Fireworks From Yellow Jersey Favourites! | Tour De France 2023 Highlights - Stage 2

Highlights from stage 2 of the Tour de France 2023. Racing gets no easier on the second Basque stage, with a Clásica San Sebastián inspired route. This 208.9km stage is the longest of this year's race and again features over 3,000m of climbing, including an ascent of Jaizkibel (8.1km at 5.3%) inside the final 20km where bonus seconds will be awarded.

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[ShadowzKiller]

What an amazing acceleration by Lafay. He also managed to hang on to the very end.

[SquarebagTT]

This made me fall in love with cycling so I’m revisiting

[BreakawayB]

🧨 The start to this year’s TdF has been amazing!

[Strategic_wins]

Come on people where is the comments about how good these first 2 days have been.... just amazing

[tasty_fish]

Great to see Bernal make that final lead group, hope we can see more of him towards the front after what he’s been through.

[wsmc]

Two excellent stages so far! Super happy for Lafay, great move bro. I love how Pogacar wanted to stay on the gas after the last climb but Vingegaard wouldn't go with him. I get why Vingegaard wouldn't participate but really dig how Pagacar just wants to race the whole time. It'll probably cost him the win again but I admire the mans desire to hang it all out all the time.

[ZOB]

That was a wattage bazooka if ever there was one.

[LubraTv]

That was a great stage, with a great finish. Was beautiful 🎉

[karl]

Pog sprinting against WVA.. this guy 🤣🤣

[nielskjr]

When Skjelmose had been reeled in, Lafaye attacked imidiately from behind.
Very clever!
Jumbo hesitated a bit too long.

[JIMMYHIBBS]

Epic day - watched it live - epic finale - congrats !!

[gegtyreeyuyeddffvyt]

That rain will be good to put out all of those riot fires! 🔥 😂😂😂

[Matstarx]

I'm calling Mattias Skjelmose to be the dark horse of the race.

[philipp-rtmt]

I don't like the new dark colour of the Green Jersey. That makes it difficult to spot in the Peloton. It almost looks like the Bora-Hansgrohe jersey.

[andrasszabo]

Great stuff, far more exciting and interesting stage than usual at the Tour Grand Départ.
Absolutely insane that this was a 50 point finish though. In what world could anyone have expected the sprinters to fight for the win?

[mrichards]

I find great value in Carlton Kirby’s commentary and would say he is a legend in the business.

[Rafael-vuxn]

Very happy the see a Look ridden to victory

[american_psycho]

This Tour is already way more fun and exciting than the Giro was

[kuuhaku]

Wow that last acceleration was awesome

[nizamali]

Commentary were horrible from GCN commentators, we get it, you do not agree that UAE should lead and should not try to win any race. There was about 3 hours of continuous, disrespectful and critical commentary of the tactics employed. I enjoyed the excitement of their racing as always. I am so glad for Cofidis... brilliant... glad for the French... such excitement!