La Vuelta: A quiet day for the GC
One of the shortest Grand Tour stages of the season took place this Wednesday, from Arnuero to Santander, the capital of Cantabria and a city known for having witnessed many bunch sprints in the past. The fast men were hoping at the start of the day that this would be the case again at the end of stage 17, but they were forced to work hard for that to happen.
The reason for this was a four-man breakaway who took advantage of the rain, wet roads and technical finale to put pressure on the peloton and stay off the front until three kilometers to go. As soon as they were caught, other men went clear and almost pulled it off, the bunch overhauling them within sight of the finish line, where Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) finished victorious.
Mikel Landa and his T-Rex Quick-Step teammates concluded safely in the bunch, and the experienced Basque remained fifth in the ranking with four stages to go at the last Grand Tour of the season.
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Race details
| 1 |
Kaden Groves Alpecin - Deceuninck |
3:32:14 |
| 2 |
Pavel Bittner Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
0:00 |
| 3 |
Vito Braet Intermarché - Wanty |
0:00 |
| 4 |
Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma |
0:00 |
| 5 |
Corbin Strong Israel - Premier Tech |
0:00 |
| 6 |
Victor Campenaerts Lotto Dstny |
0:00 |
| 7 |
Edward Planckaert Alpecin - Deceuninck |
0:00 |
| 8 |
Mathis Le Berre |
0:00 |
| 9 |
Arjen Livyns Lotto Dstny |
0:00 |
| 10 |
Xabier Berasategi Garmendia Euskaltel - Euskadi |
0:00 |
| 36 |
Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:00 |
| 65 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:36 |
| 66 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:36 |
| 78 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step |
2:11 |
| 82 |
Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step |
3:11 |
| 101 |
James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step |
7:37 |
| 111 |
William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step |
12:46 |
| 134 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step |
13:49 |
| 1 |
Ben O'Connor Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
68:41:14 |
| 2 |
Primož Roglič Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
0:05 |
| 3 |
Enric Mas Nicolau Movistar Team |
1:25 |
| 4 |
Richard Carapaz Montenegro EF Education - EasyPost |
1:46 |
| 5 |
Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step |
2:18 |
| 6 |
David Gaudu Groupama - FDJ |
3:48 |
| 7 |
Carlos Rodríguez Cano INEOS Grenadiers |
3:53 |
| 8 |
Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Lidl - Trek |
4:00 |
| 9 |
Florian Lipowitz Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
4:27 |
| 10 |
Pavel Sivakov UAE Team Emirates |
5:19 |
| 24 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step |
55:33 |
| 47 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:37:28 |
| 48 |
William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:40:41 |
| 49 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:46:16 |
| 65 |
James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step |
2:12:52 |
| 119 |
Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step |
3:29:53 |
| 135 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step |
3:54:35 |
| 1 |
Kaden Groves Alpecin - Deceuninck |
222 pt |
| 2 |
Pavel Bittner Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
106 pt |
| 3 |
Harold Tejada Canacue Astana Qazaqstan Team |
95 pt |
| 4 |
Pablo Castrillo Zapater Equipo Kern Pharma |
93 pt |
| 5 |
Max Poole Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
86 pt |
| 6 |
Marc Soler Giménez UAE Team Emirates |
82 pt |
| 7 |
Corbin Strong Israel - Premier Tech |
81 pt |
| 8 |
Primož Roglič Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
78 pt |
| 9 |
Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma |
78 pt |
| 10 |
Stefan Küng Groupama - FDJ |
74 pt |
| 21 |
Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step |
51 pt |
| 25 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step |
48 pt |
| 50 |
William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step |
29 pt |
| 66 |
Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step |
18 pt |
| 86 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step |
5 pt |
| 1 |
Jay Vine UAE Team Emirates |
56 pt |
| 2 |
Marc Soler Giménez UAE Team Emirates |
42 pt |
| 3 |
Pablo Castrillo Zapater Equipo Kern Pharma |
37 pt |
| 4 |
Filippo Zana Team Jayco AlUla |
27 pt |
| 5 |
Marco Frigo Israel - Premier Tech |
26 pt |
| 6 |
Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates |
22 pt |
| 7 |
Aleksandr Vlasov Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
19 pt |
| 8 |
Max Poole Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
19 pt |
| 9 |
Primož Roglič Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
18 pt |
| 10 |
David Gaudu Groupama - FDJ |
18 pt |
| 17 |
William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step |
10 pt |
| 22 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step |
6 pt |
| 25 |
Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step |
5 pt |
| 42 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step |
2 pt |
| 1 |
Carlos Rodríguez Cano INEOS Grenadiers |
68:45:07 |
| 2 |
Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Lidl - Trek |
0:07 |
| 3 |
Florian Lipowitz Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
0:34 |
| 4 |
Matthew Riccitello Israel - Premier Tech |
58:52 |
| 5 |
Max Poole Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
1:12:18 |
| 6 |
Giovanni Aleotti Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
1:22:51 |
| 7 |
Isaac del Toro Romero UAE Team Emirates |
1:26:49 |
| 8 |
Valentin Paret-Peintre Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
1:32:04 |
| 9 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:33:35 |
| 10 |
William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:36:48 |
| 1 | UAE Team Emirates | 205:35:17 |
| 2 | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 43:00 |
| 3 | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | 1:20:18 |
| 4 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1:30:39 |
| 5 | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:50:28 |
| 6 | Groupama - FDJ | 1:59:52 |
| 7 | Lidl - Trek | 2:08:53 |
| 8 | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:20:26 |
| 9 | Israel - Premier Tech | 2:30:02 |
| 10 | Movistar Team | 2:35:35 |
