LIMONE PIEMONTE, Italy (AP) — Jonas Vingegaard finished strongly to win the second stage of the Spanish Vuelta in Italy on Sunday, justifying his status as the favorite in Tadej Pogačar’s absence.

Vingegaard was involved in a big crash involving many riders – including his Visma-Lease a Bike teammates – but he rejoined the peloton with blood on his left elbow. The Danish rider finished just ahead of Giulio Ciccone in a mass sprint for the line on the mountain-top finish at Limone Piemonte near the French border.

Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet became the first to abandon the race as rainfall made the roads treacherous on the 159.6-kilometer (100-mile) route from Alba. The French rider crashed on a descent.

That was followed by another crash after a roundabout that involved Vingegaard and team

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