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Sunday, August 26: Stage 2, Marbella - Caminito del Rey, 163.5 km

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Alejandro Valverde takes the stage and just behind him Michal Kwiatkowski's 2nd place makes him the new race leader. Photo: Gomez Sport

Rated ascents:

• Km 7.5: Puerto de Ojen, 6.5 km @ 5.2% gradient, Cat 2
• Km 91.1: Alto de Guadalhorce, 7.1 km @ 2.8%, Cat. 3
• Km 119.8: Alto de Ardales, 5.8 km @ 3.7%, Cat. 3

Weather at the start city of Marbella at 3:30 PM, local time: 28C (82F), sunny, with the wind from the ESE at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain is forecast

The race: All 176 riders who started and finished stage one started stage two.

Here's the organizer's stage two summary:

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) mastered the uphill sprint at Caminito del Rey on Sunday to win stage 2 of La Vuelta, his 10th stage win on the Spanish Grand Tour! The Spanish veteran accelerated in the last 500m to get back to Laurens De Plus (Quick-Step Floors) and then dominated Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) in an impressive mano-a-mano with two of the best puncheurs in the world. Already 2nd on day 1, “Kwiatko” is the new overall leader of La Vuelta 2018 as Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing Team) faded.

A group of very strong attackers enjoyed the early climb up the Puerto de Ojen to quickly open a gap over the peloton. Alexis Gougeard (AG2R-La Mondiale), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal), Pierre Rolland (EF Education First-Drapac), Pablo Torres (Burgos-BH), Jonathan Lastra (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Luis Angel Mate (Cofidis) and Hector Saez (Euskadi-Murias) attacked from the gun and 7.5km later they summited the climb with a lead already up to almost 3 minutes. It wouldn’t get much higher later on as BMC controlled the pace around the red jersey Rohan Dennis.

Luis Angel Mate claimed the KOM points atop the first climb of the day and repeated the feat atop the cat-3 Alto de Guadalhorce, as the riders crossed the finish line for the first time. They still had 72km to go and Peter Sagan’s Bora-Hansgrohe turned on the heat behind the attackers. The gap, up to a maximum of 4 minutes in that climb, was dow to 2’30’’ 65km away from the finish. Thomas De Gendt got dropped behind the leading group with 55km to go while BMC and Bora-Hansgrohe worked together to drive the bunch.

Luis Angel Mate kept collecting the KOM points and Pierre Rolland proved to be the strongest among the attackers but he got reeled in with 17km to go, as Team Sky took the front positions of the bunch. Race leader Rohan Dennis (BMC) got dropped in the meantime as well as his teammate Richie Porte, who eventually dropped 13 minutes. Laurens De Plus (Quick-Step Floors) tried to anticipate with a strong solo move with 1.3km to go but there was no stopping Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) this Sunday.

Complete results:

