French victory at the Criterium du Dauphiné. Alexis Vuillermoz won the 2nd stage at Brives-Charensac and took the leader’s yellow jersey.
Vuillermoz sprinted ahead of his 4 companions in a breakaway formed from the 1st hour. Norwegian Anders Skaarseth took 2nd place ahead of Frenchman Olivier Le Gac. The peloton of favorites, regulated by Belgian champion Wout van Aert, failed 5 seconds after the 169.8 kilometers.
The 6 breakaway riders (Delaplace, Le Gac, Vuillermoz, Skaarseth, Vermaerke, Vervloesem) counted up to almost 4 and a half minutes in advance. Vuillermoz (34) won the 9th victory of a career which culminated in a stage of the Tour de France 2015, in Mûr-de-Bretagne.
On Tuesday, the 169 kilometer long 3rd stage will take the peloton from Saint-Paulien to Chastreix-Sancy on a medium mountain course which ends with a 6.2 kilometer climb at a 5.6% gradient.
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