In spite of the heavy load of climbing during stage 2 at the Vuelta a Andalucia, the final flat three kilometer opened the door for the sprinters to make use of the bunch gallop run into the finish. For the second day in a row, a rider from Saur Sojasun snatched victory from some of his more renowned colleagues. Jonathan Hivert (Saur Sojasun) took the stage while Markel Irizar (RadioShack) took over the race lead.

LEOPARD TREK had a strong day with Fränk Schleck staying at the front of affairs over all the difficult mid-race climbs. Showing good form on such a difficult day proves he will be ready to make use of all opportunities stage 3 will likely throw at him on Tuesday.

Andy finished in 84th place and is standing in the overall clasification in place 89 with 23:22 minutes to the leader Markel Irizar Aranburu (Radioshack)