Watts Occurring Tour de France stage two: Vingegaard, Pogacar and Van der Poel do battle

Listen to episode two of Watts Occuring, with Luke Rowe and Ben Swift

Ben Swift should have been in France right now, battling the weather and the best riders in the world on a brutal stage two at the Tour.

But, alas, a shoulder fracture and subsequent illness ruled 'Swifty' out of INEOS' Tour selection, so Luke Rowe called him up to get his expert thoughts on Watts Occurring instead.

Today's late climbs lived up to the hype - and while the favourites battled it out up front, we were delighted to see G hanging tough behind.

Two days in and the Tour is already flying.

You can also now watch Watts Occurring on YouTube. Watch the latest pod from G, Luke and co. below.

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