Tadej Pogacar takes yellow jersey as Kevin Vauquelin wins second stage

Pogacar ignited his bid to double up in the Grand Tours with an attack late on the second ascent of the steep San Luca climb.

SECOND STAGE: Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey. Pic: (Daniel Cole/AP)

Tadej Pogacar moved into the leader’s yellow jersey as Kevin Vauquelin won stage two of the Tour de France from a breakaway in Bologna.

Pogacar, a little over a month removed from his dominant victory in the Giro d’Italia, ignited his bid to double up in the Grand Tours with an attack late on the second ascent of the steep San Luca climb.