Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) recovered from a late crash to win the second stage of the Vuelta a España at the Limone Piemonte summit finish. The Dane overhauled Italian favourite Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) in the final 20 metres to take the win by the width of a deep-section rim and with it the race leader’s red jersey.
Racing in heavy rain towards the finish, Vingegaard slid off with a dozen or so riders including Q36.5’s Tom Pidcock as the peloton exited a roundabout with 27km remaining. He was quickly back in the saddle, though, and was well guarded by his Visma teammates on the big ring climb to the finish. Victor Campenaerts, Wilco Kelderman and Ben Tulett all played key roles on the final 10km ascent, before Sepp Kuss set up Vingegaard in the closing 500 metres.
