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As it happened: Volta a Catalunya stage 2 summit finish

The route profile of stage 2 of the Volta a Catalunya

The route profile of stage 2 of the Volta a Catalunya (Image credit: Volta Ciclista a Catalunya)

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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 peloton all sticking together at this early stage.

Flat roads to start the stage.

180km to go

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 peloton rolling out at the start of today's stage.

Five minutes for the breakaway six now.

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A look at the break of the day with Janssens at the front.

165km to go

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

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

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

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...

125km to go

Around 15km to Girona now.

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