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Stage 2, Sunday, August 21: Ourense - Baiona, 160.8 km

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Gianni Meersman wins Vuelta stage 2.

• Rated Ascent: Km 79.7, Alto de Frontefria, 8.2 km @ 3.2%. Cat 3

The Race: Here's the organizer's telling of the stage story.

Perfectly led out by his Etixx-Quick Step team-mates, Gianni Meersman surged in the final sprint to take the stage 2 laurels in Baiona on Sunday. The Belgian did not miss this rare chance offered to sprinters to win ahead of Germanys' Michael Schwarzmann (Bora Argon) and Dane Magnus Cort Nielsen (Orica-Bike Exchange). Fourth in this short 160.8-km ride from Ourense, former world champion Michal Kwiatkowski of Poland rid his Team Sky team-mate Peter Kennaugh of the race leader's red jersey. 

The whole of the 198-strong peloton started from Ourense centre at 13:45. Two riders took off from the flag: Italy's Cesare Benedetti (Bora Argon 18) and Frances' Laurent Pichon (FDJ). Bryan Nauleau (Direct Energie) caught up with them at kilometer 9.

The three worked well and held a maximum lead of 4:;25 at kilometer 43 as the pack were still undecided at what attitude to adopt. Finally, Peter Kennaugh's Team Sky led the chase, quickly aided by Giant-Alpecin and Trek-Segafredo, two teams with bunch sprint hopes with Niklas Arndt and Niccolo Bonifazio.

By the 3rd category Alto de Pontefria (Km 80), the lead of the escapees had gone down to 2:35 and Pichon was first at the top, snatching the only KOM points on offer for the day. The gap kept decreasing until 38 km from the finish, when Belgian champion Philippe Gilbert (BMC) surged to catch the leading trio. But the gap was then down to 25 seconds and the break looked doomed. Gilbert had to be content with snatching the three-seconds bonus at the intermediate sprint of Vigo, 19 kms from the line.

Then the teams with an interest in a bunch sprint - but also Team Sky - started organising and the four were caught with 15 km to go. Several attempts - the most notable one by Tiago Machado 13 km from the line - took place in the finale but the peloton, led by Peter Kennaugh's team-mates, kept a close watch.

The stage was set for a final sprint and Lotto-Soudal and Giant-Alpecin were the most active teams in the last 3 km. Spectacular crashes by Sergey Lagutin (Katusha) and Ryan Anderson (Direct Energie) did not hamper the final battle which saw Etixx-Quick Step emerge to set up a perfect sprint for Meersman. Wile he miss the stage podium, Kwiatkowski made the best of his finishing power to seize the Vuelta lead ahead of Movistar's Jose Joaquin Rojas and Alejandro Valverde. 

Complete Results:

