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Races / Vuelta a Espana 2026 / Stage 2

Vuelta a Espana 2026 — Stage 2

23 Aug 2026 · Monaco → Manosque · 215 km

Stage Impact
What changed on Stage 2
No GC leader → Alessandro Covi

Alessandro Covi leads GC after Stage 2. Matthew Brennan won the stage.

Stage Winner
Matthew Brennan
GC Gainers
No clear GC gains
Time Losses
No major GC losses
#RiderTeamTime
1 Matthew Brennan Team Visma | Lease a Bike (WT) 4h 47' 47"
2 Pau Miquel Delgado Bahrain - Victorious (WT) same time
3 Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates - XRG (WT) same time
4 Mads Pedersen Lidl - Trek (WT) same time
5 Hugo Hofstetter NSN Cycling Team (WT) same time
6 Tobias Halland Johannessen Uno-X Mobility (WT) same time
7 Finn Fisher Black Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe (WT) same time
8 Axel Laurance Netcompany INEOS (WT) same time
9 Oscar Onley Netcompany INEOS (WT) same time
10 Orluis Aular Movistar Team (WT) same time
11 Ben Tulett Team Visma | Lease a Bike (WT) same time
12 Leo Bisiaux Decathlon CMA CGM Team (WT) same time
13 Vito Braet Lotto Intermarché (WT) same time
14 David Gonzalez Lopez Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team (PRT) same time
15 Bryan Coquard Cofidis (PRT) same time
16 Milan Vader Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team (PRT) same time
17 Fabio Van Den Bossche Soudal Quick-Step (WT) same time
18 Ramses Debruyne Alpecin - Premier Tech (WT) same time
19 Harold Tejada XDS Astana Team (WT) same time
20 Marco Brenner Tudor Pro Cycling Team (PRT) same time
21 Carlos Canal Movistar Team (WT) same time
22 Wout Van Aert Team Visma | Lease a Bike (WT) same time
23 Pablo Torres Arias UAE Team Emirates - XRG (WT) same time
24 Bastien Tronchon Groupama - FDJ United (WT) same time
25 Richard Carapaz EF Education - EasyPost (WT) same time
26 Enric Mas Movistar Team (WT) same time
27 Alessandro Covi Team Jayco AlUla (WT) same time
28 Santiago Buitrago Sanchez Bahrain - Victorious (WT) same time
29 Stefan Kung Tudor Pro Cycling Team (PRT) same time
30 Primoz Roglic Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe (WT) same time
31 Andreas Kron Uno-X Mobility (WT) same time
32 Gijs Leemreize Team Picnic PostNL (WT) same time
33 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Lidl - Trek (WT) same time
34 Jordan Labrosse Decathlon CMA CGM Team (WT) same time
35 Sepp Kuss Team Visma | Lease a Bike (WT) same time
36 Clement Berthet Groupama - FDJ United (WT) same time
37 Jay Vine UAE Team Emirates - XRG (WT) same time
38 Clement Alleno Burgos Burpellet BH (PRT) same time
39 Guillaume Martin Groupama - FDJ United (WT) same time
40 William Barta Tudor Pro Cycling Team (PRT) same time
41 Carlos Rodriguez Cano Netcompany INEOS (WT) same time
42 Luca Van Boven Lotto Intermarché (WT) + 0' 18"
43 Henri Francois Renard Haquin Team Picnic PostNL (WT) + 0' 18"
44 Victor Langellotti XDS Astana Team (WT) + 0' 18"
45 Matthew Riccitello Decathlon CMA CGM Team (WT) + 0' 18"
46 Luke Tuckwell Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe (WT) + 0' 18"
47 Jorgen Nordhagen Team Visma | Lease a Bike (WT) + 0' 18"
48 David De La Cruz Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team (PRT) + 0' 18"
49 Thomas Gloag Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team (PRT) + 0' 18"
50 Enzo Paleni Groupama - FDJ United (WT) + 0' 18"
51 Gianmarco Garofoli Soudal Quick-Step (WT) + 0' 18"
52 Filippo Zana Soudal Quick-Step (WT) + 0' 18"
53 Remy Rochas Groupama - FDJ United (WT) + 0' 18"
54 Fredrik Dversnes Uno-X Mobility (WT) + 0' 18"
