Roche wins Vuelta 2nd stage, Nibali leads

PONTEVEDRA, Spain: Nicolas Roche of Ireland has won the second stage of the Spanish Vuelta, while Vicenzo Nibali is the overall leader as the Italian aims for his second grand tour of the year.
SaxoBank-Tinkoff rider Roche broke away Sunday with three others on the final climb and used a furious finish to claim the 178-km ride, which started in Pontevedra and finished at the Alto Do Monte Da Groba summit.
The first of 13 mountain stages didn’t produce major differences between the race favorites. Alejandro Valverde and Joaquim Rodriguez ended 12 seconds off the pace.
Nibali crossed the finish line 14 seconds behind Roche, but maintained his advantage over his rivals from the opening stage team time trial.
Giro d’Italia winner Nibali leads Valverde by 27 seconds and Rodriguez by 57.