As it happened: Volta a Catalunya stage 2 summit finish
Pogacar solos home 7km from the finish at Vallter 2000 as Landa and Vlasov round out podium
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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of stage 2 of the Volta a Catalunya!
You join us as the peloton heads out for the neutral start in Mataró.
Here's a look at the results from stage 1 of the race.
Israel-Premier Tech rider Nick Schultz took the stage win with a late attack in Sant Feliu de Guixols ahead of Tadej Pogačar.
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186km to go
The flag has dropped at the start of today's stage and racing is underway.
The peloton all sticking together at this early stage.
Flat roads to start the stage.
180km to go
An attack by six men from the front of the peloton....
This looks like our break of the day already.
Jimmy Janssens (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Kevin Colleoni (Intermarché-Wanty), Samuel Fernández (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Alex Jaime (Kern Pharma), Jambaljamts Sainbayar (Burgos-BH), and Xabier Isasa (Euskaltel-Euskadi) are in the move.
Three Spaniards plus an Italian, Belgian and Mongolian in the move.
173km to go
The breakaway riders have two minutes on the peloton currently.
The peloton rolling out at the start of today's stage.
Five minutes for the breakaway six now.
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165km to go
6:30 for the breakaway now and Israel-Premier Tech are taking the lead in the peloton.
The team are leading the way on behalf of race leader and stage 1 winner Nick Schultz.
Tadej Pogačar has attacked from the peloton! He's making a move along with his teammate Domen Novak.
That is... surprising.
Surely it can't be a real move on the flat roads this far out from the finish...
We'll wait for further updates.
It appears that the move will be a brief one.
160km to go
Pogačar and Novak are reportedly back among the peloton now after a 5km ride off the front. Bizarre.
6:40 for the breakaway now.
Yep, here's a shot of Pogačar and Novak on the attack.
All back to normal now after that strange move.
153km to go
Israel-Premier Tech and UAE Team Emirates now pulling at the head of the peloton.
Pogačar and Novak on the attack a little earlier on.
100km to go until the riders hit the first of two climbs today, the Coll de Coubet.
146km to go
We've been underway for an hour and the riders have covered just over 40km.
No major obstacles to traverse before the Coubet.
No change in the race situation at the moment following Pogačar's brief move. The break remain 6:30 up the road.
The peloton, including the aptly named Hungarian champion Attila Valter, on the road to Vallter 2000 today.
Around 20km to go until the riders hit the day's first intermediate sprint in Girona.
Here's what Tadej Pogačar had to say ahead of the start today, speaking to CyclingPro.net...
"It was a really nice stage. We had a great plan and great teammates. Sadly yesterday Jay Vine didn't feel so good so we lost him early – today he can't start because of stomach problems.
"We managed to take second place. It was a great opp for Nick Schultz to take the win and Israel-Premier Tech made a great tactical play and made it happen. For me, it was a little bit too short to the finish line.
"I was thinking too much and relying too much on others. Everybody was waiting for us to do the final move. When Schultz got a gap there was hesitation from everybody. I was thinking Visma would close the gap but I should have taken the initiative.
"Today, on one side it's good that Israel-Premier Tech have the jersey. Let's hope they honour it and control the start and race until the final as the leaders. Then in the final climb, we'll see what we can do, how strong the guys are, and try to make the difference."
125km to go
6:10 for the breakaway now.
Around 15km to Girona now.
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