Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) took over the maillot rojo of race leader at the 2024 Vuelta a España on stage two, overhauling American Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) who had won the opening time-trial 24 hours earlier.
Van Aert finished second on the stage behind Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck), but the bonus seconds were enough for him to seize the lead of the race.
Groves took the lead of the points classification with his win, seven points ahead of Van Aert.
Lidl-Trek's Mathias Vacek finished second in the opening time-trial and kept holding of the lead of the youth classification.
Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) took the lead of the climber's competition by winning the sprint to the second classified climb of the stage.
UAE Team Emirates continue to lead the team classification, ahead of Lidl-Trek and Team Visma-Lease a Bike.
Vuelta a España 2024 stage two: Cascais - Ourém
1. Kaden Groves (Aus) Alpecin-Deceuninck in 5:12:55
2. Wout van Aert (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike
3. Corbin Strong (NZl) Israel-Premier Tech
4. Pau Miquel Delgado (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma
5. Lennert van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto Dstny
6. Pavel Bittner (Cze) dsm-firmenich-PostNL
7. Jon Aberasturi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
8. Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
9. Brandon Rivera (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
10. Filippo Baroncini (Ita) UAE Team Emirates (all same time)
Vuelta a España 2024 general classification after stage two
1. Wout van Aert (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike in 5:25:27
2. Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates, +3s
3. Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek +5s
4. Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ, +9s
5. Edoardo Affini (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike, +11s
6. Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, same time
7. Mauro Schmid (Swi) Team Jayco AlUla, +19s
8. Primoz Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, +20s
9. Bruno Amirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, +21s
10. Joao Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, +22s
Vuelta a España 2024 points classification after stage two
1. Kaden Groves (Aus) Alpecin-Deceuninck, 65pts
2. Wout van Aert (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike, 58pts
3. Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek, 27pts
4. Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates, 20pts
5. Luis Angel Maté (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi, 20pts
Vuelta a España 2024 youth classification after stage two
1. Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek in 5:25:32
2. Joshua Tarling (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, +6s
3. Mauro Schmid (Swi) Team Jayco AlUla, +14s
4. Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, +19s
5. Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek, +20s
Vuelta a España 2024 moutains classification after stage two
1. Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ, 2pts
2. Luis Angel Maté (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi, 2pts
3. Roger Adria (Spa) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, 1pt
4. Ibon Ruiz (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma, 1pt
Vuelta a España 2024 teams classification after stage two
1. UAE Team Emirates in 16:17:23
2. Lidl-Trek, +12s
3. Visma-Lease a Bike, +13s
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