Stage 2: Tarragona → Barcelona

The peloton returns to Barcelona in style, and it's Isaac del Toro who steals the show in the sprint of a small group from the breakaway, ahead of Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel at the top of Montjuic. Jonas Vingegaard calmly keeps his yellow jersey on his shoulders, but del Toro leaves with the green AND the white jersey as a bonus. Not bad for a Mexican that nobody saw coming.

And precisely: zero out of 205 for the winner. Not a single predictor had his name. Five brave souls had still ticked "Mexico" for the nationality, hats off. On the podium however, 32 players out of 206 got it right with del Toro / Pogacar / Evenepoel. The type of small group sprint finish smiled on 156 people, and 60 had bet that the breakaway would go all the way : they were right. The yellow jersey that doesn't change? 144 had sensed it. Where it really divided was on the best French or Belgian: only 28 out of 208 bet on Evenepoel, and among them, a nice group stood out: Packdog, Gabilou, Marek, NoahLef9, RobbeV, Benjamin, daniel_stojanovic, Mimi, wim van dessel, JefB, VerKob, LotteFietst, Fons and JonaVerme9 had all sensed the Belgian.

In the general standings of the contest (319 players, excerpt), today's day belongs to Gabilou: 32 points on this stage, best performance of the day, and a climb of 42 places to land 11th overall with 32 pts. Behind, Bra73, LauraB and Rico each score 28 points on the stage and jump to 19th place (climbs of 34 places each). EdenHazard and momo total 26 points on the stage, with momo climbing to 3rd place overall (37 places gained, 36 pts cumulative). Also a nice achievement for JulesGravier and NielsLimburg, who progress 5 spots each to reach 8th position.

At the top of the table, Elio consolidates his leader position with 48 points and 10 ahead of runner-up LotteFietst (2nd, 38 pts). It's the 2nd consecutive stage he finishes at the top of the contest : the ScoreMigos yellow jersey suits him better and better. On the turbulence side, WannesVelo drops 7 spots (8th, 33 pts) and Gil_Charleroi, co-leader yesterday, plummets 23 places to find himself 24th. The 116 players who stayed at zero tonight will appreciate that del Toro at least gave them a nice sprint to watch.