Tour de France 2023: Victor Lafay wins stage two – as it happened

Victor Lafay surprised the big names to steal a stage win in San Sebastian after a tough day in the Basque Country

Tour de France: Victor Lafay wins stage two but Adam Yates keeps overall lead

Adam Yates held onto his overall lead in the Tour de France after stage two, which was won by French rider Victor Lafay

This year’s Tour de France began amid a backdrop of orange on a strip of the Atlantic seaboard with a great cycling tradition

Rolling report: The Grand Départ is in the Basque Country this year. Join Barry Glendenning for live updates from stage one in Bilbao

Adam Yates outlasted his twin brother, Simon, in the final metres to win the Tour de France’s opening stage and take the yellow jersey

Race director Christian Prudhomme said of concerns: ‘We will adapt if needed’, with disruption expected after three nights of rioting across France

Vingegaard should benefit from this year’s many climbing stages as safety concerns linger after Gino Mäder’s death

Cycling team drops Allan Davis from Tour as Twitter user alleges he sent shirtless photo with the comment ‘thought of you’

Mark Cavendish says there will “be no room for sentimentality” as he seeks to take a record breaking 35th stage victory at his final Tour de France

Our in-depth look at every team, the main riders to watch and the cast of characters racing through France this summer

Jonathan Vaughters, a Tour de France team manager, has called for the use of safety netting on decents after the recent death of rider Gino Mäder

The Grand Départ will be in the Basque Country this year before crossing the Pyrenees and then heading across the Massif Central

Gino Mäder’s fatal accident at the Tour de Suisse highlights the dangers in elite level cycling as the showpiece event approaches

Two favourites going head-to-head is an enthralling prospect in a Tour de France designed for climbers rather than sprinters

Chris Froome has been left out of the Israel-Premier Tech squad for next month’s Tour de France and blamed ‘equipment issues’