Lampaert broke clear of a splintered bunch in the final kilometre to take his first victory in a Grand Tour. Matteo Trentin beat Adam Blythe (Aqua Blue Sport) for second place with Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo) and Sacha Modolo (UAE Team Emirates) completing the top five.
“We planned with the team,” Lampaert said. “During the race there were no moments to make an echelon so we tried in the last ten kilometers. Niki (Terpstra) went full until the last three kilometers and then (Julian) Alaphilippe went. We were in the break with a few guys.
“Just before the roundabout they shouted at me to ‘go, go, go!’ and I knew that I can ride one kilometer quite fast and I am happy that I could finish it to the end. For the moment I don’t really realize it. I don’t know what’s happening but it’s really crazy for me.”
Vuelta a Espana 2017 – stage 2 results (Nimes – Gruissan):
| 1 | Yves Lampaert (Quick-Step Floors) | 4:36:13 |
| 2 | Matteo Trentin (Quick-Step Floors) | ,, |
| 3 | Adam Blythe (Aqua Blue Sport) | ,, |
| 4 | Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo) | ,, |
| 5 | Sacha Modolo (UAE Team Emirates) | ,, |
| 6 | Michael Schwarzmann (Bora-hansgrohe) | ,, |
| 7 | Tom Van Asbroeck (Cannondale-Drapac) | ,, |
| 8 | Daniel Oss (BMC) | ,, |
| 9 | Patrick Konrad (Bora-hansgrohe) | ,, |
| 10 | Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain Merida) | ,, |
| 11 | Esteban Chaves (Orica-Scott) | +05” |
| 12 | Simon Clarke (Cannondale-Drapac) | ,, |
| 13 | Juan Sebastian Molano (Manzana Postobon) | ,, |
| 14 | Marco Haller (Katusha-Alpecin) | +08” |
| 15 | Youcef Reguigui (Dimension Data) | ,, |
| 16 | Chris Froome (Team Sky) | ,, |
| 17 | Daniel Hoelgaard (FDJ) | ,, |
| 18 | Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors) | ,, |
| 19 | Fabio Aru (Astana) | ,, |
| 20 | Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates) | ,, |
General classification after stage 2:
| 1 | Yves Lampaert (Quick-Step Floors) | 4:52:07 |
| 2 | Matteo Trentin (Quick-Step Floors) | +01” |
| 3 | Daniel Oss (BMC) | +03” |
| 4 | Tejay van Garderen (BMC) | +17” |
| 5 | Nicolas Roche (BMC) | ,, |
| 6 | Rohan Dennis (BMC) | ,, |
| 7 | Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors) | +18” |
| 8 | Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb) | ,, |
| 9 | Chris Froome (Team Sky) | +21” |
| 10 | Wout Poels (Team Sky) | ,, |
| 11 | David de la Cruz (Quick-Step Floors) | +23” |
| 12 | Warren Barguil (Team Sunweb) | ,, |
| 13 | Bob Jungels (Quick-Step Floors) | ,, |
| 14 | Sam Oomen (Team Sunweb) | ,, |
| 15 | Søren Kragh Andersen (Team Sunweb) | ,, |
| 16 | Patrick Konrad (Bora-hansgrohe) | +25” |
| 17 | Esteban Chaves (Orica-Scott) | +26” |
| 18 | Gianni Moscon (Team Sky) | ,, |
| 19 | Adam Yates (Orica-Scott) | +29” |
| 20 | Rafal Majka (Bora-hansgrohe) | +33” |
