Tour Down Under 2026: Vine claims double in tough hilly stage

foto: Cor VosTeam-mates Jay Vine and Jhonatan Narváez dominate stage 2 of the Tour Down Under. The duo finishes together, just under 1 minute ahead of the peloton, with the Australian crossing the line a few metres ahead of the title holder. As a result, Vine takes over the leader’s jersey. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 2nd stage 2026 Tour Down Under

1. Jay Vine (aus) 3:36:42
2. Jhonatan Narváez (col) s.t.
3. Mauro Schmid (swi) + 0:58
4. Andreas Kron (den) s.t.
5. Filippo Zana (ita) s.t.
6. Natnael Tesfatsion (eri) s.t.
7. Adam Yates (gbr) s.t.
8. Matteo Sobreo (ita) s.t.
9. Harry Sweeny (aus) s.t.
10 Marco Brenner (ger) s.t.

GC after stage 2
1. Jay Vine (aus)
2. Jhonatan Narváez (col) + 0:06
3. Mauro Schmid (swi) + 1:05
4. Harry Sweeny (aus) + 1:12
5. Marco Brenner (ger) + 1:14
6. Andreas Kron (den) + 1:16
7. Michael Leonard (can) + 1:22
8. Andrea Raccagni Noviero (ita) s.t.
9. Adam Yates (gbr) + 1:23
10. Anthon Charmig (den) s.t.

Race report
Jensen Plowright, Martin Urianstad Bugge, Joel Suter and Lucan Stevenson initiate the breakaway before Storm Ingebrigtsen, Pepijn Reinderink and Fran Miholjević bridge across to join them.

On the final ascent of Corkscrew Road, the peloton reels in the last attackers, while overall leader Tobias Lund Andresen is dropped. Further up the climb, Jay Vine launches an attack after being led out by Adam Yates. He crests the summit first with Jhonatan Narváez on his wheel.

The two team-mates press on together and extend their advantage over the chasers. Vine takes the win and the leader’s jersey, while Andreas Kron wins the sprint from the peloton 58 seconds later.