Home favourite Julian Alaphillippe won Stage 2 of the Tour de France after a draining sprint finish.
Mitchelton-Scott's Adam Yates caught a two-man breakaway of Alaphillipe and Switzerland's Marc Hirschi on the final climb with 10 kilometres to go in Nice and worked as a team to hold off the peloton.
The trio were almost caught as they played cat and mouse with the finish line beckoning, but Deceuninck-Quick-Step's Alaphillippe's final burst saw him pip Hirschi (Sunweb), with Yates crossing one second behind.
Alaphillipe took the yellow jersey from stage one winner Alexander Kristoff, of UAE Team Emirates, and Yates moved up to second, four seconds behind, in the general classification.
An emotional Alaphillipe would dedicate victory to his late father Jo, who passed away in June at the age of 80 after a long illness.
The President's Cake
Director: Hasan Hadi
Starring: Baneen Ahmad Nayyef, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, Sajad Mohamad Qasem
Rating: 4/5
Cinco in numbers
Dh3.7 million
The estimated cost of Victoria Swarovski’s gem-encrusted Michael Cinco wedding gown
46
The number, in kilograms, that Swarovski’s wedding gown weighed.
1,000
The hours it took to create Cinco’s vermillion petal gown, as seen in his atelier [note, is the one he’s playing with in the corner of a room]
50
How many looks Cinco has created in a new collection to celebrate Ballet Philippines’ 50th birthday
3,000
The hours needed to create the butterfly gown worn by Aishwarya Rai to the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
1.1 million
The number of followers that Michael Cinco’s Instagram account has garnered.
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