La Vuelta: Soudal Quick-Step on the attack

The final week of the season’s last Grand Tour resumed Tuesday afternoon with a short stage, just 120 kilometers in length from Liencres Playa to Bejes, where a 4.8km climb averaging 8.8% was supposed to serve as an appetizer for the high mountains that are still to come before Madrid.
On paper, it was a day suited to a breakaway, that’s why dozens of riders tried to book their place in one. Early in the stage, with some help from Remco Evenepoel, Louis Vervaeke joined a strong six-man move, but with their maximum gap hitting just 40 seconds, the peloton had no trouble in bringing them back.
Soudal Quick-Step continued to remain active, this time with Mattia Cattaneo, the Italian joining with 80 kilometers to go a move that looked promising. At one point, they managed to take their advantage close to two minutes, but a change of pace at the front of the bunch spelled the end of their hopes before the ascent, where Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) attacked and took the win.
Remco Evenepoel remained in the KOM jersey, and will carry a 30-point advantage over his closest opponent during Wednesday’s stage to the mythical Angliru, which returns after three years.
Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images
Race details
1 |
Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen Jumbo-Visma |
2:38:23 |
2 |
Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates |
0:43 |
3 |
Wout Poels Bahrain - Victorious |
0:49 |
4 |
Michael Storer Groupama - FDJ |
0:55 |
5 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
1:01 |
6 |
Enric Mas Nicolau Movistar Team |
1:01 |
7 |
Aleksandr Vlasov BORA - hansgrohe |
1:01 |
8 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
1:01 |
9 |
Mikel Landa Meana Bahrain - Victorious |
1:05 |
10 |
Sepp Kuss Jumbo-Visma |
1:05 |
70 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step |
9:34 |
75 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
9:50 |
96 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
9:50 |
120 |
James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step |
10:13 |
128 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step |
13:27 |
147 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
14:16 |
148 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
14:16 |
1 |
Sepp Kuss Jumbo-Visma |
57:18:10 |
2 |
Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen Jumbo-Visma |
0:29 |
3 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
1:33 |
4 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
2:33 |
5 |
Enric Mas Nicolau Movistar Team |
3:02 |
6 |
Marc Soler Giménez UAE Team Emirates |
3:28 |
7 |
Mikel Landa Meana Bahrain - Victorious |
4:12 |
8 |
Aleksandr Vlasov BORA - hansgrohe |
4:58 |
9 |
Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA - hansgrohe |
5:38 |
10 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
8:43 |
15 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
29:33 |
30 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:16:00 |
50 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:43:28 |
52 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:44:03 |
65 |
James Knox
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:59:55 |
98 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
2:33:07 |
143 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step |
3:12:20 |
1 |
Kaden Groves Alpecin-Deceuninck |
228 pt |
2 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
135 pt |
3 |
Andreas Kron Lotto Dstny |
111 pt |
4 |
Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen Jumbo-Visma |
103 pt |
5 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
92 pt |
6 |
Sepp Kuss Jumbo-Visma |
91 pt |
7 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
90 pt |
8 |
Lennard Kämna BORA - hansgrohe |
85 pt |
9 |
Marijn van den Berg EF Education-EasyPost |
85 pt |
10 |
Marc Soler Giménez UAE Team Emirates |
82 pt |
41 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step |
30 pt |
58 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
20 pt |
1 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
71 pt |
2 |
Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen Jumbo-Visma |
41 pt |
3 |
Michael Storer Groupama - FDJ |
39 pt |
4 |
Romain Bardet Team dsm - firmenich |
35 pt |
5 |
Sepp Kuss Jumbo-Visma |
27 pt |
6 |
Jesús Herrada López Cofidis |
22 pt |
7 |
Eduardo Sepúlveda Lotto Dstny |
21 pt |
8 |
Andreas Kron Lotto Dstny |
20 pt |
9 |
Primož Roglič Jumbo-Visma |
18 pt |
10 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
15 pt |
45 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal - Quick Step |
1 pt |
1 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates |
57:20:43 |
2 |
Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA - hansgrohe |
3:05 |
3 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
6:10 |
4 |
Santiago Buitrago Sánchez Bahrain - Victorious |
7:48 |
5 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
27:00 |
6 |
Einer Rubio Reyes Movistar Team |
36:33 |
7 |
Attila Valter Jumbo-Visma |
41:57 |
8 |
Lenny Martinez Groupama - FDJ |
46:28 |
9 |
Antonio Tiberi Bahrain - Victorious |
50:07 |
10 |
Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates |
1:22:24 |
1 | Jumbo-Visma | 171:21:22 |
2 | UAE Team Emirates | 11:14 |
3 | BORA - hansgrohe | 19:02 |
4 | Bahrain - Victorious | 35:52 |
5 | Movistar Team | 1:45:35 |
6 | Groupama - FDJ | 2:27:44 |
7 | TotalEnergies | 2:32:49 |
8 | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 2:47:38 |
9 | Soudal - Quick Step | 2:49:22 |
10 | Lidl - Trek | 2:59:19 |