
105	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
106	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
107	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
108	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	5:35
109	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
110	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
111	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
112	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
113	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	6:39
114	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
115	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
116	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
117	Luka Mezgec	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
118	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X Mobility	7:22
119	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	7:49
120	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
121	Max Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
122	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
123	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
124	Elmar Reinders	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
125	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
126	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
127	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
128	Niklas Märkl	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
129	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
130	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
131	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
132	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
133	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
134	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
135	Amaury Capiot	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
136	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	s.t.
137	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
138	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
139	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
140	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
141	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
142	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
143	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
144	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	s.t.
145	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
146	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
147	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	8:48
148	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
149	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	9:02
150	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	10:22
151	Simone Consonni	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
152	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	10:54
153	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
154	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
155	Einer Rubio	Movistar Team	s.t.
156	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	s.t.
157	Iván García Cortina	Movistar Team	10:57
158	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
159	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
160	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
161	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
162	Dylan Groenewegen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
163	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
164	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
165	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
166	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
167	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
168	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
169	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
170	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
171	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
172	Pascal Ackermann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
173	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
174	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
175	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
176	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
177	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
178	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
179	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
180	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
181	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	11:16
182	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Mountains classification leader: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
• Points classification leader: Jasper Philipsen (Apecin-Deceuninck)
• Best young rider: Kévin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
• Teams classification leader: Groupama-FDJ

394.0 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.576 km/hr

1	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8hr 38min 42sec
2	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 4sec
3	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:06
4	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:10
5	Matteo Jorgenson	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
6	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
7	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:31
8	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	0:41
9	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
10	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
11	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	0:49
12	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
13	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
14	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	s.t.
15	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
16	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
17	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
18	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
19	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
20	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
24	Jenno Berckmoes	Lotto	s.t.
25	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
26	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:20
27	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
28	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
29	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
30	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
33	Steff Cras	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
34	Dylan Teuns	Cofidis	s.t.
35	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
36	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
37	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	1:39
38	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
39	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
40	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
41	Clément Venturini	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:47
42	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	2:18
43	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
44	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
45	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	2:23
46	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
47	Damien Touzé	Cofidis	2:43
48	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:08
49	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	3:10
50	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	3:22
51	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	s.t.
52	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	3:32
53	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
54	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
55	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
56	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
57	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:34
58	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	4:00
59	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	4:11
60	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4:18
61	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	4:38
62	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:43
63	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	4:56
64	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	5:13
65	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
66	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
67	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	5:28
69	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	Alexey Lutsenko	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
71	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	5:29
72	Jonathan Milan	Lidl-Trek	5:43
73	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	5:52
74	Matis Louvel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
75	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
76	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
77	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
78	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
79	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Mobility	5:58
80	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	5:59
81	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
82	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	6:08
83	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty	6:14
84	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	6:38
85	Simone Velasco	XDS Astana Team	6:41
86	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
87	Luka Mezgec	Team Jayco-AlUla	6:49
88	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	6:51
89	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Team TotalEnergies	7:12
90	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	7:26
91	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	7:27
92	Gianni Moscon	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	7:28
94	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
95	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	7:33
96	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	7:34
97	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	7:39
98	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	7:59
99	Niklas Märkl	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
100	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
101	Simon Yates	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	8:10
102	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	8:11
103	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:12
104	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	8:21
105	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:22
106	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	8:26
107	Amaury Capiot	Arkea-B&B Hotels	8:38
108	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
109	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	s.t.
110	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
111	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
112	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	8:50
113	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
114	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
115	Elmar Reinders	Team Jayco-AlUla	9:05
116	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
117	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
118	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	9:25
119	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	9:37
120	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	10:13
121	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	10:31
122	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
123	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
124	Emilien Jeannière	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
125	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
126	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	10:53
127	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X Mobility	11:03
128	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
129	Iván García Cortina	Movistar Team	11:07
130	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
131	Pascal Ackermann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
132	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
133	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	11:32
134	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	11:43
135	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
136	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	s.t.
137	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	11:44
138	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
139	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	11:46
140	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
141	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
142	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
143	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
144	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
145	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
146	Dylan Groenewegen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
147	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
148	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
149	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
150	Simone Consonni	Lidl-Trek	12:05
151	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	12:13
152	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	12:16
153	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	12:33
154	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X Mobility	12:50
155	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	13:17
156	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
157	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
158	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
159	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
160	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	s.t.
161	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
162	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
163	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
164	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
165	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	13:20
166	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	13:33
167	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	14:24
168	Max Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	14:30
169	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
170	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
171	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
172	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	15:29
173	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	15:43
174	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	15:50
175	Einer Rubio	Movistar Team	16:22
176	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	16:25
177	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
178	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
179	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	17:35
180	William Barta	Movistar Team	17:38
181	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
182	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	17:57

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

Stage 2 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Stage one winner and overnight GC leader Jasper Philipsen heads to the start.

And with Philipsen is his teammate Mathieu van der Poel

Biniam Girmay wearing the Best Young Rider's white jersey.

Simon Yates

Jonas Vingegaard before the race.

Julian Alaphilippe. Can the two-time world champion find that old magic and become the rider he was just a few years ago?

The sprint. Here they come...

Mathieu van der Poel beats Tadej Pogacar for the stage win.

Mathieu van der Poel celebrates his win.

Just after winning the stage Mathieu van der Poel is congratulated by teammate Xandro Meurisse

Mathieu van der Poel will start stage three in yellow.