The British team set out at a blistering pace, beating the leaders at the first check, Lidl-Trek, by six seconds, but as they came through the second intermediate point 8.5km later, Ineos had already lost seven seconds to the American team and would lose more en route to the line. They finished provisionally second, seven seconds slower than Lidl-Trek, and ultimately lost out to three more teams, as UAE Team Emirates-XRG, Visma-Lease a Bike and Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe also finished quicker.
After a narrow defeat in the Figueres team time trial at the Vuelta a España against arch-rivals UAE Team Emirates-XRG, rather than express too many regrets about their near-miss in the team time trial, Jonas Vingegaard preferred to look at the positive elements of the day, with returning to the leader's jersey obviously right at the top of the list.
Pro cycling isn't always so serious, and even though Visma-Lease a Bike were defending the Vuelta a España lead of Jonas Vingegaard over the weekend, they found some time for fun in the team bus. Victor Campenaerts, well known for his vlogs on Instagram, used the platform to confirm an old rumour about 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich.
A year after he blew the Vuelta a España apart with a gutsy long-distance break that netted him two weeks in the lead and a final podium place in Madrid, Ben O'Connor has confirmed that he is back in the running for the Vuelta overall again. A strong ride on stage 2 to Limone Piemonte, O'Connor remained well within the group of main favourites, lying 13th at 16 seconds behind leader Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike).
A large number of bikes have been stolen from Visma-Lease a Bike's Vuelta a España squad overnight after thieves broke into team vehicles in their hotel near Turin. According to Italian media outlets, up to 18 bikes were robbed, with Tuttobicisport going so far as to claim that the squad would perhaps have to borrow spare parts or bikes in order for their riders to participate in stage 3. The Italian specialist site also estimated the value of the stolen bikes at 250,000 euros