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 t

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