Vuelta – Stage 2

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Summit finish on Caminito del Rey sees the climbers battle for the stage win and the leader’s jersey on stage 2 of the Vuelta a España

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Vuelta – Stage 2

Colombian Esteban Chaves has won the second stage of the Vuelta a Espana, the biggest win of his young career, to move into the race lead today. The 25-year-old traded blows with fellow attackers on the final 2.5km climb to the first summit finish of the 2015 Tour.


Eventually he proved too strong for Tom Dumoulin (Giant Alpecin) in the final metres to claim the victory and a five-second overall lead for ORICA-GreenEDGE. “It’s an amazing feeling,” an ecstatic Chaves said. “I want to say thanks to all of my teammates, all the staff, this is unbelievable.”

“It’s really important. It’s the most important victory of my life. The first road stage of the Vuelta and to take the red jersey… it’s unbelievable. “The team have all the confidence in me and they did the best today. Thank you mates!”

When asked if he can keep the race lead, the 2014 Tour de Suisse and Tour of California stage winner produced his trademark big smile and some fighting words. “I hope!” he laughed. “I want to leave skin on the road to keep the red jersey. This is the reason I am a rider, I will try to stay in front for as long as possible. We worked really hard after the Giro d’Italia and after Suisse and this is the compensation.”

Adding to the reward, Chaves also leads the green sprint classification, mountain polka dot jersey and white combination competition.

Sharing Chaves’ joy was a thrilled Neil Stephens. “It was a really good job from the boys,” the sport director said. “The plan was for them to leave Esteban in an ideal position with four kilometres to go and they did a really good job with that.”

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“The real priority was to stay around the mark with the general classification guys but I had a chat with him this morning and said at any time throughout the Vuelta there is going to be situations that could also be a possibility for a stage win and to take the initiative.

“That’s something only he can do and he rode really smart in the final there.”

Stephens credited the climber’s hard work and dedication; particularly having returned from a near career ending injury just two years ago. “At 500m to go I said to Esteban ‘I know how hard you have worked for this’ and to take advantage of the situation,” Stephens said. “He knows how much he has worked for it, I think a lot of people know how much he has had to work for it and it is just great that he can take the benefit today.”

THE RACE
The first road stage stayed together for the first 20km racing before a group of six formed the first breakaway of the 2015 Vuelta a Espana. Covering 41.2km in the first hour of racing the break’s advantage remained steady at a little over three minutes. Team Sky and Movistar could be seen at the head of the peloton keeping safe and maintaining an acceptable distance to the leaders.

With 60km to go Team Katusha joined the party and the gap began to tumble before five of the six were caught with aorund 25km to go. José Gonçalves (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) held on for little longer before he was also swallowed up.

A late attack, initiated by Nairo Quintana (Team Movistar), looked dangerous and sensing the danger, Chaves bridged across with three kilometres remaining. Quintana subsequently lost contact as Chaves exchanged blows with Dumoulin and Nicholas Roache (Team Sky). Roche was the first to crack before a last ditched effort to the line saw Chaves get the better of Dumoulin.

Other Reactions

Nicholas Roche: “The plan had always been for me to be there at the finish and I decided to go early when I saw Quintana make his move. I got carried away and went really deep with that attack in the last 500-600m, and that meant I didn’t have anything left when Chaves made his move. My head was definitely stronger than my legs”.

“I’m feeling good at the moment though, and am motivated to ride well in a race that I love. We’ve got some hard days to come and it was nice to be in the mix today. We rode well as a team and stuck together as usual. Everyone did a good job to keep us near the front. The roads here are so slippery that positioning is vitally important. Sergio [Henao] went down on a corner today and obviously there was that massive crash with over half the peloton involved”.

“Tomorrow looks like a day for the sprinters – there’s a little kick with about 10km to go but I don’t think that’ll have a major bearing on the outcome. Our goal is to keep everyone safe once again and wait for the higher mountains to come. We’ve got a great GC set up for that and I’m sure Froomey will be right up there in the next week.”

Fränk Schleck: “It was a very stressful stage,” explained Fränk. “The boys did a real good job and we came to the bottom of the climb with a big group still, and at the bottom with 4k to go I was fighting for position and someone ran into my back wheel. I had to stop and pull out my derailleur and was able to go again, but I lost a lot of places.