Stage 2 photos

160.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.592 km/hr

1	MEERSMAN Gianni	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	4hr 16min 39sec
2	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
3	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
4	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	SKY	s.t.
5	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
6	SBARAGLI Kristan	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
7	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
8	RESTREPO Jhonatan	KATUSHA	s.t.
9	DRUCKER Jean-Pierre	BMC	s.t.
10	MANZIN Lorenzo	FDJ	s.t.
11	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
12	ROJAS José Joaquin	MOVISTAR	s.t.
13	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA	s.t.
14	PRADES Eduard	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
15	ARASHIRO Yukiya	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
16	LAMPAERT Yves	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
17	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
18	WAEYTENS ZICO	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
19	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	s.t.
20	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS	s.t.
21	PELLAUD Simon	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
22	MADRAZO Angel	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
23	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	s.t.
24	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
25	SMUKULIS Gatis	ASTANA	s.t.
26	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
27	KNEES Christian	SKY	s.t.
28	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
29	FROOME Christopher	SKY	s.t.
30	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	s.t.
31	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
32	BAGDONAS Gediminas	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
33	KENNAUGH Peter	SKY	s.t.
34	CHAVES Johan Esteban	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
35	SANCHEZ Samuel	BMC	s.t.
36	YATES Simon	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
37	MACHADO Tiago	KATUSHA	s.t.
38	DE CLERCQ Bart	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
39	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	s.t.
40	CATALDO Dario	ASTANA	s.t.
41	GERRANS Simon	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
42	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
43	MAS Luis	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
44	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	ASTANA	s.t.
45	REIJNEN Kiel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
46	CHEVRIER Clément	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
47	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	s.t.
48	TERPSTRA Niki	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
49	HERMANS Ben	BMC	s.t.
50	VELITS Martin	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
51	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
52	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR	s.t.
53	DE LA CRUZ David	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
54	KONIG Leopold	SKY	s.t.
55	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
56	FELLINE Fabio	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
57	BENNATI Daniele	TINKOFF	s.t.
58	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
59	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	s.t.
60	VAN EMDEN Jos	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
61	MONFORT Maxime	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
62	CLARKE Simon	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
63	ATAPUMA Darwin	BMC	s.t.
64	TALANSKY Andrew	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
65	HOWSON Damien	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
66	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
67	MEINTJES Louis	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
68	HARDY Romain	COFIDIS	s.t.
69	FERNANDEZ Ruben	MOVISTAR	s.t.
70	GONCALVES José	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
71	WARBASSE Larry	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
72	GILBERT Philippe	BMC	s.t.
73	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
74	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
75	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	MOVISTAR	s.t.
76	SCARPONI Michele	ASTANA	s.t.
77	ANTON Igor	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
78	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
79	TAARAMÄE Rein	KATUSHA	s.t.
80	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
81	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
82	PÉRAUD Jean-Christophe	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
83	BIDARD François	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
84	GOGL Michael	TINKOFF	s.t.
85	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
86	GOLAS Michal	SKY	s.t.
87	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
88	MENDES José	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
89	CALMEJANE Lilian	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
90	JEANDESBOZ Fabrice	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
91	BILBAO Pello	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
92	KING Benjamin	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
93	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
94	DIDIER Laurent	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
95	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
96	CONTI Valerio	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
97	ZURLO Federico	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
98	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
99	TROFIMOV Yury	TINKOFF	s.t.