Stage 2 photos

163.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.772 km/hr

1	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	Movistar	4hr 13min 1sec
2	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	s.t.
3	LAURENS DE PLUS	Quick-Step Floors	@ 3sec
4	WILCO KELDERMAN	Team Sunweb	s.t.
5	GEORGE BENNETT	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
6	TONY GALLOPIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
7	EMANUEL BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	RIGOBERTO URAN	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
9	NAIRO QUINTANA	Movistar	s.t.
10	THIBAUT PINOT	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	JACK HAIG	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
12	DAVIDE FORMOLO	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	DRIES DEVENYNS	Quick-Step Floors	00' 08''
14	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
15	JON IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
16	MICHAEL WOODS	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
17	DAVID DE LA CRUZ	Sky	s.t.
18	ENRIC MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
19	FABIO ARU	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
20	RAFAL MAJKA	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
21	SIMON PHILIP YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
22	BAUKE MOLLEMA	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
23	JESUS HERRADA	Cofidis	s.t.
24	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	Sky	s.t.
25	FABIO FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
26	RUDY MOLARD	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	00' 15''
28	VALERIO CONTI	UAE-Team Emirates	00' 19''
29	LOUIS MEINTJES	Dimension Data	s.t.
30	PELLO BILBAO	Astana	s.t.
31	DAVIDE VILLELLA	Astana	s.t.
32	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	Astana	s.t.
33	GIANLUCA BRAMBILLA	Trek-Segafredo	00' 23''
34	MERHAWI KUDUS	Dimension Data	00' 28''
35	PIETER SERRY	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
36	ANDREY ZEITS	Astana	00' 37''
37	SIMON GESCHKE	Team Sunweb	s.t.
38	VICTOR CAMPENAERTS	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
39	STÉPHANE ROSSETTO	Cofidis	00' 43''
40	DANIEL MORENO	EF Education First-Drapac	00' 50''
41	CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01' 01''
42	HERMANN PERNSTEINER	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
43	EDUARD PRADES REVERTER	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
44	SERGIO PARDILLA BELLON	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
45	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	Movistar	s.t.
46	IGOR ANTON HERNANDEZ	Dimension Data	s.t.
47	ILNUR ZAKARIN	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
48	IAN BOSWELL	Katusha-Alpecin	01' 05''
49	JORGE CUBERO GALVEZ	Burgos-BH	01' 13''
50	DANIEL MARTIN	UAE-Team Emirates	01' 15''
51	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	01' 24''
52	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	01' 26''
53	DAMIEN HOWSON	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
54	JAY MC CARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
55	BRENT BOOKWALTER	BMC	01' 38''
56	RICHARD CARAPAZ	Movistar	01' 48''
57	SANDER ARMEE	Lotto-Soudal	01' 50''
58	HUBERT DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	01' 56''
59	SIMONE PETILLI	UAE-Team Emirates	02' 00''
60	AMANUEL GHEBREIGZABHIER	Dimension Data	02' 11''
61	ANTONIO MOLINA CANET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	02' 14''
62	LUIS GUILLERMO MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
63	JETSE BOL	Burgos-BH	02' 15''
64	MAURITS LAMMERTINK	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
65	TOM VAN ASBROECK	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
66	SALVATORE PUCCIO	Sky	02' 37''
67	DYLAN TEUNS	BMC	02' 46''
68	RYAN GIBBONS	Dimension Data	s.t.
69	FLORIS DE TIER	LottoNL-Jumbo	02' 52''
70	JOSE HERRADA	Cofidis	03' 00''
71	VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN	UAE-Team Emirates	03' 02''
72	TIAGO MACHADO	Katusha-Alpecin	03' 13''
73	NELSON OLIVEIRA	Movistar	s.t.
74	GEORG PREIDLER	Groupama-FDJ	03' 22''
75	ALEXANDRE GENIEZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
76	PAVEL KOCHETKOV	Katusha-Alpecin	03' 29''
77	SIMON CLARKE	EF Education First-Drapac	03' 34''
78	BENJAMIN THOMAS	Groupama-FDJ	03' 42''
79	FRANCO PELLIZOTTI	Bahrain-Merida	04' 04''
80	NACER BOUHANNI	Cofidis	s.t.
81	VINCENZO NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
82	IVAN GARCIA CORTINA	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
83	TIESJ BENOOT	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
84	MARKEL IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
85	BENJAMIN KING	Dimension Data	s.t.
86	NANS PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
87	NICOLA CONCI	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
88	BEN GASTAUER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
89	MIKAEL CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
90	MIKEL BIZKARRA	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
