Tour de France Mathieu van der Poel powers to victory in second stage
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Tour debutant takes yellow jersey from Julian Alaphilippe
Geraint Thomas finishes 41 seconds behind
Mathieu van der Poel, the prodigiously talented grandson of Tour de France legend Raymond Poulidor, won the 183.5km second stage of the Tour de France from Perros-Guirec to the steep climb of Mur-de-Bretagne, near Pontivy.
The stage came to life on the two ascents of the final climb, the Mur-de-Bretagne, in the Cotes d’Armor region. On the first ascent, the Tour debutant van der Poel accelerated, but failed to carve out a significant gap and was caught by race leader Julian Alaphilippe as he reached the summit. Continue reading...
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