100	WYSS Marcel	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
101	MOLARD Rudy	COFIDIS	s.t.
102	DOCKX Gert	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
103	BEPPU Fumiyuki	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
104	ROSSETTO Stéphane	COFIDIS	s.t.
105	KEIZER Martijn	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
106	BERNARD Julien	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
107	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
108	HAIG Jack	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
109	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
110	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
111	BOUWMAN Koen	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
112	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	ASTANA	s.t.
113	SELIG Rüdiger	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
114	ELISSONDE KENNY	FDJ	s.t.
115	LOPEZ Miguel Angel	ASTANA	s.t.
116	DOMBROWSKI Joe	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
117	BARGUIL WARREN	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
118	IRIZAR Markel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
119	ARMEE Sander	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
120	ZEITS Andrey	ASTANA	s.t.
121	VERVAEKE Louis	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
122	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
123	VANOTTI Alessandro	ASTANA	s.t.
124	BOARO Manuele	TINKOFF	s.t.
125	SILIN Egor	KATUSHA	s.t.
126	KOCHETKOV Pavel	KATUSHA	s.t.
127	BOUET Maxime	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
128	PARDILLA Sergio	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
129	KUDUS Merhawi	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
130	LE BON Johan	FDJ	s.t.
131	HAAS Nathan	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
132	MINARD Sébastien	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
133	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	s.t.
134	ROSON Jaime	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
135	ZOIDL Riccardo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
136	SERRY Pieter	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
137	FARIA Mario Jorge	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
138	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
139	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
140	COUSIN Jérome	COFIDIS	s.t.
141	CATTANEO Mattia	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
142	HERNANDEZ Jesus Alberto	TINKOFF	s.t.
143	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
144	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
145	KOSHEVOY Ilia	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
146	BEVIN Patrick	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
147	BAGOT Yoann	COFIDIS	s.t.
148	MAMYKIN Matvey	KATUSHA	s.t.
149	HERRADA Jose	MOVISTAR	s.t.
150	HERKLOTZ Silvio	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
151	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	s.t.
152	PAULINHO Sergio Miguel	TINKOFF	s.t.
153	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	s.t.
154	FISCHER Murilo Antonio	FDJ	s.t.
155	QUEMENEUR Perrig	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
156	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
157	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	s.t.
158	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
159	THWAITES Scott	BORA-ARGON 18	@ 23sec
160	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	+ 00' 39''
161	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
162	PFINGSTEN Christoph	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
163	BOSWELL Ian	SKY	s.t.
164	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
165	ARROYO David	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
166	MOSER Moreno	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
167	EIKING Odd Christian	FDJ	s.t.
168	HAGA Chad	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
169	SKJOESTAD LUNKE Sindre	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 00' 59''
170	BEWLEY Sam	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 01' 07''
171	CARTHY Hugh	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
172	VANBILSEN KENNETH	COFIDIS	+ 01' 26''
173	CHETOUT LOÏC	COFIDIS	s.t.
174	REZA Kévin	FDJ	+ 01' 36''
175	CARDIS Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 00' 00''
176	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01' 38''
177	DILLIER Silvan	BMC	+ 00' 00''
178	DE KORT Koen	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 02' 08''
179	ARNDT Nikias	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
180	LAGUTIN Sergey	KATUSHA	+ 00' 00''
181	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02' 22''
182	CAMPENAERTS Victor	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
183	HUREL Tony	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02' 38''
184	ROVNY Ivan	TINKOFF	+ 02' 47''
185	ANDERSON Ryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 00' 00''
186	MUHLBERGER Gregor	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02' 53''
187	PICHON Laurent	FDJ	+ 03' 42''
188	GENIEZ Alexandre	FDJ	+ 03' 59''
189	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 04' 23''
190	LOPEZ GARCIA David	SKY	s.t.
191	RIBLON Christophe	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
192	TUFT Svein	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
193	MALACARNE Davide	ASTANA	s.t.
194	STAMSNIJDER Tom	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 05' 36''
195	NAULEAU Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
196	VENTER Jacobus	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
197	DOUGALL Nick	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
198	FRAILE Omar	DIMENSION DATA	+ 07' 25''