“I can’t say that I had super, super legs today, but I think it was hard for everyone as it was already a big fight. There’s still a long ways to go, so we will see,” Schleck added, putting a positive spin on the early setback.

Tom Dumoulin said: “I am very happy and satisfied. It took me two weeks to recover after my crash in the Tour, and from that moment I was determined to come back even stronger. I worked really hard for this and I am delighted that it worked out so well”.

Nairo Quintana: “We were lucky because we were so close to getting involved into the crash, which was as hard as the entire stage. This is the Vuelta – you get nervous finishes, hard slopes, crashes and things you don’t expect. I missed energy in the finale after my attack, but I jumped away because I felt well. I wanted to give it a try, I wished to follow the other moves… but I wasn’t able to stick to the front. Heat hurt me much into the final kilometers, but it was still worth as I could put some time on many rivals. Today shows that I’m looking forward to chase the victory here, despite the fact that this is the first time I ride both the Tour and the Vuelta a España.”

Stage Result
1 CHAVES RUBIO Johan Esteban ORICA GreenEDGE 03h 57′ 25″
2 DUMOULIN Tom TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN @ 00′ 01″
3 ROCHE Nicolas TEAM SKY @ 00′ 09″
4 MARTIN Daniel TEAM CANNONDALE – GARMIN @ 00′ 14″
5 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joachim TEAM KATUSHA @ 00′ 26″
6 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander MOVISTAR TEAM @ 00′ 26″
7 FROOME Christopher TEAM SKY @ 00′ 30″
8 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro MOVISTAR TEAM @ 00′ 31″
9 MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel TEAM KATUSHA @ 00′ 31″
10 ARU Fabio ASTANA PRO TEAM @ 00′ 37″
11 NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel TEAM SKY @ 00′ 41″
12 LANDA MEANA Mikel ASTANA PRO TEAM @ 00′ 41″
13 SICARD Romain TEAM EUROPCAR @ 00′ 41″
14 SONGEZO Jim MTN – QHUBEKA @ 00′ 42″
15 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC RACING TEAM @ 00′ 45″
16 BRAMBILLA Gianluca ETIXX – QUICK STEP @ 00′ 54″
17 ROSSETTO Stéphane COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS @ 00′ 54″
18 POZZOVIVO Domenico AG2R LA MONDIALE @ 00′ 54″
19 CARDOSO MARTINS André Fernando S. TEAM CANNONDALE – GARMIN @ 00′ 54″
20 HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis TEAM SKY @ 00′ 56″
21 VANENDERT Jelle LOTTO SOUDAL @ 01′ 04″
22 MAJKA Rafal TINKOFF – SAXO @ 01′ 04″
23 SANCHEZ GIL Luis-Leon ASTANA PRO TEAM @ 01′ 04″
24 BOUET Maxime ETIXX – QUICK STEP @ 01′ 12″
25 MONFORT Maxime LOTTO SOUDAL @ 01′ 13″
26 DE CLERCQ Bart LOTTO SOUDAL @ 01′ 13″
27 BENNETT George TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 01′ 13″
28 NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS @ 01′ 13″
29 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar TREK FACTORY RACING @ 01′ 21″
30 ATAPUMA HURTADO John Darwin BMC RACING TEAM @ 01′ 21″
31 NIBALI Vincenzo ASTANA PRO TEAM @ 01′ 28″
32 PAULINHO Sergio TINKOFF – SAXO @ 01′ 46″
33 ELISSONDE KENNY FDJ @ 01′ 51″
34 LE GAC Olivier FDJ @ 01′ 57″
35 VILELA Ricardo CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA @ 01′ 58″
