French victory in San Sebastian! After a lightning attack under the red flame, Victor Lafay won the second stage of the Tour de France 2023 ahead of Wout Van Aert and Tadej Pogacar.
The essential
- Tricolor victory in San Sebastian! After a good first stage yesterday, Victor Lafay won today in San Sebastian. After a fine attack eight hundred meters from the finish, the Cofidis team rider was not caught by the peloton. He is ahead Wout Van Aert and Tadej Pogacar on the line.
- After the second stage this Saturday, Adam Yates retains his yellow jersey in front of his teammate Tadej Pogacar which amounts to six seconds thanks to the bonuses. Simon Yates completes the podium. On the French side, the winner of the day Victor Lafay is fourth, twelve seconds behind the leader of the general classification.
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18:20 – Lafay new green jersey
With his victory today, Victor Lafay wins 50 points and becomes the new yellow jersey of the Tour de France 2023 ahead of Tadej Pogacar and Wout Van Aert.
6:10 p.m. – Pogacar new runner-up, the general classification
With the bonuses, the yellow jersey Adam Yates has a new dolphin: it is his teammate Tadej Pogacar who returns to six seconds.
Here is the general classification of the Tour de France 2023 after the second stage:
- A.Yates in 9h09’18”
- T. Pogacar at 6″
- S.Yates at 6″
- V.Lafay at 12″
- W.Van Aert at 16″
- J.Vingegaard at 17″
- Mr. Woods at 22″
- S. Jensen at 22″
- J. Hindley at 22″
- Mr. Landa at 22″
6:00 p.m. – Lafay: “doing the kilometer was a good idea”
Victorious today in San Sebastian during the second stage of the Tour de France 2023, Victor Lafay returned to the last kilometers and the attack which allowed him to win: “I said to myself “for once I will have a plan in the finale”. (…) I saw that the Jumbos had worked a lot in the finale so that’s why I said to myself that doing the kilometer trick was a good idea since they were a little started.”
17:50 – Lafay’s victory on video
The coup du kilometer: relive Victor Lafay’s victorious attack under the red flame on video.
17:40 – The Top 10 of the second stage
For this second stage of the Tour de France 2023, Victor Lafay won ahead of Wout Van Aert and Tadej Pogacar. Here are the top 10 of the stage:
- V.Lafay
- W.Van Aert
- T. Pogacar
- T.Pidcock
- P.Bilbao
- Mr. Jensen
- Mr. Woods
- R. Bardet
- D.Teuns
- J. Hindley
5:30 p.m. – Fifteen years that Cofidis has been waiting for it
If Victor Lafay won the second stage of the Tour de France, the Frenchman ended a 15-year drought where the Cofidis team had no longer won the Tour de France (Sylvain Chavanel in Montluçon).
17:24 – Lafay wins!
What a victory for Victor Lafay! The French won after a superb attack eight hundred meters from the finish the second stage of the Tour de France 2023 ahead of Wout Van Aert and Tadej Pogacar.
17:17 – The Jumbo-Visma in the lead
Despite the various attacks from Pidcock or other riders, Wout Van Aert made sure to follow the attempts to stay in contact and aim for the stage victory.
17:15 – Three kilometers before the finish
There are still three kilometers to go before the finish of the second stage of the Tour de France 2023.
17:12 – Bilbao resumed
Peillo Bilbao will not go to the end of his attack. The Spaniard was taken over by the Jumbo-Visma formation.
17:08 – Bilbao get away
Back on Vingegaard and Pogacar with the rest of the peloton, Pello Bilbao counter-attacked to escape on the descent to San Sebastian.
5:05 p.m. – The two runners resumed
While Jonas Vingegaard refused to take over to go and dispute the stage victory with Tadej Pogacar, the two men were taken over by the rest of the peloton.
Learn more
At the end of each stage, discover the up-to-date classification of this Tour de France 2023, with the gaps between the riders.
What is the route and what is the map of the Tour de France 2023?
Here is the official map and the route of the Tour de France 2023 whose start has been set in Bilbao, Spain. A course that is concentrated almost exclusively in the Center and East of France. Several recognized passes have been programmed, in the Pyrenees and the Alps. The Tourmalet and the Grand Colombier have notably been included in the programme. In detail, this Tour de France offers 3,404 kilometres, 30 passes (Out of category, 1st category or 2nd category), 4 summit finishes and 22 kilometers of time trial. The organization has declared 6 flat stages, 6 hilly ones, 8 mountain ones and one stopwatch.
Who are the entrants for the Tour de France 2023?
Find the list of all the riders entered for the Tour de France 2023.
What are the stages of the Tour de France 2023?
- Saturday 1 July – Stage 1: Bilbao – Bilbao, 182 km
- Sunday July 2 – Stage 2: Vitoria-Gasteiz – San Sebastian, 209 km
- Monday July 3 – Stage 3: Amorebieta-Etxano – Bayonne, 185 km
- Tuesday July 4 – Stage 4: Dax – Nogaro, 182 km
- Wednesday July 5 – Stage 5: Pau – Laruns, 165 km
- Thursday July 6 – Stage 6: Tarbes – Cauterets, 145 km
- Friday July 7 – Stage 7: Mont-de-Marsan – Bordeaux, 170 km
- Saturday July 8 – Stage 8: Libourne – Limoges, 201 km
- Sunday July 9 – Stage 9: Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat – Puy-de-Dôme, 184 km
- Monday July 10 – 1st rest day in Clermont-Ferrand
- Tuesday July 11 – Stage 10: Vulcania – Issoire, 167 km
- Wednesday July 12 – Stage 11: Clermont-Ferrand – Moulins, 180 km
- Thursday July 13 – Stage 12: Roanne – Belleville-en-Beaujolais, 169 km
- Friday July 14 – Stage 13: Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne – Grand Colombier, 138 km
- Saturday July 15 – Stage 14: Annemasse – Morzine, 152 km
- Sunday July 16 – Stage 15: Morzine – Saint-Gervais-Mont Blanc, 180 km
- Monday July 17 – 2nd rest day in Saint-Gervais-Mont Blanc
- Tuesday July 18 – Stage 16: Passy – Combloux, individual time trial 22 km
- Wednesday July 19 – Stage 17: Saint-Gervais-Mont Blanc – Courchevel, 166 km
- Thursday July 20 – Stage 18: Moutiers – Bourg-en-Bresse, 186 km
- Friday July 21 – Stage 19: Moirans-en-Montagne – Poligny, 173 km
- Saturday July 22 – Stage 20: Belfort – Le Markstein, 133 km
- Sunday July 23 – Stage 21: National Velodrome of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines – Paris Champs-Elysées, 115 km