Vuelta a España prepares for the first summit finish

Vuelta a España prepares for the first summit finish

The last day the peloton spent in Portugal was a quiet one, just like Sunday’s stage, only difference being that instead of two men, the breakaway numbered four riders, who this time forged out a five-minute advantage. It was a gap that the chasers easily kept under control, reeling the quarter in with more than 20 kilometers to go until the finish in Castelo Branco.

A late attack tried to derail the fast men’s trains, only for a regrouping to take place 800 meters from the line. The victory went to Wout Van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike), with most of the T-Rex Quick-Step riders – including Mikel Landa – coming home together with the rest of the bunch, after almost five hours in the saddle.

The scenery will change on Tuesday, when the first real climbs of La Vuelta will appear in the riders’ way. A total of four ascents, including Alto del Piornal and Pico Villuercas, the latter being where the fight for victory and the red jersey is set to unfold, should widen the gaps between the general classification contenders, which are rather small after the opening individual time trial.

 

Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images

Race details

1 Wout van Aert
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
4:40:42
2 Kaden Groves
Alpecin - Deceuninck
0:00
3 Jon Aberasturi Izaga
Euskaltel - Euskadi
0:00
4 Arne Marit
Intermarché - Wanty
0:00
5 Pavel Bittner
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
0:00
6 Corbin Strong
Israel - Premier Tech
0:00
7 Arjen Livyns
Lotto Dstny
0:00
8 Bryan Coquard
Cofidis
0:00
9 Antonio Jesús Soto Guirao
Equipo Kern Pharma
0:00
10 Carlos Canal Blanco
Movistar Team
0:00
18 Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
39 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
45 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
67 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
103 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
111 William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
121 James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step
0:39
134 Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step
1:17
1 Wout van Aert
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
10:05:59
2 Brandon McNulty
UAE Team Emirates
0:13
3 Mathias Vacek
Lidl - Trek
0:15
4 Stefan Küng
Groupama - FDJ
0:19
5 Edoardo Affini
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:21
6 Mauro Schmid
Team Jayco AlUla
0:29
7 Primož Roglič
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
0:30
8 Bruno Armirail
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:31
9 João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
0:32
10 Nelson Oliveira
Movistar Team
0:33
14 Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step
0:39
16 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step
0:40
70 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
1:18
72 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step
1:19
88 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
1:27
92 William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
1:32
115 James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step
2:01
149 Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step
3:31
1 Wout van Aert
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
98 pt
2 Kaden Groves
Alpecin - Deceuninck
90 pt
3 Luis Ángel Maté Mardones
Euskaltel - Euskadi
35 pt
4 Corbin Strong
Israel - Premier Tech
35 pt
5 Jon Aberasturi Izaga
Euskaltel - Euskadi
34 pt
6 Ibon Ruiz Sedano
Equipo Kern Pharma
34 pt
7 Mathias Vacek
Lidl - Trek
32 pt
8 Pavel Bittner
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
31 pt
9 Pau Miquel Delgado
Equipo Kern Pharma
24 pt
10 Brandon McNulty
UAE Team Emirates
20 pt
37 Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step
1 pt
1 Luis Ángel Maté Mardones
Euskaltel - Euskadi
9 pt
2 Xabier Isasa Larrañaga
Euskaltel - Euskadi
3 pt
3 Ibon Ruiz Sedano
Equipo Kern Pharma
3 pt
4 Stefan Küng
Groupama - FDJ
2 pt
5 Roger Adrià Oliveras
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
1 pt
1 Mathias Vacek
Lidl - Trek
10:06:14
2 Mauro Schmid
Team Jayco AlUla
0:14
3 Florian Lipowitz
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
0:19
4 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Lidl - Trek
0:20
5 Filippo Baroncini
UAE Team Emirates
0:24
6 Antonio Tiberi
Bahrain - Victorious
0:25
7 Marco Frigo
Israel - Premier Tech
0:26
8 Pablo Castrillo Zapater
Equipo Kern Pharma
0:27
9 Thymen Arensman
INEOS Grenadiers
0:27
10 Max Poole
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
0:35
28 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
1:12
29 William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
1:17
1 UAE Team Emirates 30:19:19
2 Lidl - Trek 0:12
3 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 0:13
4 Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 0:24
5 INEOS Grenadiers 0:40
6 Team Jayco AlUla 0:54
7 Bahrain - Victorious 0:59
8 Groupama - FDJ 1:13
9 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 1:14
10 Equipo Kern Pharma 1:15

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