Le Tour 2021 – Stage 2

Perros-Guirec > Mûr-de-Bretagne Guerlédan

Distance: 183.5 kilometers.

A “Hilly” stage with four Cat 4 and two Cat 3 climbs and a finish at the summit of the final climb:

• Côte de Sainte-Barbe 72.8 km (cat 4: 900 m @ 6.6%)
• Côte de Pordic 103.2 km (cat 4: 2.1km @ 3.2%)
• Côte de Saint-Brieuc 115.3 km(cat 4: 1.0km @ 8.0%)
• Côte du village de Mûr-de-Bretagne 165.2 km (cat 4: 1.6km @ 4.1%)
• Mûr-de-Bretagne 168.2 km (cat 3: 2.0km @ 6.9%)
• Mûr-de-Bretagne Guerlédan 185.3 km (cat 3: 2.0km @ 6.9%)

The intermediate sprint is at 85.0 km at Plouha.

Mathieu Van Der Poel (AFC – 101 ) [Yellow] 8 hours 57 minutes 25 seconds
Julian Alaphilippe (DQT – 051 ) [Green] 66 Points
Ide Schelling (BOH – 078 ) [Polka Dot] 4 points*
Tadej Pogačar ( Slo – UAD – 001 ) [White] 3

Stage winner: Mathieu Van Der Poel (AFC – 101 )
Combative: Edward Theuns (TFS – 048 ) [Red numbers]
Team: Jumbo – Visma( TJV – 011-018 ) [Yellow numbers]

At the end they climbed the same peak (Mûr-de-Bretagne) twice.

*Van der Poel is actually the lead climber and Schelling is number two. If a rider qualifies for two or more Jerseys, he chooses the one he will wear and number two in the other categories wear the jerseys of those categories.

Top 30 below the fold

1 Mathieu Van Der Poel (AFC – 101 )
2 Julian Alaphilippe (DQT – 051 ) + 00h 00′ 08″
3 Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 001 ) + 00h 00′ 13″
4 Primož Roglič (TJV – 011 ) + 00h 00′ 14″
5 Wilco Kelderman (BOH – 073 ) + 00h 00′ 24″
6 Jack Haig (TBV – 161 ) + 00h 00′ 26″
7 Bauke Mollema (TFS – 044 ) + 00h 00′ 26″
8 Sergio Andres Higuita (EFN – 114 ) + 00h 00′ 26″
9 Jonas Vingegaard (TJV – 018 ) + 00h 00′ 26″
10 David Gaudu (GFC – 081 ) + 00h 00′ 26″
11 Enric Mas (MOV – 065 ) + 00h 00′ 26″
12 Alexey Lutsenko (APT – 188 ) + 00h 00′ 26″
13 Peio Bilbao (TBV – 162 ) + 00h 00′ 26″
14 Nairo Quintana (ARK – 136 ) + 00h 00′ 26″
15 Jhoan Esteban Chaves (BEX – 172 ) + 00h 00′ 26″
16 Rigoberto Uran (EFN – 111 ) + 00h 00′ 26″
17 Pierre Latour (TEN – 201 ) + 00h 00′ 31″
18 Richard Carapaz (IGD – 022 ) + 00h 00′ 31″
19 Wout Van Aert (TJV – 012 ) + 00h 00′ 31″
20 Geraint Thomas (IGD – 021 ) + 00h 00′ 41″
21 Vincenzo Nibali (TFS – 041 ) + 00h 00′ 41″
22 Jakob Fuglsang (APT – 181 ) + 00h 00′ 41″
23 Alex Aranburu Deba (APT – 182 ) + 00h 00′ 46″
24 Sonny Colbrelli (TBV – 163 ) + 00h 01′ 12″
25 Lucas Hamilton (BEX – 174 ) + 00h 01′ 16″
26 Kasper Asgreen (DQT – 052 ) + 00h 01′ 17″
27 Tiesj Benoot (DSM – 142 ) + 00h 01′ 17″
28 Toms Skujins (TFS – 046 ) + 00h 02′ 00″
29 Steven Kruijswijk (TJV – 014 ) + 00h 02′ 07″
30 Emanuel Buchmann (BOH – 072 ) + 00h 02′ 07″

Did not start:
Marc Soler (MOV – 066 )

Note: Wikipedia has a simple article on the Mountain classification used on the Tour. The basic fact is that climbs fall into five types, with the four numbered types decreasing in difficulty as the numbers get larger, and then there is the Hors Catégorie, literally “without category”, which generally makes you look for an elevator or Sherpas.

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