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 last remaining milestone on the route, before the 18km bridge, is the intermediate sprint, which arrives with 75.3km to go.
It’s still a ways off as the riders still have 104km to go in total.
Magnus Cort and Sven Erik Bystrom have opened up a 3 minute 16 second lead over the pelaton but that will be cut completely when the teams start to position themselves for the sprint.
Tour de France 2022: Stage 2
Magnus Cort will wear the polka dot jersey tomorrow.
Tour de France 2022: Stage 2
Lovely scenes from Magnus Cort Nielsen who bombs in front of Sven Bystrom and powers up the final 100m of the climb to take all three King of the Mountain points.
He raises his arms in celebration to his home crowd as he crosses the line and properly secures the polka dot jersey.
There’s still 116km to go in the stage.
Tour de France 2022: Stage 2
Côte de Kårup Strandbakke is the third and final category-four climb of the day. It’s also the longest one at 1.3km with an averge gradient of 5.8%.
Bystrom and Cort have just hit it and it’ll be another shootout between the pair.
Tour de France 2022: Stage 2
Magnus Cort will wear the maillot à pois – the polka dot jersey – on Sunday. He claims his second mountain classification point of the day and takes an unassailable lead with only one point left to play for.
It will be interesting to see how his team tackle the final half of the race having successful taken the mountain points.
Tour de France 2022: Stage 2
Here we go then, the second King of the Mountains climb. It’s a two-way shootout between Bystrom and Cort. The two B&B Hotels riders are close to 10 seconds behind them.
Cort launches himself in front of Bystrom as they round the corner for the final climb. He opens up one bike length, then two and crosses the line to claim his second KOM point of the day!
Tour de France 2022: Stage 2
133 km to go today. The next climb is around 4km away and is the shortest of the three category-fours today. Côte d’Høve Stræde is an 800m climb with an average gradient of 6%.
The crowds are waiting at the top with Bystrom and Cort heading their way out in front.
Tour de France 2022: Stage 2
The second climb is just 10km away and the gap between the breakaway and the pelaton has now increased. It’s up to 2’45’’ the longest it’s been all day.
Bystrom and Cort have set off on their own, leaving the B&B Hotels boys behind them as they prepare to attack the next hill.
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