Victor Lafay breaks clear late on to win stage two of Tour de France

Adam Yates held onto his overall lead in the Tour de France after he was safely escorted through a tense second stage, the longest of the 2023 Tour

Cofidis' French rider Victor Lafay cycles to the finish line to win the second stage of the 110th edition of the Tour de France. Pic: Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images

Adam Yates held on to his overall lead in the Tour de France after he safely negotiated a tense second stage, the longest of the 2023 Tour, from Vitoria-Gasteiz to San Sebastian, won by French rider Victor Lafay.

Lafay, already the surprise package of the Tour’s opening stages, took his Cofidis team’s first Tour success for 15 years, after breaking clear of the race favourites in the final kilometre of the stage.