As it happened: Alaphilippe beats Carapaz to Critérium du Dauphiné stage 2 win

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of stage 2 of the Critérium du Dauphiné!

Today's stage gets underway in just over 20 minutes with a 10-minute ride through the neutral zone.

Plenty of hills on the road to the finish today with four categorised climbs. Two third-category and two second-category before the uphill finish.

There's climbing from the start, too, with uncategorised hills filling the opening 40km.

A look back at yesterday's opening stage...

Criterium du Dauphine: Christophe Laporte catches Rune Herregodts on the line

And a look back at how stage 1 unfolded.

Riders have set off for the neutral zone at the start of the stage now.

Laporte starts today in the yellow of race leader. Donavan Grondin (Arkéa-Samsic) is in the KOM jersey while Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates) is in the green of points jersey leader. Rune Herregodts (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) is in white as best young rider.

Riders rolling out to start stage 2.

Three DNFs yesterday so 144 riders start today.

165km to go

Racing is underway on the stage and it's all together early on.

KOM leader Grondin is among the early attackers.

Steff Cras, Steve Kruijswijk, and Romain Combaud have abandoned the race.

155km to go

The trio were caught in a crash.

Meanwhile, Victor Campenaerts, Andrea Piccolo, and Jonas Gregaard are on the attack with Grondin.

Nans Peters is also on the attack.

The gaps at the head of the race are still small as they tackle an unclassified hill early on.

145km to go

Peters is across to the move, as is Pierre Latour.

Kenny Elissonde chasing across.

55 seconds between the leaders and the peloton.

Elissonde joins the break and we have seven out front.

Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny), Andrea Piccolo (EF Education-EasyPost), Nans Peters (AG2R Citroën), Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X), Kenny Elissonde (Trek-Segafredo), Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies), Donavan Grondin (Arkéa-Samsic) in the break of the day.

Jumbo-Visma leads the peloton.

125km to go

Just under two minutes between break and peloton.

The first categorised climb of the day, the Col de Toutée (2.2km at 6%).

A look at the break of the day.

Grondin took the two points over the top of the climb to add to his KOM lead.

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109km to go

Grondin has taken two points over both of the day's opening climbs. He leads the mountain classification with seven points now.

The peloton rolling along during today's stage.

Grondin has to change bikes after suffering a mechanical problem.

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Jumbo-Visma and Soudal-QuickStep working in the peloton. The gap to the break is 1:20 now as Grondin gets back on.

90km to go

1:15 between break and peloton.

After a descent, the riders are now heading back uphill towards the finish line, which hosts the intermediate sprint. 15km to go until that point.

Ineos Grenadiers near the front of the peloton.