- Start time: 13:35 CET
- Finish time: 17:21 CET
- How to watch stage 2 of the Vuelta a España
- Favourites to win the stage: João Almeida, Jonas Vingegaard, Junior Lecerf, Tom Pidcock, Santiago Buitrago
The first summit finish of the Vuelta a España comes early on stage 2 to Limone Piemonte. While not the hardest of the race's 10 summit finishes, it should be more than enough to unseat sprinter Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) from the race lead.
The stage begins in Alba for a second outing in Italy, and is fairly flat until the final climb.
Clocking in at just 159.6 kilometres, it's a relatively short stage and, with so many fresh legs in the peloton Limone Piemonte's relatively benign 5% average gradient over 10km might not be enough to put any of the Vuelta a Espana contenders into difficulty, especially in the absence of Tadej Pogačar.
However, the climb will be an opportunity to test the wits and fitness of some of the second-tier challengers.
Keep an eye on Tom Pidcock (Q36.5), who is the highest-placed of the declared contenders in the Vuelta current GC standings.
Climbs
- Limone Piemonte (cat. 2), km. 159.6
Sprints
- Busca, km. 68.4 - time bonus
