Tour de France

^He's going to struggle to get through the 1st week! Tomorrow is a bit lumpy with a "flatter"day on Monday. Tuesday brings the Col du Galibier with 3600m of climbing

Victory to day for Ronan Bardet of the team DSM Firmenic. He and fellow teammate Frank Van den Broek held their breakaway to just finish before the peloton.

So the yellow jersey goes to a Frenchman, in Italy.

Nice to see Bardet claim yellow in what is most likely his final year as a pro.

Today is another stage in Italy. 199.2km Cesentatico to Bologne.

It going to be another hilly day.

Stage 2 was won by another Franceman Kevin Vauquelin ( Arkea - B&B Hotels).

The yellow jersey is now taken by Tadej Pogacar.

Todays stage 3 is a 230.8km flat course between Plaisance to Turin

The is the stage for Cavendish as it will be a sprint finish.

The winner of todays sprint finish was Biniam Girmay of team Intermarche - Wanty.

This stage is the longest on this years tour