Jay Vine takes powers into the Tour Down Under race lead as UAE goes 1-2 on Stage 2

Jay Vine takes powers into the Tour Down Under race lead as UAE goes 1-2 on Stage 2

Adam Yates set a pace that shattered the field on the final climb before Vine attacked with 700m remaining. The Australian now leads teammate Narváez by six seconds, with all other GC contenders already more than a minute adrift.

Peter Stuart
•2 min read

Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) has won Stage 2 of the Santos Tour Down Under and moved into the ochre jersey after attacking on the final ascent of Corkscrew Road. Defending champion Jhonatan Narváez completed a UAE 1-2, with the pair finishing 58 seconds clear of their nearest rivals.

Vine now leads the general classification by six seconds over Narváez. The first non-UAE rider, Mauro Schmid (Team Jayco AlUla), sits 1:05 down after just two stages.

Stage 2 Results

Norwood - Uraidla • Jan 22 • 148.1km

Velora
PosRiderTeamTime
🥇
Jay VINE
UAD3:36:42
🥈
Jhonatan NARVAEZ PRADO
UAD+00
🥉
Mauro SCHMID
JAY+58
4
Andreas Lorentz KRON
UXM+58
5
Filippo ZANA
SOU+58
6
Natnael TESFATSION
MOV+58
7
Adam Richard YATES
UAD+58
8
Matteo SOBRERO
LTK+58
9
Harrison SWEENY
EFE+58
10
Marco BRENNER
TUD+58
11
Nicholas SCHULTZ
NSN+1:08
12
Andrea RACCAGNI NOVIERO
SOU+1:08
13
Nicolas PRODHOMME
DCT+1:08
14
Ben O'CONNOR
JAY+1:08
15
Christopher HAMILTON
TPP+1:08
16
Gal GLIVAR
APT+1:08
17
Javier ROMO OLIVER
MOV+1:08
18
Anthon CHARMIG
UXM+1:08
19
Christopher HARPER
UNK+1:08
20
Anton SCHIFFER
TVL+1:08
21
Sam OOMEN
LTK+1:08
22
Michael Shea LEONARD
EFE+1:08
23
Embret SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG
IGD+1:08
24
Jefferson Alveiro CEPEDA HERNANDEZ
MOV+1:08
25
Per Strand HAGENES
TVL+1:43
26
Oliver BLEDDYN
UNK+1:43
27
Georg ZIMMERMANN
UNK+1:43
28
Pascal EENKHOORN
SOU+1:43
29
Edoardo ZAMBANINI
TBV+1:43
30
Santiago BUITRAGO SANCHEZ
TBV+1:43
31
Andrea BAGIOLI
LTK+1:43
32
Matthew GREENWOOD
UNK+1:43
33
Florian STORK
TUD+1:43
34
Jefferson CEPEDA ORTIZ
EFE+1:43
35
Lucas PLAPP
JAY+1:43
36
Brady GILMORE
NSN+2:17
37
Tom DONNENWIRTH
GFC+2:17
38
Matthew DINHAM
TPP+2:17
39
Simone VELASCO
XAT+2:17
40
Menno HUISING
TVL+2:17
41
Oliver PEACE
TPP+2:17
42
Rudy PORTER
JAY+2:17
43
Davide TONEATTI
XAT+2:17
44
Antoine L'HOTE
DCT+2:17
45
Florian Samuel KAJAMINI
XAT+2:17
46
Kévin GENIETS
GFC+2:17
47
Finn Lachlan Fox FISHER-BLACK
RBH+2:17
48
Darren VAN BEKKUM
XAT+2:17
49
George BENNETT
NSN+2:17
50
James KNOX
TPP+2:17
51
Callum SCOTSON
DCT+2:17
52
Guillaume MARTIN GUYONNET
GFC+2:17
53
Pavel NOVÁK
MOV+2:17
54
Lennert VAN EETVELT
LOI+2:21
55
Casper PEDERSEN
SOU+2:21
56
Enzo PALENI
GFC+2:21
57
Jack HAIG
IGD+2:21
58
Marco SCHRETTL
XAT+2:21
59
Haimar ETXEBERRIA ANSALAS
RBH+2:30
60
Baptiste VEISTROFFER
LOI+4:08
61
Jacopo MOSCA
LTK+4:08
62
Gonzalo SERRANO RODRIGUEZ
MOV+4:08
63
Amanuel GHEBREIGZABHIER
LTK+4:08
64
Erik Nordsaeter RESELL
UXM+4:08
65
Anders SKAARSETH
UXM+4:08
66
Samuel WATSON
IGD+4:08
67
Michal KWIATKOWSKI
IGD+4:08
68
Max WALKER
EFE+4:08
69
Aaron Murray GATE
XAT+4:08
70
Damien Craig HOWSON
UNK+4:08
71
Alastair MACKELLAR
EFE+4:08
72
Luke TUCKWELL
RBH+4:08
73
Rémi CAVAGNA
GFC+6:35
74
Oscar CHAMBERLAIN
DCT+6:35
75
Patrick EDDY
UNK+6:35
76
Manlio MORO
MOV+8:27
77
Luke LAMPERTI
EFE+8:51
78
Pepijn REINDERINK
UNK+8:51
79
Jardi Christiaan VAN DER LEE
EFE+8:51
80
Jensen PLOWRIGHT
APT+9:20
81
Martin BUGGE
UXM+10:46
82
Pierre GAUTHERAT
DCT+11:26
83
Tobias LUND ANDRESEN
DCT+11:26
84
Oliver STOCKWELL
TBV+11:26
85
Fran MIHOLJEVIĆ
TBV+11:26
86
Robert STANNARD
TBV+11:26
87
Petr KELEMEN
TUD+11:26
88
Ethan Kane VERNON
NSN+11:26
89
Simon James CLARKE
NSN+11:26
90
Laurence PITHIE
RBH+11:26
91
Stian EDVARDSEN-FREDHEIM
UXM+11:26
92
Tord GUDMESTAD
DCT+11:26
93
Sente SENTJENS
APT+11:26
94
Luc WIRTGEN
TUD+11:26
95
Albert TORRES BARCELO
MOV+11:26
96
Fabio VAN DEN BOSSCHE
SOU+11:26
97
Corbin John STRONG
NSN+11:26
98
Ben SWIFT
IGD+11:26
99
Thomas Jake STEWART
NSN+11:26
100
Filippo FIORELLI
TVL+11:26
101
Juan Sebastian MOLANO BENAVIDES
UAD+11:26
102
Ivo Emanuel ALVES OLIVEIRA
UAD+11:26
103
Maikel ZIJLAARD
TUD+11:26
104
Alessandro ROMELE
XAT+11:26
105
Matthew BRENNAN
TVL+11:26
106
Callum THORNLEY
RBH+11:26
107
Hamish MCKENZIE
JAY+12:37
108
Jarrad Eriks DRIZNERS
RBH+12:37
109
Samuel WELSFORD
IGD+12:37
110
Kelland O’BRIEN
JAY+12:37
111
Lucas STEVENSON
UNK+12:37
112
Lewis BOWER
GFC+12:37
113
Lucas HAMILTON
IGD+12:37
114
Luke DURBRIDGE
JAY+12:37
115
Henri François RENARD HAQUIN
TPP+12:37
116
Reuben THOMPSON
UNK+12:37
117
Matthew FOX
LOI+12:37
118
Žak ERŽEN
TBV+12:37
119
Titouan FONTAINE
GFC+12:37
120
Pietro MATTIO
TVL+12:37
121
Liam WALSH
UNK+12:37
122
Niklas MÄRKL
TPP+12:37
123
Danny VAN POPPEL
RBH+12:37
124
Alberto DAINESE
SOU+12:37
125
Mikkel Norsgaard BJERG
UAD+12:37
126
Tim REX
TVL+12:37
127
Michael GOGL
APT+12:37
128
Tim Torn TEUTENBERG
LTK+12:37
129
Francesco BUSATTO
APT+12:37
130
Patrick KONRAD
LTK+12:37
131
Tim MARSMAN
APT+12:37
132
Maurice BALLERSTEDT
APT+12:37
133
Casper Cornelis VAN UDEN
TPP+12:37
134
Joel SUTER
TUD+12:37
135
Vegard Stake LAENGEN
UAD+12:37
136
Storm INGEBRIGTSEN
UXM+12:37
137
Lionel TAMINIAUX
LOI+17:32
138
Jonas RUTSCH
UNK+19:37

