Roche takes Vuelta stage win

Ireland’s Nicolas Roche won a four-man sprint at the end of the second stage of the Vuelta a Espana from Pontevedra to Baiona.

The Saxo Bank rider, son of 1987 Tour de France winner Stephen Roche, proved strongest up the final climb on the 177.7km stage to win in a time of four hours, 37 minutes and nine seconds.