{"id":868830,"date":"2026-08-23T18:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/868830\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T18:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:46:11","slug":"vuelta-a-espana-gc-standings-tadej-pogacar-keeps-leaders-jersey-after-stage-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/868830\/","title":{"rendered":"Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a GC standings – Tadej Poga\u010dar keeps leader’s jersey after stage 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tadej Poga\u010dar<\/a> has maintained his early lead at the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a<\/a>, taking the maillot rojo after narrowly winning the stage 1 time trial<\/a> in Monaco and then holding his lead after a reduced stage 2 sprint<\/a> into Manosque.<\/p>\n

It was not a straightforward path for Poga\u010dar, who faced an onslaught of attacks, namely Ethan Hayter<\/a> (Soudal-QuickStep), who rode into a breakaway and gained enough time bonuses to move into the virtual lead at one point in the stage.<\/p>\n

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Then at the finish, a searing attack from Wout van Aert<\/a> (Visma-Lease a Bike) again threatened to take the red jersey off his shoulders.<\/p>\n

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In the end, a reduced group sprinted into Manosque with Matthew Brennan (Visma-Lease a Bike) taking the victory ahead of Pau Miquel (Bahrain-Victorious), with Poga\u010dar in third and keeping red.<\/p>\n

Poga\u010dar now leads the GC Standings by nine seconds ahead of second placed Van Aert, who moved up six spots after the previous day’s time trial.<\/p>\n

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His teammate Brennan moved up 13 spots after winning the stage and taking the time bonuses, now in third place overall at 10 seconds back.<\/p>\n

Sitting in fourth place is L\u00e9o Bisiaux (Decathlon CMA CGM), who moved up two spots, and is now 12 seconds back. Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) also moved up to fifth and is now 14 seconds back.<\/p>\n

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Several riders who were in the top-10 after the time trial were unable to hang on to the powerful attacks that reduced the field on stage 2.<\/p>\n

Thus, moving up six placed each were Stefan K\u00fcng (Tudor Pro Cycling) and Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), both 18 seconds back.<\/p>\n

Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) moved up to eighth at 20 seconds back.<\/p>\n

Four-time Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a winner Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) moved up to ninth overall, now 26 seconds back.<\/p>\n

Jordan Labrosse (Decathlon CMA CGM) moved into the top 10 as the race heads into stage 3, a 174km from Gruissan – Aude to Font Romeu on Monday.<\/p>\n

Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a GC standings<\/p>\n

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Position<\/p>\n

Rider<\/p>\n

Time <\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

Tadej Poga\u010dar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG<\/p>\n

4:58:40<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

Wout van Aert (Bel) Team Visma | Lease a Bike<\/p>\n

0:00:09<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Matthew Brennan (Gbr) Team Visma | Lease a Bike<\/p>\n

0:00:10<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

L\u00e9o Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team<\/p>\n

0:00:12<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

Finn Fisher-Black (Nzl) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe<\/p>\n

0:00:14<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

Stefan K\u00fcng (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team<\/p>\n

0:00:18<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

Jay Vine (Aus) UAE Team Emirates-XRG<\/p>\n

0:00:18<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d (Slo) Lidl-Trek<\/p>\n

0:00:20<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

Mads Pedersen (Den) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe<\/p>\n

0:00:26<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

Jordan Labrosse (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team<\/p>\n

0:00:27<\/p>\n

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