36 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel BMC RACING TEAM @ 01′ 58″
37 SCHLECK Frank TREK FACTORY RACING @ 02′ 07″
38 CRADDOCK Lawson TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN @ 02′ 07″
39 ZOIDL Ricardo TREK FACTORY RACING @ 02′ 07″
40 POLJANSKI Pawel TINKOFF – SAXO @ 02′ 07″
41 TORRES AGUDELO Rodolfo Andres COLOMBIA @ 02′ 10″
42 JEANDESBOZ Fabrice TEAM EUROPCAR @ 02′ 12″
43 RUBIANO CHAVEZ Miguel Angel COLOMBIA @ 02′ 26″
44 GAUTIER Cyril TEAM EUROPCAR @ 02′ 29″
45 BERHANE Natnael MTN – QHUBEKA @ 02′ 52″
46 ROLLAND Pierre TEAM EUROPCAR @ 02′ 54″
47 VERONA QUINTANILLA Carlos ETIXX – QUICK STEP @ 02′ 54″
48 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David ETIXX – QUICK STEP @ 02′ 54″
49 AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey MOVISTAR TEAM @ 02′ 54″
50 LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto TEAM KATUSHA @ 02′ 54″
51 GONCALVES José CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA @ 02′ 54″
52 TALANSKY Andrew TEAM CANNONDALE – GARMIN @ 03′ 11″
53 CATTANEO Mattia LAMPRE – MERIDA @ 03′ 18″
54 COUSIN Jérome TEAM EUROPCAR @ 03′ 30″
55 REYNES MIMO Vicente IAM CYCLING @ 03′ 31″
56 COPPEL Jérôme IAM CYCLING @ 03′ 44″
57 SIMON Julien COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS @ 03′ 49″
58 MOINARD Amaël BMC RACING TEAM @ 04′ 14″
59 ROSSKOPF Joey BMC RACING TEAM @ 04′ 22″
60 VELITS Peter BMC RACING TEAM @ 04′ 22″
61 MC CARTHY Jay TINKOFF – SAXO @ 04′ 22″
62 ARROYO DURAN David CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA @ 04′ 24″
63 KOCHETKOV Pavel TEAM KATUSHA @ 05′ 05″
64 AREGGER Marcel IAM CYCLING @ 05′ 05″
65 MOSER Moreno TEAM CANNONDALE – GARMIN @ 05′ 08″
66 VALENCIA GONZALES Juan Pablo COLOMBIA @ 05′ 13″
67 ARDILA CANO Alex Norberto COLOMBIA @ 05′ 13″
68 VAN DER SANDE Tosh LOTTO SOUDAL @ 05′ 32″
69 THOMAS Geraint TEAM SKY @ 05′ 36″
70 REZA Kévin FDJ @ 05′ 36″
71 ARASHIRO Yukiya TEAM EUROPCAR @ 06′ 33″
72 VENTER Jacobus MTN – QHUBEKA @ 06′ 42″
73 TEUNISSEN Mike TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 07′ 13″
74 VAN ASBROECK Tom TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 07′ 13″
75 IRIZAR ARRANBURU Markel TREK FACTORY RACING @ 07′ 13″
76 MACHADO Tiago TEAM KATUSHA @ 07′ 13″
77 DEGAND Thomas IAM CYCLING @ 07′ 13″
78 QUINTERO Carlos Julian COLOMBIA @ 07′ 13″
79 MEYER Cameron ORICA GreenEDGE @ 07′ 13″
80 KEUKELEIRE Jens ORICA GreenEDGE @ 07′ 13″
81 DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd TEAM CANNONDALE – GARMIN @ 07′ 13″
82 COURTEILLE ARNAUD FDJ @ 07′ 13″
83 HANSEN Jesper TINKOFF – SAXO @ 07′ 13″
84 VISCONTI Giovanni MOVISTAR TEAM @ 07′ 41″
85 ROJAS GIL José Joaquin MOVISTAR TEAM @ 07′ 41″
86 HOWES Alex TEAM CANNONDALE – GARMIN @ 08′ 39″
87 MONTAGUTI Matteo AG2R LA MONDIALE @ 09′ 03″
88 DE MARCHI Alessandro BMC RACING TEAM @ 09′ 03″
89 CHEREL Mikael AG2R LA MONDIALE @ 09′ 03″
90 GERRANS Simon ORICA GreenEDGE @ 09′ 03″
91 PICHON Laurent FDJ @ 09′ 03″
92 WARBASSE Lawrence IAM CYCLING @ 09′ 03″
93 BOSWELL Ian TEAM SKY @ 09′ 03″
94 STUYVEN Jasper TREK FACTORY RACING @ 09′ 03″
95 KING Benjamin TEAM CANNONDALE – GARMIN @ 09′ 03″
96 DE KORT Koen TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN @ 09′ 03″
97 NIEMIEC Przemyslaw LAMPRE – MERIDA @ 09′ 03″
