
Vuelta a España director Javier Guillén has defended both the partial suspension of the stage 2 finale on Sunday and the way the organisation handled the challenging conditions in Saturday’s crash-blighted team time trial.
Numerous riders fell heavily on Saturday’s evening TTT as the rain and dark encroached on the city centre course in Barcelona, sparking a wave of discontent in the peloton that rolled through to the start of stage 2.