UAE Team Emirates’ Molano sprints to second in Valenciana

The Colombian fastman was with out the leadout of Ryan Gibbons who was concerned in a tough crash with 3.7km to go

Sebastian Molano put in a quick flip of velocity to take second place on Stage 2 of the Vuelta Valenciana behind Fabio Jakobsen (Fast Step – Alpha Vinyl) on the hilly dash end from Betera to Torrent (171.5km).

The Colombian fastman was with out the leadout of Ryan Gibbons who was concerned in a tough crash with 3.7km to go, nevertheless fortunately the South African was in a position to end the stage afterwards.

“It was an excellent dash and I’m actually completely satisfied and grateful for the work the blokes did to place me in an excellent place,” stated Molano.

“Sadly we misplaced Gibbons to a crash within the closing kilometres so we missed a person, however we did what we might. Jakobsen was simply that bit quicker than everybody else right this moment however the legs are excellent and I hope to discover a win very quickly,” he added.

After a strong show on Thursday, Juan Ayuso climbed the Basic Standings to tenth place total at 1’14’’ from race chief Remco Evenepoel (Fast Step – Alpha Vinyl).

The racing at Vuelta Valenciana continues with Stage 3 from Alicante to Antenas del Maigmó (155.1km) on Saturday, in what is ready to be a key day for the GC.

STAGE 2 RESULTS:

1.Fabio Jakobsen (Fast Step- Alpha Vinyl) 4:09:51

2.Sebastian Molano (UAE Workforce Emirates) s.t

3.Elia Viviani (Fast Step – Alpha Vinyl) s.t

Basic Classification after Stage 2:

1.Remco Evenepoel (Fast Step – Alpha Vinyl) 8:26:13

2.Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) +19’’

3.Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos-Grenadiers) +37’’

10. Juan Ayuso (UAE Workforce Emirates) +1’14’’