Tour de France stage 2Stage preview from DS Matt White

“Today’s plan is a simple one: To look after our two GC riders - David Millar and Christian Vande Velde - at all times. We will have them laying low and trying to stay as close to the yellow jersey as possible.”

“It will be another stressful day with southwest winds predicted all day and nervousness in the peloton. But at the end of the day, it will be a day for the sprinters. So it will also be about Julian for the sprint with critical help coming from Magnus and Martijn for a tricky final run in!” - Matty

Other race notes:
*Yesterday, Magnus got caught behind one of the many crashes yesterday and lost 4′56″.

*The weather forest for the stage is similar to yesterday’s: rain/sun with temps around 18C/64F with southwest winds again. Since the stage zig-zags its way south to north, it will be tail/cross winds.

*Stage 2 includes four smaller climbs and three intermediate sprints:
Climbs
23.5K - Côte de Bieuzy-Lanvaux, catégorie 4
43 K - Côte de Kergroix, catégorie 4
92 K - Côte de Mûr-de-Bretagne, catégorie 3
96 K - Côte de Saint-Mayeux, catégorie 4

Sprints
28.5K - Camors
74K - Pontivy
103K - Corlay