Julian Alaphilippe pips Adam Yates to victory on stage two of Tour de France

France’s Julian Alaphilippe, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, celebrates his stage-two win (Stuart Franklin/AP)

Britain’s Adam Yates was edged out in a three-man sprint as France’s Julian Alaphilippe won stage two of the Tour de France to take the yellow jersey.

Mitchelton-Scott rider Yates caught a two-man breakaway of Alaphilippe and Switzerland’s Marc Hirschi on the final climb with 10 kilometres to go in Nice and the trio worked as a team to hold off the peloton.