Reigning Olympic time trial champion Remco Evenepoel should be a major factor in Caen as Tadej Pogacar, Mathieu van der Poel battle for overall lead.

If stage one was all about the sprinters today a rolling route with a punchy finale looks ideally set up for the puncheurs, who will fancy their chances of ending the day in yellow. This is all set up for a cracking final 30km or