The Spaniard Team Sky rode along with Kelderman off a half kilometers from the finish and showed on the final climb and then slightly stronger than the Dutch Lotto-Jumbo, which consequently had to settle for second place.
Kelderman finished one second of the Spaniard, who took the lead in the overall standings of the first stage winner Luis Leon Sanchez. Robert Gesink finished fifteen seconds ninth.
Behind Landa and Kelderman the Colombian Sergio Luis Henao came in third over. Alberto Contador was fifth with eleven seconds behind Landa. Nairo Quintana met with Gesink crossed the finish line and was eighth.
In the general classification occupied the 25-year Kelderman now the second place, a second behind Landa. Contador following eleven seconds in fifth place and has a gap of four seconds Quintana and Gesink who are eighth and ninth.
The second stage took the riders over 174 kilometers from Markina-Xemein to Amurrio- Baranbio. The ride had four serious climbs and ended with a steep final climb with gradients up to twenty percent.
Flight
After the first thirty kilometers four riders formed a breakaway group. It soon turned out that since only the Austrian Stefan Denifl and Spaniard Angel Madrazo of remained. The latter picked up the maximum number of mount points.
The duo entertained at the peak a lead of more than five minutes on the peloton, which was alternately led by Astana, Katusha and Orica-GreenEdge.
ten kilometers from the finish the two escapees, however, was swallowed up by the peloton, after Kelderman immediately took the initiative and drove off with Landa and a half kilometers from the finish. The Spaniard then seized the stage win.
The Basque Country Tour will last until Saturday. Wednesday is heading the peloton over 193 km from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Lesaka
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