91	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
92	JAI HINDLEY	Team Sunweb	s.t.
93	NIKITA STALNOV	Astana	s.t.
94	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	04' 11''
95	GORKA IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	04' 42''
96	MICHAEL STORER	Team Sunweb	04' 45''
97	MICKAEL DELAGE	Groupama-FDJ	05' 00''
98	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	05' 14''
99	MAXIME MONFORT	Lotto-Soudal	05' 43''
100	DARIO CATALDO	Astana	06' 31''
101	DANIELE BENNATI	Movistar	s.t.
102	JOSÉ GONÇALVES	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
103	ARITZ BAGUES	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
104	JESUS EZQUERRA	Burgos-BH	s.t.
105	ANDREY AMADOR	Movistar	06' 33''
106	JONATHAN CASTROVIEJO	Sky	s.t.
107	LÉO VINCENT	Groupama-FDJ	07' 04''
108	MICHAEL ALBASINI	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
109	EDWARD RAVASI	UAE-Team Emirates	07' 18''
110	MARK PADUN	Bahrain-Merida	07' 26''
111	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF Education First-Drapac	08' 04''
112	DIEGO RUBIO HERNANDEZ	Burgos-BH	10' 11''
113	OSCAR CABEDO CARDA	Burgos-BH	s.t.
114	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	Cofidis	s.t.
115	SEPP KUSS	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
116	MIKEL ITURRIA SEGUROLA	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
117	THOMAS LEEZER	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
118	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	BMC	10' 21''
119	KASPER ASGREEN	Quick-Step Floors	10' 30''
120	JELLE WALLAYS	Lotto-Soudal	10' 45''
121	IMANOL ERVITI	Movistar	10' 54''
122	MATTEO TRENTIN	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
123	ANTOINE DUCHESNE	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
124	BJORG LAMBRECHT	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
125	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	Sky	s.t.
126	PAVEL SIVAKOV	Sky	s.t.
127	LOIC CHETOUT	Cofidis	s.t.
128	MARC SARREAU	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
129	JORDI SIMON CASULLERAS	Burgos-BH	s.t.
130	PIERRE ROLLAND	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
131	JAN HIRT	Astana	s.t.
132	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
133	KIEL REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
134	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	Team Sunweb	s.t.
135	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	LottoNL-Jumbo	11' 22''
136	DANNY VAN POPPEL	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
137	LUKA MEZGEC	Mitchelton-Scott	12' 09''
138	ALEXIS GOUGEARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	12' 18''
139	FABIO SABATINI	Quick-Step Floors	13' 31''
140	HECTOR SAEZ BENITO	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
141	THOMAS DE GENDT	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
142	GARIKOITZ BRAVO	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
143	JON ABERASTURI IZAGA	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
144	PETER SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
145	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	s.t.
146	JOSÉ MENDES	Burgos-BH	s.t.
147	ELIA VIVIANI	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
148	RICHIE PORTE	BMC	s.t.
149	ADAM YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
150	JOHANN VAN ZYL	Dimension Data	s.t.
151	LUKA PIBERNIK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
152	JOSEPH ROSSKOPF	BMC	s.t.
153	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
154	LUIS ANGEL MATE	Cofidis	s.t.
155	NELSON ANDRES SOTO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
156	MATTHIAS BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
157	JHONATAN RESTREPO	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
158	KENNETH VANBILSEN	Cofidis	s.t.
159	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
160	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	Team Sunweb	s.t.
161	PABLO TORRES MUIÑO	Burgos-BH	s.t.
162	OMAR FRAILE MATARRANZ	Astana	s.t.
163	MARTIJN TUSVELD	Team Sunweb	s.t.
164	JONATHAN LASTRA MARTINEZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
165	MARCUS BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
166	ALEXANDER EDMONDSON	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
167	ROHAN DENNIS	BMC	s.t.
168	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
169	MICHAEL MØRKØV	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
170	STEPHEN CUMMINGS	Dimension Data	s.t.
171	MIKE TEUNISSEN	Team Sunweb	s.t.
172	TOSH VAN DER SANDE	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
173	SIMONE CONSONNI	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
174	SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky)
• Mountains classification leader: Luis Angel Mate (Cofidis)
• Points classification leader: Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky)
• Combination classification leader: Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky)
• Team classification leader: Team Sky