55 Walter Calzoni Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team (PRT) + 0' 18"
56 Lars Craps Lotto Intermarché (WT) + 0' 18"
57 Christophe Laporte Team Visma | Lease a Bike (WT) + 0' 18"
58 Mario Aparicio Munoz Burgos Burpellet BH (PRT) + 0' 18"
59 Joao Almeida UAE Team Emirates - XRG (WT) + 0' 18"
60 Rudy Porter Team Jayco AlUla (WT) + 0' 18"
61 Juan Felipe Rodriguez EF Education - EasyPost (WT) + 0' 18"
62 Cristian Rodriguez XDS Astana Team (WT) + 0' 18"
63 Gregor Muhlberger Decathlon CMA CGM Team (WT) + 0' 18"
64 Cesar Macias Estrada Burgos Burpellet BH (PRT) + 0' 18"
65 Urko Berrade Fernandez Equipo Kern Pharma (PRT) + 0' 18"
66 Felix Gall Decathlon CMA CGM Team (WT) + 0' 18"
67 Jakob Omrzel Bahrain - Victorious (WT) + 0' 18"
68 Jarno Widar Lotto Intermarché (WT) + 0' 18"
69 Francesco Busatto Alpecin - Premier Tech (WT) + 0' 18"
70 Jack Haig Netcompany INEOS (WT) + 0' 18"
71 George Bennett NSN Cycling Team (WT) + 0' 18"
72 Mauri Vansevenant Soudal Quick-Step (WT) + 0' 18"
73 Rudy Molard Groupama - FDJ United (WT) + 0' 18"
74 Paul Double Team Jayco AlUla (WT) + 0' 18"
75 Ivan Romeo Movistar Team (WT) + 0' 18"
76 Simon Dalby Uno-X Mobility (WT) + 0' 18"
77 Cian Uijtdebroeks Movistar Team (WT) + 0' 18"
78 Pavel Sivakov UAE Team Emirates - XRG (WT) + 0' 18"
79 Alberto Dainese Soudal Quick-Step (WT) + 0' 31"
80 Ethan Hayter Soudal Quick-Step (WT) + 0' 31"
81 Lorenzo Fortunato XDS Astana Team (WT) + 0' 31"
82 Emanuel Buchmann Cofidis (PRT) + 0' 31"
83 Sylvain Moniquet Cofidis (PRT) + 0' 31"
84 Edward Irl Dunbar Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team (PRT) + 0' 31"
85 Valentin Madouas Groupama - FDJ United (WT) + 0' 31"
86 Ivan Ramiro Sosa Equipo Kern Pharma (PRT) + 0' 31"
87 Finlay Pickering Team Jayco AlUla (WT) + 0' 31"
88 Ibon Ruiz Equipo Kern Pharma (PRT) + 0' 31"
89 Mats Wenzel Equipo Kern Pharma (PRT) + 0' 41"
90 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Mobility (WT) + 0' 41"
91 Henok Mulubrhan XDS Astana Team (WT) + 0' 47"
92 Thibau Nys Lidl - Trek (WT) + 0' 56"
93 Alessandro Romele XDS Astana Team (WT) + 0' 56"
94 Jose Luis Faura Asensio Burgos Burpellet BH (PRT) + 0' 56"
95 Lawrence Warbasse Tudor Pro Cycling Team (PRT) + 0' 56"
96 Lorenzo Rota Lotto Intermarché (WT) + 0' 56"
97 Julien Bernard Lidl - Trek (WT) + 0' 56"
98 Andreas Leknessund Uno-X Mobility (WT) + 0' 56"
99 Alexis Renard Cofidis (PRT) + 1' 16"
100 Vincenzo Albanese EF Education - EasyPost (WT) + 1' 16"
101 Matevz Govekar Bahrain - Victorious (WT) + 1' 33"
102 Gianni Vermeersch Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe (WT) + 1' 33"
103 Marcel Camprubi Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team (PRT) + 1' 33"
104 Embret Svestad Bardseng Netcompany INEOS (WT) + 1' 41"
105 Kevin Vermaerke UAE Team Emirates - XRG (WT) + 1' 41"
106 Floris Van Tricht NSN Cycling Team (WT) + 1' 41"
107 Gal Glivar Alpecin - Premier Tech (WT) + 1' 41"
108 Fabian Weiss Tudor Pro Cycling Team (PRT) + 1' 41"
109 Roman Ermakov Bahrain - Victorious (WT) + 1' 41"
110 Pello Bilbao Bahrain - Victorious (WT) + 1' 41"
111 Hannes Wilksch Tudor Pro Cycling Team (PRT) + 1' 41"
112 Jasha Sutterlin Team Jayco AlUla (WT) + 1' 41"
113 Ben Turner Netcompany INEOS (WT) + 1' 41"
114 Sander De Pestel Decathlon CMA CGM Team (WT) + 1' 41"
115 Olivier Le Gac Groupama - FDJ United (WT) + 1' 41"
116 Ivo Emanuel Alves UAE Team Emirates - XRG (WT) + 1' 41"
117 Sergio Samitier Cofidis (PRT) + 1' 41"
118 Paul Ourselin Cofidis (PRT) + 1' 41"
119 Pablo Castrillo Zapater Movistar Team (WT) + 1' 41"
120 Guillermo Juan Martinez Team Picnic PostNL (WT) + 1' 41"
121 Oscar Chamberlain Decathlon CMA CGM Team (WT) + 1' 41"
