Visma-Lease a Bike rider left bloodied by spill in the rain
Dane recovers to pip Ciccone on mountain finish
Jonas Vingegaard finished strongly to win the mountaineous second stage of the Vuelta a España on Sunday, emphasising his status as the general classification favourite in the absence of Tadej Pogacar by outsprinting Giulio Ciccone on the slopes of Limone Piemonte in northern Italy.
Vingegaard had to get off the tarmac to get his hands on the red jersey after being involved in a big crash that included a number of his Visma-Lease a Bike teammates, but he was able to rejoin the peloton with just a bloodied left elbow. The Danish rider went on to triumph in a mass sprint featuring a number of GC rivals on the climb to the town near the Italian border with France.
“It’s been a while since my last victory, I’m super happy with how I felt and how the team did today. Also super happy to have the red jersey,” Vingegaard said.
