Mathieu van der Poel won Stage 2 with a blistering ride over the double-ascent at Mur-de-Bretagne to take the yellow jersey in mesmerising style. Slovenians Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic led the chase six seconds down but Julian Alaphilippe could only manage fifth place and conceded the race lead to the Dutch debutant after another dramatic day on the Tour de France.
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France’s Julian Alaphilippe swapped the rainbow bands for the yellow jersey after winning a dramatic opening stage of the Tour de France in swashbuckling style. The world champion attacked two kilometres from the finish to take a brilliant solo win in Landerneau after two huge pile-ups marred the finale of a tough curtain raiser in Brittany, with four-time winner Chris Froome hitting the deck.
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Mathieu van der Poel produced a spectacular victory to clinch the 2021 Strade Bianche title in style. The 26-year-old came up with a number of magical bursts just when he needed to and had too much for his rivals to seal a memorable win. Julian Alaphilippe came in second place with Egan Bernal in third.
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Marc Hirschi came back for revenge on stage 12 of the Tour de France, pulling off a fine solo victory after his doomed effort on stage nine. The Sunweb rider won what is the Tour’s longest stage meanwhile Primoz Roglic retains the Yellow Jersey.
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Jumbo-Visma’s Wout van Aert sprinted to stage 5 glory as Mitchelton-Scott’s Adam Yates took the Yellow Jersey from Julian Alaphilippe who received a time penalty for an illegal feed. Ireland’s Sam Bennett moved into the Green Jersey today.
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