Vuelta España Stage 2: Pontevedra > Baiona, 178kms

"This could be fun - let's go for it", says Greg Henderson to Alex Rasmussen...

The faces of Francisco Aramendia, Henderson and Rasmussen are more serious as their escape builds a gap...

Life is not on a beach for the Vuelta peloton as it tracks the escape, now ten minutes in front...

Rasmussen leads the way towards the turnaroud point with 80-kilometres to go...

Astana are riding tempo at the head of the peloton - but it's not too stressful yet...

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Chris Horner has a big race ahead of him, he needs a stage-win or a top overall position in Madrid..!

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Vincenzo Nibali seems to have become a domestique for race-leader Jani Brajkovic...

Lampre has decided to come to the table and help chase the escape...

Jonny Hoogerland is chasing hard for Vacansoleil - the 12-minute gap is shrinking fast..!

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Rasmussen, Henderson and Aramendia stopped smiling hours ago - a mighty headwind is reducing their 12-minute gap very quickly...

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The peloton encounters the winds off the Atlantic Ocean as it closes in on the escape with 20-kilometres to go...

Amets Txurruka makes an attack as the race swings up the final climb with the escape over...

Movistar are setting a high pace to try and enable Valverde to win the stage....

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Nicholas Roche wins stage two after attacking in the last two-kilometres...

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Leopold Konig sprints to fourth-place - what a result for Net App..!

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Vincenzo Nibali has become race-leader after just two stages - what's going to happen next..?

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