La Vuelta Femenina stage 2 LIVE: Undulating parcours and late climb leaves race wide open

There is only one intermediate sprint on this 109.8km route today. It comes with 30km to go.

Now, onto today’s stage. Lumpier than the race’s opener but it should be the same sort of riders involved in the finish. A mix of punchy riders and GC riders. Rüegg has a good chance to double up after her emphatic win yesterday…

>>> La Vuelta Femenina 2026 stage 2 preview: Constant climbs offer terrain for breakaway

Before focusing on today’s stage, the news broke this morning that Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) will not be taking to the start today due to a broken collarbone after crashing yesterday.

Yesterday was a chaotic stage with a magnificent victory from Noemi Rüegg (EF Education-Oatly). Relive the action with our post race report below…

>>> Vuelta Femenina stage 1: Noemi Rüegg storms uphill sprint to beat Kopecky and Koch to first leader’s jersey