Edward Dunbar the penultimate stage of the Back to Spaininside White Picón. The Irishman won his second stage victory, winning alone at the summit, with only a few seconds ahead of Enric Mas, who was second. The Movistar rider tried to take second place in the general classification, but failed by nine seconds, which will be to the detriment of the time trial in Madrid. After him, they entered Rolgic, Carapaz and the rest of the important names in the general classification, already practically established.
The stage has arrived where almost all the positions in the general classification have been decided. Primoz Roglic He started as the undisputed leader of this Vuelta. Behind, Mas and Carapaz tried to dethrone O’Connor from second place. Landa’s T-Rex tried to recover and recover positions in a general defeat for the Alavés.
Ahead, in flight, Marc Soler He was trying to conquer the stage. The one from the United Arab Emirates was in the breakaway and went alone, with his polka dot jersey of leader of the mountains, which he practically secured, but he was caught by the group that followed him, with Castrillo, once again, and by the men of the general classification close behind.
Before the penultimate climb, Vine and Berthet arrived at the head of the race. However, the T-Rex moved behind them, to hunt them down and form a group of important riders for the general classification in Madrid. With two first-class ports in front of him, Landa was looking for his options to climb the classification. The Alavés attacked, looking for a Sivakov who also left.
The best went to the Spanish. Landa selected the race before Picón Blanco. Roglic he had practically done it, while Carapaz, Gaudu or Skjelmose appeared behind him, with the aim of dethroning Further from the podium and, also, O’Connor. Alongside them, names from the good peloton of this Vuelta, like Yates, Gall, Berrade, Gillaume Martin or Cristián Rodríguez.
In the Picón Blanco, with Sivakov in front next to Dunbar, The group of favourites accelerated hand in hand with the men of Red Bull-Bora. Roglic seemed more than willing to condemn – if possible – this Vuelta. The Slovenian led the group, he imposed a formidable pace, to which Mas and Carapaz had to respond if they wanted to sneak onto the podium before the time trial in Madrid.
Enric Mas, close to second place in the Vuelta
The virtual champion of this race accelerated, with Enric at the wheel. The Movistar player tried to go out at a frenetic pace in search of those 25 seconds he had with O’Connor. The Spaniard attacked after leaving with Roglic and Carapaz, he opened up a gap that was reduced, in search of the stage victory and the bonuses.
Landa attacked for the win, looking for Dunbar, who was alone. The Vitorian was aiming for the stage win, but did not arrive in time to avoid the second stage win of this Vuelta. Enric Mas arrived behind, seven seconds behind and obtained a bonus for the general classification. It was not enough for him to overtake O’Connor for second place, from which he was nine seconds.
