2015 Vuelta a España – Second week stats
– Fabio Aru became the 20th Italian rider to wear the leader’s jersey
– Thanks to him, Italy strengthened its top position as the country with the most days spent in the leader’s jersey in all three Grand Tours
– For the first time since 1997, no Spanish rider got to lead the general classification in the first two weeks
– Nelson Oliveira, Kristian Sbaragli and Danny van Poppel claimed their maiden Grand Tour stage win
– Following Kristian Sbaragli’s success in Castellon, MTN-Qhubeka is now the Pro Continental team with the most Grand Tour victories this season, two
– Mikel Landa became the 50th Basque rider to nail a win since the inception of the event
– Victorious on Sotres, Joaquim Rodriguez is now the active Spanish cyclist with the most Grand Tour stage wins, 14
– There are ten teams who have scored a victory: Astana, BMC, Giant-Alpecin, Katusha, Lampre-Merida, LottoNL-Jumbo, Movistar, Orica-GreenEdge, Tinkoff-Saxo and Trek Factory Racing
– 15 riders have retired during the second week of the race
– For the first time in 18 years, three Dutch cyclists won a stage of the Vuelta a España
– Caja Rural is the team with the most combativity awards so far – 5
– Average speed of the race during these two weeks was of 40,08 km/h
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