Kaden Groves was imposed for the purpose of Villablino has Wout van Aert, for which step 13 of the Knees in Spain and for which his team, Visma, was working, looking for what would have been the Belgian’s fourth. In the general classification, everyone arrived together, there was a fright Primoz Roglic. The one who aspires to win for the fourth time in Madrid, suffered a puncture while descending Leitariegos, but he managed to avoid delays and managed to arrive in the peloton.
The longest stage was coming Back 2024, of 200.5 kilometers of medium mountain between the Leonese towns of Villafranca del Bierzo and Villablino, after beating the Belgian in the sprint Van Aert, while the Australian also Ben O’Connor He keeps the leader’s jersey for another day.
With less than 20 kilometres to go, the peloton caught up with the last of the escapees, Ecuadorian Jhonatan Narváez, to regroup to crown Leitariegos’ first-class port. In full decline, the Slovenian Primoz Roglic He suffered an unexpected puncture that forced him to pedal hard to get back into the peloton, as he was left behind for almost half a minute and his teammate Daniel Felipe Martínez had to leave the bike to him.
The teams positioned themselves to launch their candidates, but the fight ultimately came down to the green jersey and groves, who won head-to-head to claim his second victory in this edition of La Vuelta.
The riders will close the second week of the Spanish round this Sunday with a high mountain stage, the fifteenth. They will cover 143 kilometers between the Asturian town of Infiesto and the train station. Valgrande-Pajares, in which they will face the double ascent to Colladiella before the highest point in Cuitu Negru, with gradients of up to 23%.