GC after Stage 2:

• GC leader: Michal Kwiatkowski (Sky)
• Points classification leader: Gianni Meersman (Etixx-Quick Step)
• Mountains classification leader: Laurent Pichon (FDJ)
• Team classification leader: Team Sky

188.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.392 km/hr

1	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	SKY	4hr 47min 16sec
2	ROJAS José Joaquin	MOVISTAR	s.t.
3	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	s.t.
4	FROOME Christopher	SKY	s.t.
5	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	s.t.
6	KENNAUGH Peter	SKY	s.t.
7	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	s.t.
8	KONIG Leopold	SKY	s.t.
9	FERNANDEZ Ruben	MOVISTAR	s.t.
10	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	MOVISTAR	s.t.
11	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR	@ 1sec
12	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 00' 02''
13	GILBERT Philippe	BMC	+ 00' 04''
14	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 00' 06''
15	CHAVES Johan Esteban	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
16	YATES Simon	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
17	GERRANS Simon	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
18	HOWSON Damien	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
19	SANCHEZ Samuel	BMC	+ 00' 07''
20	ATAPUMA Darwin	BMC	s.t.
21	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
22	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
23	MEERSMAN Gianni	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 12''
24	LAMPAERT Yves	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 22''
25	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
26	TERPSTRA Niki	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
27	BOUET Maxime	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
28	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 00' 27''
29	VAN EMDEN Jos	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
30	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
31	BOUWMAN Koen	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
32	DE LA CRUZ David	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 43''
33	HERMANS Ben	BMC	+ 00' 47''
34	REIJNEN Kiel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 00' 50''
35	FELLINE Fabio	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
36	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
37	BERNARD Julien	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
38	IRIZAR Markel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
39	ZOIDL Riccardo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
40	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	+ 00' 52''
41	CLARKE Simon	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
42	TALANSKY Andrew	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
43	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
44	TROFIMOV Yury	TINKOFF	s.t.
45	DOMBROWSKI Joe	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
46	BOARO Manuele	TINKOFF	s.t.
47	HERNANDEZ Jesus Alberto	TINKOFF	s.t.
48	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
49	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	s.t.
50	MENDES José	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 00' 57''
51	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
52	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	ASTANA	+ 00' 58''
53	SCARPONI Michele	ASTANA	s.t.
54	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	ASTANA	s.t.
55	LOPEZ Miguel Angel	ASTANA	s.t.
56	ZEITS Andrey	ASTANA	s.t.
57	ELISSONDE KENNY	FDJ	+ 01' 05''
58	LE BON Johan	FDJ	s.t.
59	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	s.t.
60	DIDIER Laurent	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01' 12''
61	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING	+ 01' 13''
62	PELLAUD Simon	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
63	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
64	CHEVRIER Clément	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
65	WARBASSE Larry	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
66	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
67	WYSS Marcel	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
68	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
69	RESTREPO Jhonatan	KATUSHA	+ 01' 17''
70	MACHADO Tiago	KATUSHA	s.t.
71	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	s.t.
72	ANTON Igor	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
73	TAARAMÄE Rein	KATUSHA	s.t.
74	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
75	KUDUS Merhawi	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
76	HAAS Nathan	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
77	MAMYKIN Matvey	KATUSHA	s.t.
78	DILLIER Silvan	BMC	s.t.
79	SERRY Pieter	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01' 19''
80	GOGL Michael	TINKOFF	+ 01' 20''
81	DE CLERCQ Bart	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 01' 27''
82	MONFORT Maxime	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
83	VERVAEKE Louis	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
84	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
85	MOSER Moreno	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01' 31''
86	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01' 32''
87	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	+ 01' 34''
88	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS	s.t.
89	HARDY Romain	COFIDIS	s.t.
90	MOLARD Rudy	COFIDIS	s.t.
91	ROSSETTO Stéphane	COFIDIS	s.t.
92	BAGOT Yoann	COFIDIS	s.t.
93	PRADES Eduard	CAJA RURAL	+ 01' 36''
94	MADRAZO Angel	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
95	MAS Luis	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
96	GONCALVES José	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
97	BILBAO Pello	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
98	PARDILLA Sergio	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
99	PFINGSTEN Christoph	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
100	EIKING Odd Christian	FDJ	+ 01' 44''
101	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01' 48''
102	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
103	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
104	PÉRAUD Jean-Christophe	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
105	WAEYTENS ZICO	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 01' 50''
106	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
107	BARGUIL WARREN	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
