Tour de France 2022 LIVE: Stage 2 result as Fabio Jakobsen wins ahead of Wout van Aert in sprint finish
The 2022 Tour de France continues today with a 202.5km ride from Roskilde to Nyborg
The Tour de France resumed for Stage 2 today after Yves Lampaert claimed the first Yellow Jersey in the opening time trial in Copenhagen. On a rain soaked circuit yesterday, the Belgian raced to a surprise win beating out defending champion Tadej Pogacar as well as compatriot Wout van Aert after taking a seriously impresssive time of 15 minutes and 17 seconds to complete the 13km course.
Despite the build-up beforehand the wind hardly played a part in a rather sedate Stage 2. A long trek along the Danish coastline started in the town of Roskilde and saw an early breakaway led by Magnus Cort Nielsen as the peloton hit the countryside. This foursome, also featuring Pierre Rolland, Cyril Barthe and Sven Erik Bystrom, stormed out in front and reached the first of three category-four climbs. Nielsen and Bystrom fended off a challenge from the others and raced to the line with Nielsen taking the victory and the first of his three King of the Mountains points. He added two more at the next hills to end the day with the polka-dot jersey and the title.
There was an early preview to the sprint finish as an intermediate sprint 75km from the end was won by Caleb Ewan but the Austrian didn’t feature in the climactic battle. The Great Belt Bridge lived up to it’s majesty but failed to provide the expected drama although Yellow Jersey holder Yves Lampaert crashed on the bridge and had to recover his position. He did, and led the way around the final corner as part of the lead train for Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl teammate Fabio Jakobsen.
The stage concluded with a sprint to the line. Mads Pedersen set off with 400m to go and was hauled in by Wout van Aert but Jakobsen managed to win a battle against Peter Sagan to nip around the outside and claim the victory.
Relive all the action from Stage 2 of the Tour de France:
Tour de France 2022: Stage 2
The Great Belt Bridge is approaching. 28km of the race still to go.
Tour de France 2022: Stage 2
Bystrom is caught and the peloton immediately ups the pace. Yves Lampaert in his yellow jersey is right in the mix with his Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team.
Tom Pidcock is riding up near the front down the left-hand side of the road pushing forward for his Ineos Grenadiers with Geraint Thomas in a decent position too.
Caleb Ewan is sitting pretty behind one of his teammates and keeping himself in prime position for the sprint finish.
Tour de France 2022: Stage 2
Chris Froome has had to stop for a reason currently unknown.
Sven Erik Bystrom has put in a fantastic shift as the last of the breakaway riders but he’s about to be caught. His lead is now down to 10 seconds and it won’t be long before he’s absorbed back into the pack.
The final part of this race is closing in. 32km to go.
Tour de France 2022: Stage 2
Inside the 40km mark and there’s been a crash at the back of the peloton and a few riders are down. Martijn Tusveld, Patrick Konrad and Krists Neilands are all involved.
That’s the first crash of the day.
Tour de France 2022: Stage 2
Bradley Wiggins has ridden ahead of the peloton and is on the upcoming bridge. He says that thw wind is blowing across it and could cause some problems:
“I can feel the wind, it really is blowing from the right hand side. It [the peloton] is going to split to pieces when we hit this bridge. The wind is in exactly the right direction. it’s going to be murder for the riders when the get here.
“Expect some gaps, expect some breaks in that peloton. It’s going to be quite a spectacle, I can’t wait to watch it.”
Tour de France 2022: Stage 2
The distance to the finish line after the end of the bridge is just 3km so there will be some action in the wind as teams try to best position themselves for that final sprint to the line.
Already today the average speed is 43.7km/h which is quite high considering the wind speed.
44km to go.
Tour de France 2022: Stage 2
Tour de France 2022: Stage 2
All the sprinters want to win today according to Caleb Ewan. He spoke to reporters this morning before the stage began and said: “Yeah, you know, I think the first week of the Tour de France is always super nervous. Especially on a day like today, because all the GC riders know they can lose the Tour de France today.
“All the sprinters want to win today, especially because this year we don’t have so many chances.
“So yeah, I think every DS is going to tell the riders to be at the front of the bunch. And obviously, there’s only so much room for people to be at the front of the bunch, so it’s going to make a very nervous race.”
Tour de France 2022: Stage 2
Mads Pedersen stops for a wheel change and it takes a good long while for him to get back on the road. Not a great stop for him there.
Tour de France 2022: Stage 2
Sven Erik Bystrom has taken off on his own as the only member of the initial breakaway to remain ahead of the pelaton. Magnus Cort has dropped back to the pack after claiming his King of the Mountain points.
Bystrom has already opened up a minute’s lead on the rest of the field.
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