Fabio Jakobsen winner of the second stage of the Tour de France, Wout van Aert takes the yellow jersey – L’Équipe

Fabio Jakobsen was the fastest on Saturday to win the second stage of the Tour de France in Nyborg (Denmark). The rider from the Quick-Step formation beat Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) in the sprint, who took the yellow jersey thanks to the game of bonuses. The Dane Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) completed the podium of this first online stage, at home. Until the end, the Dutchman was able to take advantage of the help of his teammate, dressed in the yellow jersey after his victory in the time trial in Copenhagen on Friday, Yves Lampaert. If he was caught in a collective fall at the entrance to the long-awaited Great Belt bridge, the Belgian whipped to make up for his twenty-second delay and find himself at the front, 400 m from the finish. Once his work was done, Lampaert left the field open to Jakobsen, who then settled serious competitors such as van Aert, Pedersen, Groenewegen or Sagan in the sprint. 28 Fabio Jakobsen is the runner who has won the most bunch sprints since 2019 (28 wins in total), ahead of Sam Bennett and Caleb Ewan (25 wins each). He won 61% of those he played over the period. The Quick-Step team thus clinches its second stage victory in two days and can boast of having won more than a quarter of the mass sprint finishes in the Grand Tours since 2019. Note the good effort of Rigoberto Uran (EF Education-EasyPost), victim of a puncture 21 km from the finish and who managed to catch up with the peloton about fifteen terminals further on. The double winner of the Grande Boucle, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates), finished a few seconds behind and ranks third in the new general classification, eight seconds behind Wout van Aert. Yves Lampaert is second, one second behind the leader. Cort Nielsen first polka dot jersey Starting at the forefront from the first moments of the race, Magnus Cort Nielsen (EF Education-EasyPost) took the lead in the three difficulties of the day, including the last at the top of the Karup Strandbakke Hill, to secure the first polka dot jersey of this Tour de France 2022. He is the first Danish rider to offer himself this distinction since Michael Morkov in 2012. In his wheel, only Sven Erik Bystrom was able to follow, the French Cyril Barthe and Pierre Rolland (B&B Hotels), left with them, being finally left behind by the two leading men. If Magnus Cort Nielsen was caught by the peloton 60 km from the finish, the Norwegian made the pleasure last for him, by resisting, alone, for the next 30. A feat that earned him to be elected combative of the day.