122 Kaden Groves Alpecin - Premier Tech (WT) + 1' 41"
123 Lindsay De Vylder Alpecin - Premier Tech (WT) + 1' 41"
124 Mattia Gaffuri Team Picnic PostNL (WT) + 1' 41"
125 Joshua Tarling Netcompany INEOS (WT) + 1' 41"
126 Yevgeniy Fedorov XDS Astana Team (WT) + 1' 41"
127 James Shaw EF Education - EasyPost (WT) + 1' 41"
128 Marc Brustenga Masague Equipo Kern Pharma (PRT) + 1' 41"
129 Jordi Meeus Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe (WT) + 1' 41"
130 Jan Hirt NSN Cycling Team (WT) + 1' 41"
131 Markel Beloki EF Education - EasyPost (WT) + 1' 41"
132 Callum Scotson Decathlon CMA CGM Team (WT) + 1' 41"
133 Mikel Landa Soudal Quick-Step (WT) + 1' 41"
134 Michael Gogl Alpecin - Premier Tech (WT) + 1' 41"
135 Roland Thalmann Tudor Pro Cycling Team (PRT) + 1' 41"
136 Timo Roosen Team Picnic PostNL (WT) + 1' 50"
137 Attila Valter Bahrain - Victorious (WT) + 2' 11"
138 Timo De Jong Team Picnic PostNL (WT) + 2' 11"
139 Steffen De Schuyteneer Lotto Intermarché (WT) + 2' 30"
140 Jesus Herrada Lopez Burgos Burpellet BH (PRT) + 2' 30"
141 Jacopo Mosca Lidl - Trek (WT) + 2' 30"
142 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team (WT) + 2' 30"
143 Moritz Kretschy NSN Cycling Team (WT) + 2' 30"
144 Nick Schultz NSN Cycling Team (WT) + 2' 30"
145 Reuben Thompson Lotto Intermarché (WT) + 2' 30"
146 Lennard Kamna Lidl - Trek (WT) + 2' 30"
147 Frederik Wandahl Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe (WT) + 2' 30"
148 Xabier Mikel Azparren Irurzun Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team (PRT) + 2' 30"
149 Raul Garcia Pierna Movistar Team (WT) + 2' 30"
150 Pau Marti Soriano NSN Cycling Team (WT) + 2' 30"
151 Inigo Elosegui Equipo Kern Pharma (PRT) + 2' 30"
152 Louis Rouland Cofidis (PRT) + 2' 30"
153 Mathias Norsgaard Lidl - Trek (WT) + 2' 30"
154 Bruno Armirail Team Visma | Lease a Bike (WT) + 3' 02"
155 Martin Tjotta Uno-X Mobility (WT) + 3' 02"
156 Lucas Hamilton Netcompany INEOS (WT) + 3' 12"
157 Georg Steinhauser EF Education - EasyPost (WT) + 3' 17"
158 Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk Lotto Intermarché (WT) + 3' 27"
159 Steven Kruijswijk Team Visma | Lease a Bike (WT) + 3' 27"
160 Koen Bouwman Team Jayco AlUla (WT) + 3' 27"
161 Patrick Konrad Lidl - Trek (WT) + 3' 27"
162 Asbjorn Hellemose Team Jayco AlUla (WT) + 3' 27"
163 Darren Rafferty EF Education - EasyPost (WT) + 3' 27"
164 Mathijs Paasschens Bahrain - Victorious (WT) + 3' 27"
165 Gianni Moscon Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe (WT) + 3' 27"
166 Sinuhe Fernandez Rodriguez Burgos Burpellet BH (PRT) + 3' 27"
167 Callum Thornley Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe (WT) + 3' 27"
168 Hugo Houle Alpecin - Premier Tech (WT) + 3' 56"
169 Alastair Mackellar EF Education - EasyPost (WT) + 4' 11"
170 Valentin Paret Peintre Soudal Quick-Step (WT) + 4' 31"
171 Magnus Cort Nielsen Uno-X Mobility (WT) + 5' 00"
172 Diego Uriarte Belzunegi Equipo Kern Pharma (PRT) + 5' 00"
173 Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling Team (PRT) + 5' 00"
174 Domen Novak UAE Team Emirates - XRG (WT) + 6' 07"
175 Hamish Mckenzie Team Jayco AlUla (WT) + 10' 14"
176 Chris Hamilton Team Picnic PostNL (WT) + 10' 14"
177 Oliver Peace Team Picnic PostNL (WT) + 10' 14"
178 Jose Manuel Diaz Gallego Burgos Burpellet BH (PRT) + 10' 14"
179 Darren Van Bekkum XDS Astana Team (WT) + 10' 14"
180 Aleksey Lutsenko NSN Cycling Team (WT) + 10' 14"
181 Ivan Cobo Cayon Equipo Kern Pharma (PRT) + 12' 12"
182 Alex Kirsch Cofidis (PRT) + 16' 15"
183 Sente Sentjens Alpecin - Premier Tech (WT) + 16' 15"
DNF Sergio Geovani Chumil Gonzalez Burgos Burpellet BH (PRT) —