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Gallery: 2015 Tour de France, stage 2

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July 5, 2015

Tim De Waele was out in the breeze with the bunch as they fought the blustery Dutch winds

2015 Tour de France, stage 2: start — And they’re off! The peloton leaves Utrecht. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com

2015 Tour de France, stage 2: fans — The fans give them a good sendoff. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com

2015 Tour de France, stage 2: river — Sorry, this is not a triathlon. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com

2015 Tour de France, stage 2: boats — Still, it proved to be a good day to keep a boat handy. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com

2015 Tour de France, stage 2: break — The break du jour. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com

2015 Tour de France, stage 2: BMC — BMC rallied around race leader Rohan Dennis early on. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com

2015 Tour de France, stage 2: Tinkoff-Saxo — Alberto Contador and his Tinkoff-Saxo mates were vigilant throughout, and it paid off. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com

2015 Tour de France, stage 2: wind — It was a breezy day. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com

2015 Tour de France, stage 2: rain — With the wind came the rain. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com

2015 Tour de France, stage 2: lead group — The lead group quickly worked to put time on the chasers. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com

2015 Tour de France, stage 2: caught out — Joaquim Rodriguez and Nairo Quintana were among those having a bad day on stage 2. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com

2015 Tour de France, stage 2: Nibali — Vincenzo Nibali tried to make it to the lead group on his own, but couldn’t get there. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com

2015 Tour de France, stage 2: teamwork — Zdenek Stybar and Manuel Quinziato work to pile time on the pursuit. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com

2015 Tour de France, stage 2: bike throw — The bike throws at the line saw Mark Cavendish off the podium and out of the bonuses, which put Fabian Cancellara in the yellow jersey. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com

2015 Tour de France, stage 2: Greipel — André Greipel takes the victory. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com

2015 Tour de France, stage 2: lead group — Etixx-Quick-Step did a lot of work and came away empty-handed. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com

2015 Tour de France, stage 2: Sagan — Peter Sagan had a mechanical and had to chase back to the lead group. He still managed to finish second. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com

2015 Tour de France, stage 2: Dennis — A tough day at the office for race leader Rohan Dennis, who took one for the team. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com

2015 Tour de France, stage 2: van Garderen — Tejay van Garderen did well to stick close to the other candidates for the overall victory. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com

2015 Tour de France, stage 2: Gorilla in green — André Greipel got the win and the green jersey. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com

2015 Tour de France, stage 2: Cancellara in yellow — Fabian Cancellara, perhaps riding his last Tour, enjoys a moment in yellow. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com