171.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.175 km/hr

1	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	4hr 22min 40sec
2	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	Movistar	@ 14sec
3	WILCO KELDERMAN	Team Sunweb	00' 25''
4	LAURENS DE PLUS	Quick-Step Floors	00' 28''
5	JON IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	00' 30''
6	FABIO FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
7	EMANUEL BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	00' 32''
8	TONY GALLOPIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	00' 33''
9	NAIRO QUINTANA	Movistar	s.t.
10	BAUKE MOLLEMA	Trek-Segafredo	00' 35''
11	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	LottoNL-Jumbo	00' 37''
12	SIMON PHILIP YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
13	ENRIC MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step Floors	00' 42''
14	RAFAL MAJKA	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	DRIES DEVENYNS	Quick-Step Floors	00' 43''
16	THIBAUT PINOT	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	VICTOR CAMPENAERTS	Lotto-Soudal	00' 44''
18	GEORGE BENNETT	LottoNL-Jumbo	00' 45''
19	FABIO ARU	UAE-Team Emirates	00' 47''
20	RIGOBERTO URAN	EF Education First-Drapac	00' 48''
21	RUDY MOLARD	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
22	PELLO BILBAO LOPEZ	Astana	00' 49''
23	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	00' 50''
24	JACK HAIG	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
25	DAVID DE LA CRUZ	Sky	00' 53''
26	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	Astana	00' 54''
27	JESUS HERRADA	Cofidis	s.t.
28	VALERIO CONTI	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
29	DAVIDE FORMOLO	Bora-hansgrohe	00' 56''
30	SIMON GESCHKE	Team Sunweb	00' 58''
31	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	Sky	00' 59''
32	GIANLUCA BRAMBILLA	Trek-Segafredo	01' 01''
33	DAVIDE VILLELLA	Astana	s.t.
34	MICHAEL WOODS	EF Education First-Drapac	01' 07''
35	PIETER SERRY	Quick-Step Floors	01' 09''
36	LOUIS MEINTJES	Dimension Data	01' 16''
37	MERHAWI KUDUS	Dimension Data	01' 30''
38	ILNUR ZAKARIN	Katusha-Alpecin	01' 31''
39	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	Movistar	01' 36''
40	ANDREY ZEITS	Astana	01' 37''
41	DANIEL MORENO	EF Education First-Drapac	01' 40''
42	STÉPHANE ROSSETTO	Cofidis	01' 44''
43	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	01' 50''
44	IGOR ANTON HERNANDEZ	Dimension Data	01' 52''
45	DANIEL MARTIN	UAE-Team Emirates	01' 53''
46	DAMIEN HOWSON	Mitchelton-Scott	01' 54''
47	EDUARD PRADES REVERTER	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	01' 59''
48	HERMANN PERNSTEINER	Bahrain-Merida	02' 00''
49	BRENT BOOKWALTER	BMC	02' 01''
50	IAN BOSWELL	Katusha-Alpecin	02' 07''
51	JAY MC CARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	02' 14''
52	CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	02' 16''
53	JORGE CUBERO GALVEZ	Burgos-BH	02' 20''
54	SERGIO PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	02' 21''
55	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	02' 22''
56	RICHARD CARAPAZ	Movistar	02' 36''
57	AMANUEL GHEBREIGZABHIER	Dimension Data	02' 51''
58	LUIS GUILLERMO MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	02' 54''
59	SANDER ARMEE	Lotto-Soudal	02' 55''
60	SIMONE PETILLI	UAE-Team Emirates	02' 57''
61	HUBERT DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	03' 00''
62	TOM VAN ASBROECK	EF Education First-Drapac	03' 05''
63	MAURITS LAMMERTINK	Katusha-Alpecin	03' 08''
64	DYLAN TEUNS	BMC	s.t.
65	ANTONIO MOLINA CANET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	03' 17''
66	JETSE BOL	Burgos-BH	03' 19''
67	RYAN GIBBONS	Dimension Data	03' 21''
68	NELSON OLIVEIRA	Movistar	03' 30''
69	SALVATORE PUCCIO	Sky	03' 31''
70	VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN	UAE-Team Emirates	03' 44''
71	FLORIS DE TIER	LottoNL-Jumbo	03' 47''
72	GEORG PREIDLER	Groupama-FDJ	04' 00''
73	ALEXANDRE GENIEZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
74	TIAGO MACHADO	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
75	BENJAMIN THOMAS	Groupama-FDJ	04' 05''
76	JOSE HERRADA	Cofidis	04' 13''
77	SIMON CLARKE	EF Education First-Drapac	04' 14''
78	BENJAMIN KING	Dimension Data	04' 33''
79	PAVEL KOCHETKOV	Katusha-Alpecin	04' 37''
80	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha-Alpecin	04' 40''
81	MARKEL IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	04' 42''
82	VINCENZO NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	04' 44''
83	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	04' 45''
84	TIESJ BENOOT	Lotto-Soudal	04' 46''
85	NICOLA CONCI	Trek-Segafredo	04' 51''
86	IVAN GARCIA CORTINA	Bahrain-Merida	04' 55''
87	JAI HINDLEY	Team Sunweb	04' 56''
88	NIKITA STALNOV	Astana	04' 57''
89	FRANCO PELLIZOTTI	Bahrain-Merida	05' 06''
90	GORKA IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
91	BEN GASTAUER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
92	NANS PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	05' 09''
93	MIKAEL CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	05' 10''
