Slovenian back in yellow and firmly in the GC driving seat, having limited losses to Remco Evenepoel to just 16 seconds

Evenepoel, the reigning time trial Olympic and world champion, was expected to win the stage in the absence of time trial specialists — Filippo Ganna and Stefan Bissegger, who both crashed and exited the race on the first day of the Tour last week.

Defending champion Tadej Pogačar has secured the 100th professional victory of his stellar career in typically flamboyant style, beating Mathieu Van der Poel in a dash to the line to win the hilly fou