Ewan has made his intentions for the green jersey abundantly clear so far, taking 17 points from Stage 1 and 9 from Stage 2 in the intermediate sprint but holding back from challenging for stage wins due to the hilly nature of both days which have been more suited to the GC hopefuls.
Van der Poel surges into yellow with stunning victory
The Mur de Bretagne was the setting for a rapid climbing finish, with Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) triumphant atop the famous climb as he took the yellow jersey.
Alaphilippe flies solo to win crash-marred Tour de France opener
Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) attacked clear on the final three-kilometre climb to the hill-top finish in Landerneau, flying solo from the much-reduced peloton to win alone and claim the first yellow jersey.
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