Hola and welcome to live coverage of Stage 2 of the Vuelta a Espana - a hilly 199.6km schlep from Benidorm to Calpe which features three categorised climbs ahead of a flat finish. It remains to be seen if the sprinters can hold on to contest the spoils or if a break will go the distance.

And yes, it's a two-second advantage for Nico Roche over Quintana in the new top 10. Roche in red!

Today's top 10.

It was Primoz Roglic who took third behind winner Quintana and second-placed Roche.

Nico Roche (Team Sunweb) takes second place and secures the red jersey. Or could it be Quintana - because he'll pocket 10 seconds and his gap was 5 seconds... and he trailed the summit by 16 seconds overnight...

Victory for Nairo Quintana of Movistar!

Under the flamme rouge - and Quintana is going to win this...

Nieve almost loses it on a roundabout! Somehow the Spaniard manages to save himself from hitting the deck. But he's off the back now. Uran and Roche have been caught but Quintana is still out ahead.

Roche leads the chase, with Uran in pursuit. Roglic, Aru and Nieve seem to have nothing left in the tank.

QUINTANA ATTACK! Extraordinary stuff from the Colombian who dances clear with panache - that was unexpected as it was authoritative.

It's Roglic and Uran who are driving the pace, with Kelderman, Nieve and Aru on the back, and Quintana in the middle.

The gap is up to 37 seconds - so those 40 seconds Roglic lost yesterday have virtually been wiped out.

There's a 10-second bonus at the finish (and 6 and 4 for second and third) and so it's not necessarily Roche who will be in red, for he leads Uran by only 2 seconds.

Formolo and Lopez are leading the chase but the gap is stretching again. It's up to 30 seconds now.

Still 22 seconds for the leaders as they tackle this descent down into Calpe.

The gap is up to 20 seconds now. They're working well together and it looks like they'll stay out with Roche moving into the red jersey.

Roche could be in red tonight if he wins or this six-man group stays out ahead. He's just 5 seconds down on GC but none of the riders ahead of him are in the mix.

The chasers are: Ion Izagirre, Miguel Ángel López (Astana Pro Team), Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team), Rafal Maja, Davide Formolo (Bora-Hansgrohe), George Bennett (Jumbo-Visma), Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott), Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb), Álex Aranburu (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Sergio Higuita (EF Education First), Pierre Latour (Ag2r La Mondiale), Víctor de la Parte (CCC Team), Jesús Herrada (Cofidis) and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates). The third group is a further 40-odd seconds back.

15km left and just 15 seconds for the leaders. It's going to be tight.

Here's how the race was blown apart on the Cumbre del Sol.