“Damage limitation” – Roglič, Pidcock and Bardet limit losses while Pogačar attacks

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) was unable to escape Jonas Vingegaard’s expected attack on the San Luca climb during stage 2 of the Tour de France and was later caught by Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), making things even more disappointing for the group of riders who lost time.

They were not impressed by Pogačar, but it was the beginning of a slow loss of precious seconds. The top of the general classification is already in sight after two days of racing and it will be difficult to make up the time lost on Sunday on the summit of San Luca and on the fast descent into the centre of Bologna.