This year’s Vuelta stage 2 turned out so epic that what happened there would be enough to discuss for a whole week.
Let’s start with the good news. It is always a joy when a young rider lives up to expectations, all the more so at a Grand Tour, and even more so when he does it by winning a stage! And all of this crowned by pulling on the race leader’s shining red jersey! He probably never even dreamed of all of this at once. Meet Colombian Johan Esteban Chaves of Australian team Orica-GreenEDGE!
Johan Esteban Chaves – Vuelta 2015 stage 2 podium
Yesterday, in him, another Colombian star appeared in the sky of the world peloton
Johan Esteban Chaves pulls on the Vuelta 2015 leader’s red jersey
Before that, though, with thirty kilometers left to the finish, a big crash happened in the race.
In the end, this crash hurt Kazakh team Astana the most. Besides Vincenzo Nibali’s expulsion from the race, Paolo Tiralongo could not continue today. His injury proved incompatible with racing.
პაოლო ტირალონგო (ასტანა) ვუელტას მეორე ეტაპზე დაცემის შემდეგ
Translated from Georgian with the assistance of Claude (Anthropic), reviewed by the Velorbola editors.
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April 15, 2019
