2021 Vuelta a España Stage 2 Results & Recap
Stage 2 of the 2021 Vuelta a España is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Philipsen wins stage 2
Jasper Philipsen outkicked Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-Quick Step) today in Burgos after 166.5km of racing through the hot August sun after a routine sprint stage at the Vuelta a Espana.
“It’s incredible," Philipsen said. "Yesterday I wrote in our team chat that for sure it would be a dream. I think this is a real team effort and it’s great to win the first sprint of the three Grand Tours. It was amazing to see all my teammates there and everybody was on the frontline. I trusted the team and I think we did a really good job. We can be happy tonight. For sure I’m really happy that it worked out in the first sprint and now we can go on and try for more.”
Primož Roglič (TJV) is still in the lead of the overall classification by four seconds ahead of Alex Aranburu (APT) with the first mountain stage coming up tomorrow.
"Like I said, you need to be on a survival mode in such stages where crashes can happen," Roglic said. "You need a bit of luck. Luckily, we went through. [Runner up Alex Aranburu], with the green jersey, he went for the bonus seconds. I wouldn't mind if he'd take La Roja from me. It wouldn't change a lot. I know nothing of tomorrow's uphill finish. We'll see tomorrow how much I like it."
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