Vuelta a España: Kaden Groves wins mass dash on stage 2 as Wout van Aert seizes the chief’s jersey

Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) received stage 2 of the Vuelta a España in a bunch dash in Ourém, whereas Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) moved into the pink jersey of race chief after inserting second.

Van Aert’s teammate Edoardo Affini led out the dash with a mammoth effort within the finale kilometre earlier than the Belgian opened his effort from distance. Groves was parked on Van Aert’s wheel, nonetheless, and the Australian surged previous to assert the spoils.

Corbin Strong (Israel Premier Tech) took third forward of Miquel Pau (Kern Pharma) and Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto-Dstny).

Van Aert picked up six bonus seconds, which was sufficient to elevate him forward of in a single day chief Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) within the general standing.
The opening street stage of the Vuelta was run off significantly behind the slowed estimated schedule, however the finale was nonetheless an intense one and marred by a crash within the finale that noticed Josh Tarling (Ineos) and Max Poole (DSM-Firmenich-PostNL) among the many fallers.

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