Tour de France 2023: Victor Lafay stuns Wout van Aert on Stage 2, Tadej Pogacar takes 12 bonus seconds

Victor Lafay (Cofidis) sprung a huge surprise to win Stage 2 at the 2023 Tour de France as the fancied Wout van Aert and his Jumbo-Visma team-mates were left to rue indecision in the final kilometre. Lafay caught Jumbo-Visma napping with a blistering attack under the flamme rouge, with the Dutch team's quartet of Van Aert, Wilco Kelderman, Tiesj Benoot and Jonas Vingegaard reacting too late as the Frenchman held on for the unlikeliest of victories.

The win ends the French team's 15-year wait for a victory in the Tour. Ad It was a good day too for Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), as the two-time champion grabbed 12 bonus seconds – eight on the final Alto de Jaizkibel climb, and four more with third place at the finishline – to move into second in the general classification behind team-mate Adam Yates.

Tour de FranceDid Simon Yates let twin brother win? Debate rages over Adam Yates victoryA DAY AGO After Saturday's Bilbao out-and-back, Sunday saw the Tour make a mazy north-easterly beeline out of the Basque capital Vitoria-Gasteiz towards the coast at San Sebastian. In style and scenery the course sought to mimic the Clasica San Sebastian, which traditionally takes place in August.

With valuable mountains and sprint points on offer early in the stage, there was expected to be a long hard fight to get into the break. As it turned out, although there was slightly more of a scrap than for the same situation on the opening day, it was still over relatively quickly.