Races Road Nibali wins stage 2 of the Tour de France By Cycling News published 6 July 2014 Astana rider rides into yellow jersey with bold final attack Comments Race Home Stages Stage 1 190.5km | Leeds - Harrogate Stage 2 201km | York - Sheffield Stage 3 155km | Cambridge - London Stage 4 163.5km | Le Touquet-Paris-Plage - Lille Métropole Stage 5 155.5km | Ypres - Arenberg Porte du Hainaut Stage 6 194km | Arras - Reims Stage 7 234.5km | Épernay - Nancy Stage 8 161km | Tomblaine - Gérardmer La Mauselaine Stage 9 170km | Gérardmer - Mulhouse Stage 10 161.5km | Mulhouse - La Planche des Belles Filles Rest Day 1 Besançon - Besançon Stage 11 187.5km | Besançon - Oyonnax Stage 12 185.5km | Bourg-en-Bresse - Saint-Étienne Stage 13 197.5km | Saint-Étienne - Chamrousse Stage 14 177km | Grenoble - Risoul Stage 15 222km | Tallard - Nîmes Rest Day 2 Carcassonne - Carcassonne Stage 16 237.5km | Carcassonne - Bagnères-de-Luchon Stage 17 124.5km | Saint-Gaudens - Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d'Adet Stage 18 145.5km | Pau - Hautacam Stage 19 208.5km | Maubourguet Pays du Val d'Adour - Bergerac Stage 20 54km | Bergerac - Périgueux (ITT) Stage 21 137.5km | Évry - Paris Champs-Élysées View all Stages Route Race history Contenders Start list Image 1 of 187Vincenzo Niabli (Astana) ways from the podium(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Nibali shakes hands with the UCI president Brian Cookson(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)A very happy Vincenzo Nibali(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Vincenzo Niabli (Astana) concentrating adds the yellow jersey to his collection(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)A kiss for the LCL lion(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)A first ever yellow jersey for Vincenzo Nibali (Astana)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Cyril Lemoine (Cofidis) collects his KOM jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Most agressive, Blel Kadri (Ag2r-La Mondiale)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Peter Sagan (Cannondale) in the best young riders jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Peter Sagan (Cannondale) on the podium(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Another green jersey for Sagan's collection(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Peter Sagan (Cannondale) in the green jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) after stage 2(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The huge crowds of stage 2(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Trying to squeeze through the crowds(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Pinot leads home the chasers(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Chris Froome has a little dig(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Cote de Holme Moss in ll its glory(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The crowds on Cote de Holme Moss(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Cote de Holme Moss(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The view from Cote de Holme Moss(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Andriy Grivko (Astana) leading the peloton(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Blel Kadri (Ag2r-La Mondiale) gets into an aero tuck(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Blel Kadri (Ag2r-La Mondiale)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Sylvain Chavanel (IAM Cycling)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Tejay van Garderen (BMC)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Blel Kadri (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Cyril Lemoine (Cofidis) and Armindo Fonseca (Bretagne-Séché Environnement)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The cobbled climb in Oxenhope(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Italian Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) claims stage 2(Image credit: Bettini Photo)Cyril Lemoine (Cofidis) gets aero(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Welcome...(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Dutch champion Sebastian Langeveld(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Matthew Busche (Trek) in the breakaway(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Peter Sagan clad in white(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The two Lampre-Merida Portuguese riders; Rui Costa and Nelson Oliveira(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Bryan Coquard (Team Europcar) keeping the green jersey warm(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano) was clad in yellow today(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Getting a good view of stage 2(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)A polka dot pained house during stage 2(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Bryan Coquard (Team Europcar) interviewed before the start of stage 2(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Marcel Kittel at the sign on in York(Image credit: ASO/G. Demouveaux)Marcel Kittel kept safe by his Giant-Shimano teammates(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)A very yellow Marcel Kittel(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Steven Kruijswijk (Belkin) congratulates Marcel Kittel(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Luca Paolini (Katusha) at the start(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Yukiya Arashiro (Europcar)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Joaquim Rodriguez checks his lines before an interview(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Cavendish's car all packed and ready to go(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)No mistaking the yellow jersey of Marcel Kittel(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Another addition for the Giant-Shimano bus(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Reminders of the 2015 Grande depart in Utrecht(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Kittel also had a yellow SRM for stage 2(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Sir Dave Brailsford(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)A camera on one the Orica-GreenEdge bikes for stage 2(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Chris Froome's Pinarello F8(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Note to fans. This is how to take a selfie with the riders(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Blel Kadri (Ag2r-La Mondiale) collects the most combative prize(Image credit: ASO/X.Bourgois)Daniele Bennati (Tinkoff-Saxo)(Image credit: ASO/G. Demouveaux)The peloton stretched out(Image credit: ASO/G. Demouveaux)The crowds cheers on the yellow jersey of Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano)(Image credit: ASO/G. Demouveaux)The depart of stage 2 in York at the race track(Image credit: ASO/G. Demouveaux)Blel Kadri (Ag2r-La Mondiale) was awarded with the most combative prize today(Image credit: ASO/G. Demouveaux)The breakaway out on the road(Image credit: ASO/G. Demouveaux)
