Tony Martin won stage 2 of this year’s Vuelta al Pais Vasco in Dantxarinea today.
After two well executed attacks, the German rider succeeded in escaping his fellow breakaway companions 20 kilometers from the finish to claim a solo victory in today’s race.
British rider Ben Swift took second place, after leading home the rest of the field, while Michal Kwiatkowski finished in third to claim a spot on the podium for the second day in a row.
Meanwhile, Alberto Contador succeeded in fending off late attacks from Alejandro Valverde to retain his overall lead.
Stage 2 Results GER 1 MARTIN, Tony (OMEGA PHARMA – QUICK-STEP) 3:46:17 GBR 2 SWIFT, Ben (SKY) + 30 POL 3 KWIATKOWSKI, Michal (OMEGA PHARMA – QUICK-STEP) ITA 4 CUNEGO, Damiano (LAMPRE – MERIDA) GER 5 MARTENS, Paul (BELKIN) ESP 6 VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOVISTAR) KAZ 7 IGLINSKIY, Maxim (ASTANA) JPN 8 ARASHIRO, Yukiya (EUROPCAR) AUS 9 MATTHEWS, Michael (ORICA GreenEDGE) ITA 10 NOCENTINI, Rinaldo (AG2R LA MONDIALE) ITA 11 CARUSO, Damiano (CANNONDALE) RUS 12 CHERNETSKI, Sergei (KATUSHA) NED 13 POELS, Wouter (OMEGA PHARMA – QUICK-STEP) NOR 14 NORDHAUG, Lars Petter (BELKIN) GER 15 GESCHKE, Simon (GIANT-SHIMANO) ESP 16 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TINKOFF-SAXO) ESP 17 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC RACING) NED 18 GESINK, Robert (BELKIN) BEL 19 GILBERT, Philippe (BMC RACING) AUS 20 EVANS, Cadel (BMC RACING)
General Classification after Stage 2 ESP 1 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TINKOFF-SAXO) 0 ESP 2 VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOVISTAR) + 14
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