Miguel Angel López (Team Medellin) crashed out of the Tour of the Gila early on stage 2 while leading the race. According to the race organisation, the Colombian suffered abrasions and did not require transportation to hospital.
López claimed the lead with a storming ride on the stage 1 summit finish at Mogollon, and went into the second out-and-back stage to Fort Bayard with a lead of 55 seconds over Torbjøn Røed (Above and Beyond Cancer) and 1:04 on Project Echelon's Richard Arnopol.