108	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING	+ 01' 52''
109	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 55''
110	CALMEJANE Lilian	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
111	JEANDESBOZ Fabrice	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
112	ANDERSON Ryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
113	KNEES Christian	SKY	+ 02' 03''
114	HERKLOTZ Silvio	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
115	SMUKULIS Gatis	ASTANA	+ 02' 05''
116	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
117	KEIZER Martijn	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
118	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02' 06''
119	MEINTJES Louis	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 02' 08''
120	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
121	CONTI Valerio	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
122	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
123	KOSHEVOY Ilia	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
124	BOSWELL Ian	SKY	+ 02' 11''
125	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	+ 02' 13''
126	HERRADA Jose	MOVISTAR	s.t.
127	VANOTTI Alessandro	ASTANA	+ 02' 18''
128	BEPPU Fumiyuki	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02' 19''
129	FISCHER Murilo Antonio	FDJ	+ 02' 23''
130	THWAITES Scott	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02' 24''
131	HAGA Chad	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 02' 29''
132	DRUCKER Jean-Pierre	BMC	+ 02' 34''
133	KING Benjamin	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
134	BEVIN Patrick	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
135	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	s.t.
136	LAGUTIN Sergey	KATUSHA	s.t.
137	SELIG Rüdiger	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02' 46''
138	BAGDONAS Gediminas	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02' 49''
139	CAMPENAERTS Victor	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
140	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02' 51''
141	CATALDO Dario	ASTANA	+ 03' 00''
142	SBARAGLI Kristan	DIMENSION DATA	+ 03' 04''
143	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
144	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA	+ 03' 06''
145	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03' 14''
146	KOCHETKOV Pavel	KATUSHA	+ 03' 15''
147	BENNATI Daniele	TINKOFF	+ 03' 16''
148	PAULINHO Sergio Miguel	TINKOFF	s.t.
149	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 03' 18''
150	ROSON Jaime	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
151	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 03' 19''
152	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 03' 22''
153	MINARD Sébastien	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03' 39''
154	ROVNY Ivan	TINKOFF	s.t.
155	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 03' 41''
156	ARASHIRO Yukiya	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 03' 47''
157	ZURLO Federico	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
158	CATTANEO Mattia	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
159	HAIG Jack	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 03' 50''
160	MUHLBERGER Gregor	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
161	DE KORT Koen	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 03' 58''
162	GOLAS Michal	SKY	+ 04' 04''
163	SKJOESTAD LUNKE Sindre	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 04' 12''
164	VANBILSEN KENNETH	COFIDIS	s.t.
165	BEWLEY Sam	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 04' 16''
166	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 04' 19''
167	DOCKX Gert	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
168	ARMEE Sander	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
169	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
170	VELITS Martin	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 04' 32''
171	LOPEZ GARCIA David	SKY	s.t.
172	TUFT Svein	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 04' 33''
173	BIDARD François	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 04' 39''
174	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
175	FARIA Mario Jorge	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 04' 45''
176	PICHON Laurent	FDJ	s.t.
177	COUSIN Jérome	COFIDIS	+ 04' 51''
178	SILIN Egor	KATUSHA	+ 04' 53''
179	GENIEZ Alexandre	FDJ	+ 05' 04''
180	ARROYO David	CAJA RURAL	+ 05' 13''
181	CHETOUT LOÏC	COFIDIS	s.t.
182	MANZIN Lorenzo	FDJ	+ 05' 14''
183	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	+ 05' 18''
184	ARNDT Nikias	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 05' 21''
185	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 05' 25''
186	CARTHY Hugh	CAJA RURAL	+ 05' 41''
187	QUEMENEUR Perrig	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 06' 02''
188	CARDIS Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
189	RIBLON Christophe	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 06' 11''
190	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 06' 13''
191	REZA Kévin	FDJ	+ 06' 50''
192	HUREL Tony	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 07' 22''
193	NAULEAU Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 07' 30''
194	MALACARNE Davide	ASTANA	+ 07' 50''
195	VENTER Jacobus	DIMENSION DATA	+ 08' 40''
196	DOUGALL Nick	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
197	FRAILE Omar	DIMENSION DATA	+ 08' 42''
198	STAMSNIJDER Tom	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 11' 16''

Stage 2 map and profile

Vuelta stage 2 map

Vuelta stage 2 profile

Vuelta a España stage 2 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Alberto Contador before the race start

Pierre Rolland

Overnight race leader Peter Kennaugh

Gianni Meersman wins the stage

Another shot of Meersman's win

Meersman celebrates his stage victory

And Michal Kwiatkowski is the new GC leader

Sky retains the team classification leadership.

Organizer's stage preview: The Vuelta returns to the city of Ourense in order to commence a 159-kilometre stage that will end, presumably, with a sprint to the finish-line in the locality of Bayonne. It will be one of the few opportunities for sprinters to make a difference in the Vuelta, but energy levels will still be intact for the bravest riders to attempt to break away. The only difficulty of the day will be at the Alto de Fontefria, a 3rd category climb.

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