2023 VUELTA A ANDALUCIA STAGE 2 RESULTS
The two-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar followed up on his opening day success at Vuelta a Andalucia by adding Thursday’s second stage to tighten his grip on the Spanish race. The 24-year-old swept up the taxing cobbled uphill finish to Alcala la Real to finish clear of Spain’s Enric Mas. This was Slovenian Pogacar’s fifth consecutive win, after success at the end of last season in the Trois Vallees Varesines and Tour of Lombardy, in Monday’s semi-classic Jaen Paraiso Interior, and Wednesday’s first stage in Andalucia. The UAE Team Emirates rider holds a 48 second advantage over Colombian Santiago Buitrago in the general classification.
Friday’s third stage is 99 miles from Alcala de Guadaira to Alcala de los Gazules, with the race finishing on Sunday.
It was not all good news for Pogacar — who won the Tour de France in 2020 and 2021 — as earlier news emerged from UAE that his Swiss teammate Marc Hirschi had broken his arm, and will be out of action for the next two months. Hirschi suffered the injury in a fall during Wednesday’s first stage of the Tour of the Algarve.
2023 VUELTA A ANDALUCIA STAGE 2 RESULTS
| 1 | POGAČAR Tadej | UAE Team Emirates | 3:40:10 |
| 2 | MAS Enric | Movistar Team | 0:04 |
| 3 | BUITRAGO Santiago | Bahrain – Victorious | 0:04 |
| 4 | LANDA Mikel | Bahrain – Victorious | 0:04 |
| 5 | RODRÍGUEZ Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:04 |
| 6 | ROTA Lorenzo | Intermarché – Circus – Wanty | 0:17 |
| 7 | TEUNS Dylan | Israel – Premier Tech | 0:21 |
| 8 | GEOGHEGAN HART Tao | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:24 |
| 9 | CARUSO Damiano | Bahrain – Victorious | 0:33 |
| 10 | ZIMMERMANN Georg | Intermarché – Circus – Wanty | 0:36 |
OVERALL STANDINGS
| 1 | POGAČAR Tadej | UAE Team Emirates | 8:44:19 |
| 2 | BUITRAGO Santiago | Bahrain – Victorious | 0:48 |
| 3 | LANDA Mikel | Bahrain – Victorious | 0:52 |
| 4 | RODRÍGUEZ Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:52 |
| 5 | MAS Enric | Movistar Team | 1:47 |
| 6 | GEOGHEGAN HART Tao | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:12 |
| 7 | CARUSO Damiano | Bahrain – Victorious | 2:22 |
| 8 | MAJKA Rafał | UAE Team Emirates | 2:51 |
| 9 | SIVAKOV Pavel | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:52 |
| 10 | HAIG Jack | Bahrain – Victorious | 2:52 |
RBA/AFP Photos: Sprint Cycling
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