94	MIKEL BIZKARRA	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	05' 20''
95	NACER BOUHANNI	Cofidis	05' 38''
96	MICHAEL STORER	Team Sunweb	05' 44''
97	MICKAEL DELAGE	Groupama-FDJ	06' 12''
98	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	06' 15''
99	MAXIME MONFORT	Lotto-Soudal	06' 25''
100	JONATHAN CASTROVIEJO	Sky	06' 54''
101	ANDREY AMADOR	Movistar	07' 16''
102	DARIO CATALDO	Astana	07' 22''
103	DANIELE BENNATI	Movistar	07' 25''
104	JESUS EZQUERRA MUELA	Burgos-BH	07' 28''
105	LÉO VINCENT	Groupama-FDJ	07' 40''
106	ARITZ BAGUES	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	07' 41''
107	MICHAEL ALBASINI	Mitchelton-Scott	07' 42''
108	JOSÉ GONÇALVES	Katusha-Alpecin	07' 49''
109	MARK PADUN	Bahrain-Merida	08' 02''
110	EDWARD RAVASI	UAE-Team Emirates	08' 07''
111	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF Education First-Drapac	08' 49''
112	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	BMC	10' 42''
113	KASPER ASGREEN	Quick-Step Floors	11' 01''
114	DIEGO RUBIO HERNANDEZ	Burgos-BH	11' 09''
115	THOMAS LEEZER	LottoNL-Jumbo	11' 13''
116	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	Sky	11' 14''
117	JELLE WALLAYS	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
118	PAVEL SIVAKOV	Sky	11' 25''
119	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	Cofidis	11' 27''
120	MIKEL ITURRIA	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
121	SEPP KUSS	LottoNL-Jumbo	11' 28''
122	PIERRE ROLLAND	EF Education First-Drapac	11' 34''
123	IMANOL ERVITI	Movistar	11' 38''
124	MATTEO TRENTIN	Mitchelton-Scott	11' 43''
125	BJORG LAMBRECHT	Lotto-Soudal	11' 48''
126	OSCAR CABEDO CARDA	Burgos-BH	11' 53''
127	ANTOINE DUCHESNE	Groupama-FDJ	11' 54''
128	KIEL REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	11' 56''
129	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	Team Sunweb	11' 57''
130	MARC SARREAU	Groupama-FDJ	12' 01''
131	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
132	DANNY VAN POPPEL	LottoNL-Jumbo	12' 04''
133	LOIC CHETOUT	Cofidis	12' 09''
134	JORDI SIMON CASULLERAS	Burgos-BH	12' 17''
135	JAN HIRT	Astana	12' 28''
136	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	LottoNL-Jumbo	12' 29''
137	ALEXIS GOUGEARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	12' 57''
138	LUKA MEZGEC	Mitchelton-Scott	13' 08''
139	ROHAN DENNIS	BMC	13' 31''
140	SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD	EF Education First-Drapac	13' 56''
141	JOSEPH ROSSKOPF	BMC	13' 59''
142	MARTIJN TUSVELD	Team Sunweb	s.t.
143	STEPHEN CUMMINGS	Dimension Data	14' 00''
144	ALEXANDER EDMONDSON	Mitchelton-Scott	14' 01''
145	MATTHIAS BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	14' 02''
146	PETER SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	14' 09''
147	ADAM YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	14' 11''
148	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	14' 12''
149	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	Team Sunweb	14' 13''
150	ELIA VIVIANI	Quick-Step Floors	14' 14''
151	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE-Team Emirates	14' 17''
152	THOMAS DE GENDT	Lotto-Soudal	14' 20''
153	MIKE TEUNISSEN	Team Sunweb	s.t.
154	HECTOR SAEZ BENITO	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	14' 21''
155	RICHIE PORTE	BMC	14' 22''
156	JHONATAN RESTREPO	Katusha-Alpecin	14' 25''
157	SIMONE CONSONNI	UAE-Team Emirates	14' 27''
158	MICHAEL MØRKØV	Quick-Step Floors	14' 30''
159	JOSÉ MENDES	Burgos-BH	14' 35''
160	OMAR FRAILE	Astana	s.t.
161	JOHANN VAN ZYL	Dimension Data	14' 36''
162	NELSON ANDRES SOTO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14' 37''
163	TOSH VAN DER SANDE	Lotto-Soudal	14' 38''
164	LUKA PIBERNIK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
165	LUIS ANGEL MATE	Cofidis	14' 39''
166	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	14' 41''
167	FABIO SABATINI	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
168	JONATHAN LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	14' 42''
169	GARIKOITZ BRAVO OIARBIDE	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
170	PABLO TORRES MUIÑO	Burgos-BH	14' 43''
171	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	Trek-Segafredo	14' 44''
172	KENNETH VANBILSEN	Cofidis	14' 45''
173	MARCUS BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	14' 46''
174	JON ABERASTURI	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	15' 09''

Stage 2 map & profile:

Vuelta stage 2 map

Vuelta stage 2 profile

Stage 2 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Tackling the final meters of the final climb, the Caminito del Rey.

Race leader Rohan Dennis is escorted by his teammates up the final hill.

Pierre Rolland

Geroge Bennett was fifth today.

Michal Kwiatkowski leads Alejandro Valverde up the final ascent.

Alejandro Valverde wins stage two.

Michal Kwiatkowski finishes the stage.

Laurens de Plus was third.

Stage winner Alejandro Valverde

Michal Kwiatkowski is the new owner of the race leader's red jersey.

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