Who is popular today?

Live updates from the second day of Le Tour
Can Pinot end France’s long wait for a new Tour champion?
Feel free to email John or tweet @JohnBrewin_

1.50pm BST
130 km to go: Alexander Kristoff’s team is leading the peloton as the breakaway group has its lead eaten up on the climb, which is a steep incline.
⏱️ @TeamUAEAbuDhabi reduces the gap to 2'10", 13 km from the summit.⏱️ L'équipe UAE Team Emirates réduit l'écart : 2'10" à 13 kilomètres du sommet.#TDF2020 pic.twitter.com/Db84YB2NPJ
Home favourite Thibaut Pinot said he was concerned by a back injury ahead of Sunday’s second stage of the Tour de France after suffering a heavy crash in the opening stage.
The Frenchman woke up battered and bruised after he hit the deck hard near the finish. Pinot is one of the fancied riders as he bids to become the first home winner since Bernard Hinault in 1985 but he endured a tough start.
1.35pm BST
135km to go: The foot of the first climb of 16.3km beckons and after that come some windy descents. It’s dry, as compared to the treachery of Saturday. That three-minute gap is sustaining but doesn’t look like extending as they begin to rock in the saddle as they go under one of those tunnels which winds the road through the mountains. Sagan, out of form this year, is in the pack but perhaps trying to ride himself back into form.
“Surprised and disappointed to see that you’ve missed that - completely coincidentally - Pöstleberger, Benoît, Skujins, Perez, Gogl and Cosnefroy are all Aphex Twin b-sides,” says Paul Griffin. “Poor journalism.” Continue reading...