2024 Vuelta a Espana GC Update after stage 2: Wout van Aert takes race lead due to bonus seconds
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One day later than perhaps some expected, but Wout van Aert is into the Red Jersey at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana after backing up his 3rd placed finish on stage 1 with a 2nd on stage 2, claiming key bonus seconds in the process.
As a result, the Belgian is now sitting pretty at the top of the general classification standings, taking over the Red Jersey from UAE Team Emirates' Brandon McNulty by 3 seconds. Behind, Mathias Vacek drops to third but things could have been much worse for the Czech after being brought down by a supporter on the final climb.
Further down and there are no other changes in the upper standings of the GC, with Primoz Roglic still the best placed of the potential overall contenders and INEOS Grenadiers' Joshua Tarling keeping his high placing despite a brutal late crash.
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2024 Vuelta a Espana GC after stage 2:
| 1 | van Aert Wout | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 05:25:27 |
| 2 | McNulty Brandon | UAE Team Emirates | + 03 |
| 3 | Vacek Mathias | Lidl-Trek | + 05 |
| 4 | Küng Stefan | Groupama-FDJ | + 09 |
| 5 | Affini Edoardo | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 11 |
| 6 | Tarling Joshua | INEOS Grenadiers | + 11 |
| 7 | Schmid Mauro | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 19 |
| 8 | Roglic Primoz | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 20 |
| 9 | Armirail Bruno | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 21 |
| 10 | Almeida Joao | UAE Team Emirates | + 22 |
| 11 | Oliveira Nelson | Movistar Team | + 23 |
| 12 | Lipowitz Florian | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 24 |
| 13 | Skjelmose Mattias | Lidl-Trek | + 25 |
| 14 | Vine Jay | UAE Team Emirates | + 27 |
| 15 | Asgreen Kasper | Soudal Quick-Step | + 29 |
| 16 | Baroncini Filippo | UAE Team Emirates | + 29 |
| 17 | Cattaneo Mattia | Soudal Quick-Step | + 30 |
| 18 | Tiberi Antonio | Bahrain Victorious | + 30 |
| 19 | Frigo Marco | Israel-Premier Tech | + 31 |
| 20 | Vlasov Aleksandr | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 32 |
| 21 | Castrillo Pablo | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 32 |
| 22 | Tejada Harold | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 32 |
| 23 | Arensman Thymen | INEOS Grenadiers | + 32 |
| 24 | Berrade Urko | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 33 |
| 25 | Kepplinger Rainer | Bahrain Victorious | + 34 |
| 26 | Geoghegan Hart Tao | Lidl-Trek | + 34 |
| 27 | Campenaerts Victor | Lotto Dstny | + 35 |
| 28 | Martinez Daniel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 36 |
| 29 | Yates Adam | UAE Team Emirates | + 37 |
| 30 | Soler Marc | UAE Team Emirates | + 40 |
| 31 | Poole Max | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 40 |
| 32 | Mas Enric | Movistar Team | + 42 |
| 33 | Dunbar Edward | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 42 |
| 34 | Doull Owain | EF Education-EasyPost | + 42 |
| 35 | Carapaz Richard | EF Education-EasyPost | + 43 |
| 36 | Sivakov Pavel | UAE Team Emirates | + 43 |
| 37 | Rafferty Darren | EF Education-EasyPost | + 43 |
| 38 | Scotson Callum | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 45 |
| 39 | del Toro Isaac | UAE Team Emirates | + 45 |
| 40 | Konrad Patrick | Lidl-Trek | + 47 |
| 41 | Sütterlin Jasha | Bahrain Victorious | + 47 |
| 42 | Schelling Ide | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 47 |
| 43 | Haig Jack | Bahrain Victorious | + 47 |
| 44 | Juaristi Txomin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 47 |
| 45 | Sweeny Harry | EF Education-EasyPost | + 47 |
| 46 | Uijtdebroeks Cian | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 48 |
| 47 | Gesink Robert | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 48 |
| 48 | De Plus Laurens | INEOS Grenadiers | + 49 |
| 49 | Rodriguez Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers | + 49 |
| 50 | Denz Nico | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 50 |
| 51 | Harper Chris | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 51 |
| 52 | Lafay Victor | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 52 |
| 53 | Berthet Clément | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 53 |
| 54 | Goossens Kobe | Intermarché-Wanty | + 54 |
| 55 | Gaudu David | Groupama-FDJ | + 54 |
| 56 | Miholjevic Fran | Bahrain Victorious | + 54 |
| 57 | Izagirre Ion | Cofidis | + 55 |
| 58 | O'Connor Ben | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 55 |
| 59 | Leijnse Enzo | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 56 |
| 60 | De Pestel Sander | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 56 |
| 61 | Rivera Brandon | INEOS Grenadiers | + 56 |
| 62 | Kuss Sepp | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 56 |
| 63 | Van Eetvelt Lennert | Lotto Dstny | + 57 |
| 64 | Teuns Dylan | Israel-Premier Tech | + 57 |
| 65 | Adrià Roger | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 57 |
| 66 | Zana Filippo | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 57 |
| 67 | Hollmann Juri | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 57 |
| 68 | Gall Felix | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 57 |
| 69 | Ciccone Giulio | Lidl-Trek | + 57 |
| 70 | Brussenskiy Gleb | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 58 |
| 71 | Valter Attila | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 58 |
| 72 | Meurisse Xandro | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 59 |
| 73 | Hamilton Chris | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 59 |
| 74 | Gamper Patrick | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 59 |
| 75 | Costa Rui | EF Education-EasyPost | + 01:00 |
| 76 | Aleotti Giovanni | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 01:00 |
| 77 | Guernalec Thibault | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 01:00 |
| 78 | Rochas Rémy | Groupama-FDJ | + 01:02 |
| 79 | Oomen Sam | Lidl-Trek | + 01:02 |
| 80 | Taaramäe Rein | Intermarché-Wanty | + 01:03 |
| 81 | Tusveld Martijn | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 01:04 |
| 82 | Engelhardt Felix | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 01:04 |
| 83 | Pacher Quentin | Groupama-FDJ | + 01:06 |
| 84 | Kron Andreas | Lotto Dstny | + 01:06 |
| 85 | Leemreize Gijs | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 01:07 |
| 86 | Bennett George | Israel-Premier Tech | + 01:08 |
| 87 | Bystrøm Sven Erik | Groupama-FDJ | + 01:08 |
| 88 | Braet Vito | Intermarché-Wanty | + 01:08 |
| 89 | Caruso Damiano | Bahrain Victorious | + 01:08 |
| 90 | Landa Mikel | Soudal Quick-Step | + 01:08 |
| 91 | Vervaeke Louis | Soudal Quick-Step | + 01:09 |
| 92 | Rodríguez Óscar | INEOS Grenadiers | + 01:09 |
| 93 | Verona Carlos | Lidl-Trek | + 01:10 |
| 94 | Germani Lorenzo | Groupama-FDJ | + 01:11 |
| 95 | Strong Corbin | Israel-Premier Tech | + 01:11 |
| 96 | Knox James | Soudal Quick-Step | + 01:12 |
| 97 | López Martin | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 01:12 |
| 98 | Riesebeek Oscar | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 01:12 |
| 99 | Bittner Pavel | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 01:12 |
| 100 | Shaw James | EF Education-EasyPost | + 01:13 |
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