Vingegaard, Pidcock Vuelta crash captured by camera inside peloton | Video

Jonas Vingegaard crosses the line first in a race - on stage 2 of La Vuelta - for the first time since last year's Tour and just the second time since the worst crash of his career early last year (Photo: Antonio Baixauli)

Jonas Vingegaard (Visma Lease a Bike) suffered a high speed crash in the rain during the final of stage 2 at La Vuelta on Sunday but the Dane got back on his bike, made his way into the front group again and then went on to win the stage.

The dramatic incident, which occurred in sodden conditions with about 27km to go, saw a large number of riders crash on a roundabout after one of the Q36.5 Pro Cycling men fell first, and others following in the slippy conditions.

At one point, Vingegaard's French team mate, Axel Zingle, looked like he was out of the race after the incideent. He was being taken to an ambulance and his bike was being packed away. However, he then took the bike off the roof of the team car and made it to the finish.

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He was over 24 minutes down and in last place, but is still in the race, with the crash resulting in no withdrawals, which was incredible considering the number of riders who fell. The on-board footage below captured the incident.

It shows Vingegaard crashing and then sliding across the tarmac, before he and Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling) picked themselves up and went off looking for their bikes.

The pace in the main field was knocked off, with a regrouping taking place. And on the uphill finish of the cat 2 Limone Piemonte, Vingegaard showed plenty of grunt in coming off the wheel of Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) to beat the Italian to the victory - and race leader's jersey.

David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) was 3rd, with Egan Bernal showing some good legs to take 4th for Ineos Grenadiers, just ahead of one of the GC favourites João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG).

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The stage win today was the first time since the Tour de France last year that Vingegaard crossed the line first in a race, though he has won an individual TT and team TT this year and the overall at Volta ao Algarve (2.Pro).

From an Irish perspective, today's final was disappointing as both Eddie Dunbar (Team Jayco AlUla) and Grand Tour debutant, Archie Ryan (EF Education-EasyPost), lost their places in the front group on the final climb.

Ryan finished 54th at 58 seconds with Dunbar in 65th at 1:10. Though that was a bit disappointing, neither rider is aiming for the general classification and they will hope to strike for a stage win later in the race.

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