CYCLING NEWS - Belgium's Yves Lampaert caught out the sprinters with a late attack to win stage two and take the leader's red jersey at the Vuelta a Espana.
Team Sky's Chris Froome fell behind a split in the peloton but moved up to ninth overall, 21 seconds off Lampaert.
Quick-Step's Lampaert broke away in the crosswinds in the final 2km and held on to win his first Grand Tour stage in Gruissan, France.
Team-mate Matteo Trentin came second, with Britain's Adam Blythe third.
Tour de France champion Froome, 32, finished 16th on the stage - eight seconds down on Lampaert and overall rival Vincenzo Nibali - in a group also including compatriot Adam Yates and Fabio Aru.
Other favourites Romain Bardet and Alberto Contador finished as part of a large group five seconds behind Froome, who is aiming to become just the third man to complete the Tour-Vuelta double in the same year.
"We were probably a little bit short coming into the final few kilometres, but I'm still happy with that result as I think we did a great ride," said Froome.
