Tour de France

The world champion in Yellow

Peter Sagan has a luxury problem: The Slovak player will win the 2. Stage of the Tour de France and be world Champions must now Jersey against the yellow trade. Paul Voss his mountain Jersey is going on in spite of a great journey.

World champion Peter Sagan has the second stage of the 103. Tour de France from Saint-Lô to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin win and the Yellow Jersey. The 26-year-old professional cyclist from Slovakia won on the Sunday after 183 kilometres in the hilly Finale with up to 14 percent steep final climb ahead of Julian Alaphilippe of France and Spaniard Alejandro Valverde. The previous overall leader and first stage winner Mark Cavendish from the UK came with a clear residue.

In the tough final with the toxic slope of the mountains classification of the 3. Category on the Cote de la Glacerie in the Belgian Jasper Stuyven (Trek) was caught as the last member of a breakaway group, only 450 meters from the finish of the pursuers to Sagan. In the escape group had been Paul Voß. He had to leave on the penultimate climb down. The Pro Team Bora-Argon 18, lost after a day again the red and white polka-dot mountain Jersey. The best climber is now Stuyven.

Small pleasure: Paul Voss (R.) has to give his mountain Jersey after a day again

Defending champion Chris Froome of great Britain (Sky) showed no weakness and came out the same time as the winner Sagan in tenth place to the finish, Challenger, Nairo Quintana from Colombia (Sky) remained as the 17. without loss of time. The two-time tour winner Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) suffered, however, considerably in the aftermath of his serious fall on Saturday and lost 48 seconds on Froome. Also on Sunday, the Spaniard crashed.

103. The tour de France takes the 198 riders with a total of 21 stages and 3535 kilometres.