Landa inches closer to overall podium of La Vuelta

Landa inches closer to overall podium of La Vuelta

Puerto de Ancares made its first appearance in a decade at the Vuelta a España, and Mikel Landa used the steep climb – which was tackled from a different side than ten years ago – to gain more time on most of his opponents. Just 7.5 kilometers in length, but averaging 9.3%, Ancares dealt a blow to many of the GC riders’ hopes, its steep gradients taking its toll on them in the never-ending last two kilometers.

When the going got tough, Mikel Landa was there, making it into a small group that pushed on as the ramps stiffened, dropping the red jersey. One of the most experienced climbers in this Vuelta, Landa dug deep and managed to open a gap as he entered the final kilometer of the stage. There, he linked up with Kasper Asgreen – who had been part of the original breakaway – and the Dane, despite being empty after a whole day at the front, summoned the last drop of energy he had to pace his T-Rex Quick-Step teammate to the finish line.

Landa, fifth at this year’s Tour de France, sits in the same place after this stage, but more importantly, he moved closer to the overall podium of the race, only 19 seconds separating him from third ahead of the penultimate weekend, which will bring another demanding climb, Cuitu Negru.

“Today was another hard day, and on the final climb it was all about finding your own tempo and doing your best to limit the losses. I did just that, also with some help from Kasper, to whom I want to thank for his effort and monster pull. In the end, it was a good stage for us. We continue with our plan to take it day by day, because there are plenty of tough hard climbs left at this race”, Mikel said at the finish.

 

Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images

Race details

1 Michael Woods
Israel - Premier Tech
4:19:51
2 Mauro Schmid
Team Jayco AlUla
0:45
3 Marc Soler Giménez
UAE Team Emirates
1:11
4 Sam Oomen
Lidl - Trek
1:25
5 Wout van Aert
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
2:56
6 Gijs Leemreize
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
3:33
7 José Félix Parra Cuerda
Equipo Kern Pharma
5:19
8 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel
Euskaltel - Euskadi
5:38
9 Luca Vergallito
Alpecin - Deceuninck
5:59
10 Mathis Le Berre
6:15
17 Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step
11:29
18 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
11:29
35 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step
12:58
42 William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
14:23
52 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step
18:54
59 James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step
20:01
76 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
21:58
129 Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step
30:56
1 Ben O'Connor
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
52:10:15
2 Primož Roglič
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
1:21
3 Enric Mas Nicolau
Movistar Team
3:01
4 Richard Carapaz Montenegro
EF Education - EasyPost
3:13
5 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
3:20
6 Carlos Rodríguez Cano
INEOS Grenadiers
4:12
7 Florian Lipowitz
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
4:29
8 Felix Gall
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
4:42
9 David Gaudu
Groupama - FDJ
4:44
10 Adam Yates
UAE Team Emirates
5:17
30 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step
42:36
43 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
56:40
49 Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step
1:05:28
56 William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
1:16:00
76 James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step
1:36:15
111 Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step
2:09:36
141 Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step
2:39:07
1 Wout van Aert
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
274 pt
2 Kaden Groves
Alpecin - Deceuninck
162 pt
3 Pavel Bittner
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
81 pt
4 Harold Tejada Canacue
Astana Qazaqstan Team
80 pt
5 Pablo Castrillo Zapater
Equipo Kern Pharma
73 pt
6 Ben O'Connor
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
68 pt
7 Primož Roglič
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
66 pt
8 Marc Soler Giménez
UAE Team Emirates
62 pt
9 Stefan Küng
Groupama - FDJ
59 pt
10 Mauro Schmid
Team Jayco AlUla
58 pt
17 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
48 pt
21 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
44 pt
45 William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
28 pt
57 Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step
18 pt
1 Wout van Aert
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
36 pt
2 Marc Soler Giménez
UAE Team Emirates
23 pt
3 Jay Vine
UAE Team Emirates
23 pt
4 Adam Yates
UAE Team Emirates
22 pt
5 Primož Roglič
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
18 pt
6 David Gaudu
Groupama - FDJ
18 pt
7 Sylvain Moniquet
Lotto Dstny
17 pt
8 Marco Frigo
Israel - Premier Tech
14 pt
9 Pablo Castrillo Zapater
Equipo Kern Pharma
13 pt
10 Mauro Schmid
Team Jayco AlUla
13 pt
15 William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
10 pt
36 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
2 pt
37 Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step
1 pt
1 Carlos Rodríguez Cano
INEOS Grenadiers
52:14:27
2 Florian Lipowitz
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
0:17
3 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen
Lidl - Trek
1:12
4 Matthew Riccitello
Israel - Premier Tech
36:04
5 Isaac del Toro Romero
UAE Team Emirates
47:48
6 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step
52:28
7 Max Poole
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
55:03
8 Cian Uijtdebroeks
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
1:02:31
9 Giovanni Aleotti
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
1:03:50
10 Valentin Paret-Peintre
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
1:10:39
11 William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step
1:11:48
1 UAE Team Emirates 156:09:13
2 Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 38:29
3 Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 48:39
4 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 1:03:11
5 Israel - Premier Tech 1:03:32
6 Lidl - Trek 1:13:25
7 INEOS Grenadiers 1:14:04
8 Groupama - FDJ 1:14:24
9 Soudal Quick-Step 1:19:39
10 Equipo Kern Pharma 1:49:07

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