This Sunday, August 24, the 2nd stage of The return was already announced as a first turning point for the general classification. 159.6 kilometers long between Alba and Limone Piemonte, she notably offered an arrival at an ideal altitude to establish a first hierarchy between Cadors. Unfortunately, the approach of this beautiful final explanation was disturbed by high rain and slippery roads which caused several falls in the final. Fallen into a descent, Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet (Groupama-FDJ) was first forced to abandon, before a big slide in a roundabout 26 km in the heart of the peloton does not send part of the team to the ground Comma dont Jonas Vingegaardor Tom Pidcock. Fortunately, everyone was able to leave this time, and at the top of the fairly rolling final justice of the final justice … It was ultimately the Danish who narrowly established himself at the end of a huge duel in the sprint with the favorite of the day, Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek)!
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Jonas Vingegaard takes the first uphill finish… and LA ROJA!
Jonas Vingegaard takes the first the first final in Alto … and the red! @CarrefourES pic.twitter.com/o7SSpCCXga
– The return (@lavuelta) August 24, 2025
Jonas Vingegaard in a puncture and already in red … Gaudu on the podium!
After the peloton logically timed before the final ascent to allow the runners involved in the fall to go back more easily, we were without surprise at a pure hill race mounted at a frantic pace, the selection being only from the rear in this rolling -end of 10 terminals at 5.1%, where the road was gradually rose. A profile that is not conducive to attacks, and it is therefore only 500 meters from the finish that hostilities have launched, with an acceleration of Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) quickly aborted. An explosive and climb sprint concluded this day, and in the fog, if the Italian Ciccone As planned for the lead in this arrival made for him, he was finally back on the thread and beaten in the photo-finish by a Jonas Vingegaard bluffing this type of effort, the leader of the Comma Completely reassuring on his condition after his fall.
Behind this domineering duo, we find on the podium … French David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ)! Arrived on this Vuelta Without real certainties, the Breton climber demonstrates that he is already in good shape on this typed puncture effort which he particularly likes and offers a little comfort to his team after the sad abandonment of Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet. Egan Bernal (Ineos grenadiers) takes 4th place, a small break of two seconds being recognized behind the Colombian, JOAO ALMEIDA (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) crossing the line in 5th position in front of most of the favorites, with the exception ofAntonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) who concedes 21 “on the line. To general, Jonas Vingegard The leading red jersey is logically, with 4 and 6 seconds ahead of respectively on Ciccone et Guisor.
Tour of Spain – ranking of the 2nd stage
Tour of Spain – Provisional general classification after the 2nd stage
