Cycling-Britain's Brennan wins Vuelta stage two, Pogacar keeps overall lead

Britain's Matt ​Brennan sprinted ​to victory ‌in the ​second stage of the Vuelta a ‌Espana on Sunday with overall race favourite Tadej Pogacar holding on to the ‌leader's red jersey. Riding his first ‌Grand Tour, the 20-year-old Visma-Lease a Bike rider laid down the power on ⁠the ​uphill ⁠drag to the finish in Manosque after ⁠a 214km ride from Monaco and ​held on comfortably.

Pau Miquel (Bahrain Victorious) was ⁠second with Pogacar third across the line. Pogacar, ⁠who ​won Saturday's opening time trial by 0.09 seconds from ⁠Britain's Ethan Hayter, will take a nine-second ⁠lead ⁠over Wout van Aert into Monday's third stage.