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No other attacks have gone. The four men up the road are almost at two minutes now.
Lampaert and Van Aert at the start today.
195km to go
A minute between the break and peloton now.
The peloton quickly blocks the road and this four-man move is our break of the day already.
He’s joined out front by B&B Hotels-KTM duo Pierre Rolland and Cyril Barthe and Sven Erik Bystrøm (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert).
Magnus Cort (EF Education-EasyPost) is among the early attackers.
198km to go
Now the flag has finally dropped and we’re underway.
Tim Wellens had a puncture in the neutral zone, which delayed the real start. Yates’ puncture has delayed the start once again.
Adam Yates stops at the side of the road. It looks like he might have a puncture at this early stage.
And still, the stage isn’t yet underway.
202km to go
The riders roll though km0 and there’s a bit of a delay in dropping the flag to start the stage…
Still 3km left of the neutral zone. It’s been a slow roll-out so far.
Here’s a look at our preview of today’s stage…
Tour de France stage 2 preview – Crosswinds could inspire fight for the yellow jersey
And the peloton has rolled out to start the neutral zone in Roskilde. 5.3km of riding until the real start.
Lampaert is in yellow today. Wout van Aert wears green. Tadej Pogačar is in white. There is, of course, no polka dot jersey just yet.
Not long now until the stage gets underway.
The Belgian also commented on the team’s COVID-19 situation. Several staff members left the race after testing positive, including directeur sportif Tom Steels.
“It’s a pity because also Tom Steels was one of the victims. He’s my coach and the guy who took control in the car behind me so it’s a pity that I can’t celebrate with him. I called him on video call. It’s not so fun but I hope he recovers well and can come back to the Tour.
“In the beginning I wasn’t so afraid but yesterday after the finish I hugged a lot of people so now I start to think ‘oh shit’ two hours later they are COVID-positive and I start to think maybe I have it. I didn’t have it the past two-and-a-half years, so to have it now in the coming days it would really be a pity.”
Here’s what Lampaert had to say at the start today…
“We have Fabio Jakobsen to do the best sprint today and we hope to maybe again take a victory today. I think we have quite a good shot. He’s one of the fastest guys in the world.
“I’m proud. It’s crazy. It’s difficult to understand that I took the jersey. Also for the team it’s straight away a nice start to the Tour and let’s hope we can continue like this.”
A look at Yves Lampaert, who is in yellow today having won yesterday’s opening time trial.
Read our stage 1 report here.
We’re around 35 minutes from the start of the stage and the riders are signing on in Roskilde.
A look at the map of today’s stage, featuring that bridge right at the end.
It’s the longest of the opening three stages in Denmark today, clocking in at 202km. Crosswinds could come into play today, with a crossing of the exposed 18km Great Belt Bridge coming just 21km from the line.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the second stage of the Tour de France, the first road stage of the race.