98 VILLELLA Davide TEAM CANNONDALE – GARMIN @ 09′ 09″
99 REGUIGUI Youcef MTN – QHUBEKA @ 09′ 41″
100 FRÖHLINGER Johannes TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN @ 09′ 49″
101 BODNAR Maciej TINKOFF – SAXO @ 09′ 49″
102 HUPOND Thierry TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN @ 09′ 49″
103 IMPEY Daryl ORICA GreenEDGE @ 09′ 49″
104 DEGENKOLB John TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN @ 09′ 49″
105 WYNANTS Maarten TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 09′ 49″
106 CUMMINGS Stephen MTN – QHUBEKA @ 09′ 49″
107 KNEES Christian TEAM SKY @ 09′ 49″
108 KIRYIENKA Vasili TEAM SKY @ 09′ 49″
109 DURASEK Kristijan LAMPRE – MERIDA @ 09′ 49″
110 DUQUE Leonardo COLOMBIA @ 09′ 54″
111 MAES Nikolas ETIXX – QUICK STEP @ 10′ 25″
112 VAN WINDEN Dennis TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 10′ 35″
113 MEZGEC Luka TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN @ 10′ 39″
114 HOWSON Damien ORICA GreenEDGE @ 10′ 42″
115 HAYMAN Mathew ORICA GreenEDGE @ 10′ 43″
116 BARAGLI Kristian MTN – QHUBEKA @ 10′ 46″
117 TERPSTRA Niki ETIXX – QUICK STEP @ 10′ 52″
118 POPOVYCH Yaroslav TREK FACTORY RACING @ 11′ 14″
119 VAN ZYL Johann MTN – QHUBEKA @ 11′ 15″
120 DUCHESNE Antoine TEAM EUROPCAR @ 11′ 26″
121 DELAGE Mickaël FDJ @ 11′ 30″
122 VEIKKANEN Jussi FDJ @ 11′ 30″
123 VICIOSO ARCOS Angel TEAM KATUSHA @ 12′ 34″
124 VAN POPPEL Boy TREK FACTORY RACING @ 13′ 07″
125 ZEITS Andrey ASTANA PRO TEAM @ 13′ 28″
126 MORENO BAZAN Javier MOVISTAR TEAM @ 13′ 35″
127 VENTOSO ALBERTI Francisco José MOVISTAR TEAM @ 13′ 35″
128 CHAVANEL Sylvain IAM CYCLING @ 14′ 30″
129 DE GENDT Thomas LOTTO SOUDAL @ 14′ 32″
130 BILBAO Peio CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA @ 15′ 01″
131 FRAILE Omar CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA @ 15′ 01″
132 TXURRUKA ANSOLA Amets CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA @ 15′ 01″
133 PEDRAZA MORALES Walter Fernando COLOMBIA @ 15′ 01″
134 VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen LOTTO SOUDAL @ 15′ 01″
135 MAS BONET Luis Guillermo CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA @ 15′ 01″
136 DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres COLOMBIA @ 15′ 01″
137 NOCENTINI Rinaldo AG2R LA MONDIALE @ 15′ 01″
138 VELITS Martin ETIXX – QUICK STEP @ 15′ 01″
139 GOUGEARD Alexis AG2R LA MONDIALE @ 15′ 01″
140 KEISSE Iljo ETIXX – QUICK STEP @ 15′ 01″
141 PUCCIO Salvatore TEAM SKY @ 15′ 01″
142 LINDEMAN Bert Jan TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 15′ 01″
143 ROOSEN Timo TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 15′ 01″
144 ROSA Diego ASTANA PRO TEAM @ 15′ 01″
145 CATALDO Dario ASTANA PRO TEAM @ 15′ 01″
146 ERVITI OLLO Imanol MOVISTAR TEAM @ 15′ 01″
147 RAMIREZ CHACON Brayan Stiven COLOMBIA @ 15′ 01″
148 PLAZA MOLINA Ruben LAMPRE – MERIDA @ 15′ 01″
149 VAN POPPEL Danny TREK FACTORY RACING @ 15′ 07″
150 STAMSNIJDER Tom TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN @ 15′ 07″
151 EWAN Caleb ORICA GreenEDGE @ 15′ 07″
152 HUREL Tony TEAM EUROPCAR @ 15′ 07″
153 VAN SUMMEREN Johan AG2R LA MONDIALE @ 15′ 07″
154 ENGOULVENT Jimmy TEAM EUROPCAR @ 15′ 07″
155 THOMSON Jay Robert MTN – QHUBEKA @ 15′ 07″
