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Stage 2: Alaphilippe claims yellow jersey
Updated On: 31 August, 2020 08:41 AM IST | Nice (France) | AFP
On the days final climb Alaphilippe launched a blistering attack to clinch bonus seconds at the summit before a white-knuckle descent to the finish line in Nice where the second stage victory also gave him bonus seconds
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Stage winner Team Deceuninck rider France's Julian Alaphilippe celebrates his overall leader yellow jersey on the podium after winning the 2nd stage of the 107th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 187 km between Nice and Nice. Pic/AFP
A year after thrilling his home nation for a fortnight on last year's Tour de France, Julian Alaphilippe produced an almost carbon-copy capture of a stage win Sunday to claim the overall leader's yellow jersey again. On the day's final climb Alaphilippe launched a blistering attack to clinch bonus seconds at the summit before a white-knuckle descent to the finish line in Nice where the second stage victory also gave him bonus seconds.
Delirious with joy at his repeat performance former soldier Alaphilippe began punching towards the sky, as he turned to see just how close behind him the onrushing peloton was to overtaking his escape trio on the Promenade des Anglais finish line. The set-up of the second stage was eerily close to how Alaphilippe stole away from the peloton last year on day three to Epernay and eventually led the Tour for 14 days before wilting on the penultimate stage to finish fifth overall. No Frenchman has won the Tour de France since 1985. "I really wanted to try something and I had nothing to lose," said Deceuninck-Quick Step's leader.
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