Mathieu van der Poel edged out Tadej Pogacar in a sprint finish to win stage two of the Tour de France and claim the leader's yellow jersey.The Dutch rider, who also won the same stage in 2021, held off the Slovenian on the line after surging to the front with 500 metres to go on the longest stage in this year's Tour,

Mathieu van der Poel pipped Tadej Pogacar to victory on stage two of the Tour de France to take the yellow jersey from his teammate, Jasper Philipsen. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.