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08/23 11:07 CDT Matthew Brennan finishes ahead of race leader Tadel Pogacar to
win stage 2 of Spanish Vuelta
Matthew Brennan finishes ahead of race leader Tadel Pogacar to win stage 2 of
Spanish Vuelta
MANOSQUE, France (AP) --- Young British rider Matthew Brennan finished strongly
to win the second and longest stage of the Spanish Vuelta ahead of race leader
Tadel Pogacar on Sunday.
The 21-year-old Brennan capitalized on good work from Visma-Lease a Bike
teammate Wout van Aert in a sprint and got ahead of second-place Pau Miquel and
third-place Pogacar to complete the 214.3-kilometer (133.1 mile) hilly trek
through Provence in southern France in 4 hours, 47 minutes and 47 seconds.
Pogacar, who edged Ethan Hayter by 0.09 seconds in the opening time trial on
Saturday, kept the race leader's red jersey by finishing with the same time as
the stage winner.
The Slovenian, bidding to become just the ninth rider to win all three Grand
Tours, leads the general classification by 9 seconds from Van Aert, with
Brennan another second behind in third.
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