Tour de France: Andre Greipel wins Stage 2

Andre Greipel won the second stage of the Tour de France yesterday as Fabian Cancellara took the leader's yellow jersey

Zeeland (Netherlands): Andre Greipel won the second stage of the Tour de France yesterday as Fabian Cancellara took the leader's yellow jersey.


Andre Greipel celebrates winning the second stage of Tour de France yesterday. Pic/AFP 

Greipel edged out Peter Sagan in the sprint finish with Cancellara taking third and the four-second time bonus that afforded him was enough to take the yellow jersey off Rohan Dennis.

But the big news of the day was Chris Froome and Alberto Contador putting almost a minute and a half into overall rivals Nairo Quintana and defending champion Vincenzo Nibali at the end of the 166km run from Utrecht to Zeeland.

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