How UAE took control

The 148.1km stage from Norwood to Uraidla featured two ascents of Corkscrew Road, a 2.4km climb averaging 9.7% with gradients reaching 16.2%. On the final ascent, UAE increased the pace and created the winning move.

Adam Yates moved to the front at the base of the climb and set a tempo that immediately fractured the peloton. Luke Plapp (Team Jayco AlUla) was among those distanced on the steepest ramps and lost time in the general classification. With 700m remaining to the summit, Vine launched his attack. Only Narváez could follow.

Picture by Zac Williams/SWpix.com - 22/01/2026 - Cycling - 2026 Tour Down Under - Stage 2 - Norwood to Uraidla - The peloton ascend Corkscrew Road.
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Picture by Zac Williams/SWpix.com - 22/01/2026 - Cycling - 2026 Tour Down Under - Stage 2 - Norwood to Uraidla - The peloton ascend Norton Summit.
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Picture by Zac Williams/SWpix.com - 22/01/2026 - Cycling - 2026 Tour Down Under - Stage 2 - Norwood to Uraidla - Jay Vine, UAE Team XRG, wins Stage 2, while his teammate Jhonathan Narvaez, finishes second.
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Picture by Zac Williams/SWpix.com - 22/01/2026 - Cycling - 2026 Tour Down Under - Stage 2 - Norwood to Uraidla - Jay Vine, UAE Team XRG, wins Stage 2.
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Image credits: Zac Williams/SWpix.com

"Jay was really strong, I was just a passenger on his wheel on the climb," Narváez said afterwards. "He prepared really well for this race."

The duo crested with a 20-second advantage over a small chase group containing Yates, setting a new record on the Corkscrew ascent in the process. Vine drove the pace on the technical descent into Uraidla, extending the gap to 58 seconds by the finish. Narváez did not contest the sprint.

GC implications

Ben O'Connor, Jayco's pre-race GC leader, finished 1:08 down and now trails Vine by 1:28 overall. Schmid is now Jayco's best-placed rider on GC after Plapp's time loss.

With three UAE riders in the top nine on GC, including Yates at 1:23, the team has three riders within 1:30 of the lead heading into Stage 4's triple ascent of Willunga Hill. After two stages, most of the other overall contenders are already more than a minute behind.

Cover image credit: Zac Williams/SWpix.com

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Peter is the editor of Velora and oversees Velora’s editorial strategy and content standards, bringing nearly 20 years of cycling journalism to the site. He was editor of Cyclingnews from 2022, introducing its digital membership strategy and expanding its content pillars. Before that he was digital editor at Rouleur and Cyclist, having joined Cyclist in 2012 after freelance work for titles including The Times and The Telegraph. He has reported from Grand Tours and WorldTour races, and previously represented Great Britain as a rower.

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