156 VANOTTI Alessandro ASTANA PRO TEAM @ 15′ 07″
157 GRICHEZE ARIEL Maximiliano LAMPRE – MERIDA @ 15′ 07″
158 DE BUYST Jasper LOTTO SOUDAL @ 15′ 07″
159 VORGANOV Eduard TEAM KATUSHA @ 15′ 07″
160 SERRY Pieter ETIXX – QUICK STEP @ 15′ 07″
161 DRUCKER Jean-Pierre BMC RACING TEAM @ 16′ 28″
162 SMUKULIS Gatis TEAM KATUSHA @ 16′ 44″
163 ISAICHEV Vladimir TEAM KATUSHA @ 16′ 45″
164 TJALLINGII Maarten TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 20′ 48″
165 HANSEN Adam LOTTO SOUDAL @ 20′ 48″
166 PELLAUD Simon IAM CYCLING @ 20′ 48″
167 SAGAN Peter TINKOFF – SAXO @ 20′ 48″
168 KEIZER Martijn TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 20′ 48″
169 MADRAZO RUIZ Angel CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA @ 20′ 48″
170 MOHORIC Matej TEAM CANNONDALE – GARMIN @ 20′ 48″
171 MINARD Sébastien AG2R LA MONDIALE @ 20′ 48″
172 ROLLIN Dominique COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS @ 20′ 48″
173 BOUHANNI Nacer COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS @ 20′ 48″
174 BARBERO Carlos CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA @ 20′ 48″
175 DOCKER Mitchell ORICA GreenEDGE @ 20′ 48″
176 KADRI Blel AG2R LA MONDIALE @ 20′ 48″
177 BAGOT Yoann COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS @ 20′ 48″
178 MANZIN Lorenzo FDJ @ 20′ 54″
179 SOUPE GEOFFREY COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS @ 20′ 54″
180 GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam LAMPRE – MERIDA @ 20′ 54″
181 SUTHERLAND Rory MOVISTAR TEAM @ 20′ 54″
182 HARDY Romain COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS @ 20′ 54″
183 LEMOINE Cyril COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS @ 20′ 54″
184 BAGDONAS Gediminas AG2R LA MONDIALE @ 20′ 54″
185 MEINTJES Louis MTN – QHUBEKA @ 20′ 54″
186 OLIVEIRA Nelson LAMPRE – MERIDA @ 20′ 54″
187 FISCHER Murilo Antonio FDJ @ 20′ 54″
188 BOECKMANS Kris LOTTO SOUDAL @ 21′ 00″
189 WAEYTENS ZICO TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN @ 21′ 14″
190 CONTI Valerio LAMPRE – MERIDA @ 22′ 16″
191 BRUTT Pavel TINKOFF – SAXO @ 22′ 33″
192 BENNATI Daniele TINKOFF – SAXO @ 22′ 46″
193 BURGHARDT Marcus BMC RACING TEAM @ 24′ 16″
194 CANCELLARA Fabian TREK FACTORY RACING @ 29′ 02″
195 TIRALONGO Paolo ASTANA PRO TEAM @ 29′ 13″
OVERALL
1 CHAVES RUBIO Johan Esteban ORICA GreenEDGE 03h 57′ 15″
2 DUMOULIN Tom TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN @ 00′ 05″
3 ROCHE Nicolas TEAM SKY @ 00′ 15″
4 MARTIN Daniel TEAM CANNONDALE – GARMIN @ 00′ 24″
5 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joachim TEAM KATUSHA @ 00′ 35″
6 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander MOVISTAR TEAM @ 00′ 36″
7 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro MOVISTAR TEAM @ 00′ 39″
8 FROOME Christopher TEAM SKY @ 00′ 40″
9 MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel TEAM KATUSHA @ 00′ 41″
10 ARU Fabio ASTANA PRO TEAM @ 00′ 47″

31 NIBALI Vincenzo ASTANA PRO TEAM @ 01′ 38″
37 SCHLECK Frank TREK FACTORY RACING @ 02′ 17″
69 THOMAS Geraint TEAM SKY @ 05′ 46″
106 CUMMINGS Stephen MTN – QHUBEKA @ 09′ 59″
167 SAGAN Peter TINKOFF – SAXO @ 20′ 58″
194 CANCELLARA Fabian TREK FACTORY RACING @ 29′ 12″

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