Aracena – Monasterio De Tentudía – 162 Km

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1 URAN Rigoberto COL EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST 03:42:28
2 PACHER Quentin FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 00:00
3 HERRADA Jesus ESP COFIDIS 00:02
4 SOLER Marc ESP UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:15
5 ELISSONDE Kenny FRA TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:26
6 CHAMPOUSSIN Clement FRA AG2R CITROEN TEAM 00:29
7 de MARCHI Alessandro ITA ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH 00:46
8 JUNGELS Bob LUX AG2R CITROEN TEAM 00:55
9 GESBERT Elie FRA TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC 01:09
10 CRADDOCK G Lawson USA TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO 01:30
11 MADER Gino SUI BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 02:06
12 GUGLIELMI Simon FRA TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC 02:43
13 GONCALVES ALMEIDA Joao Pedro POR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 05:02
14 EVENEPOEL Remco BEL QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM 05:11
15 MAS Enric ESP MOVISTAR TEAM 05:11

Gesamt:

1 EVENEPOEL Remco BEL QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM 65:14:05
2 MAS Enric ESP MOVISTAR TEAM 02:01
3 AYUSO PESQUERA Juan ESP UAE TEAM EMIRATES 04:51
4 RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 05:20
5 LOPEZ Miguel Angel COL ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 05:33
6 GONCALVES ALMEIDA Joao Pedro POR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 06:51
7 ARENSMAN Thymen NED TEAM DSM 07:46
8 O’CONNOR Ben AUS AG2R CITROEN TEAM 09:11
9 URAN Rigoberto COL EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST 09:33
10 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA – HANSGROHE 11:40

Ausreißergruppe dominiert 17. Etappe der Vuelta

Die heutige 162 km lange Etappe verlief überwiegend wellig, ehe es zum Schluss hinauf auf den Monasterio de Tentudía ging. Obwohl der Kampf um die Ausreißergruppe gleich nach dem Start begann, konnte sich die Spitze erst nach rund 50 km erfolgreich distanzieren und bestimmte von da an das Renngeschehen. Im anspruchsvollen finalen Anstieg kam es zu mehreren Attacken aus der Spitzengruppe, und am Ende konnte R. Uran sich durchsetzen und den Tagessieg am Monasterio de Tentudía erringen. Dahinter hatte sich die GC-Gruppe im steilen Anstieg ausgedünnt, aber es gelang Jai Hindley mit den Favoriten mitzuhalten und die Ziellinie nur 6 Sekunden hinter dem aktuell Gesamtführenden R. Evenepoel zu überqueren.

Reaktionen im Ziel
„Wir hätten jemanden in der Ausreißergruppe haben sollen, um auf den Etappensieg zu fahren, das war auch der Plan. Aber Pläne gehen halt nicht immer auf. Wir wussten, dass es eine große Chance für die Spitzengruppe gibt, aber wir haben sie einfach verpasst. Das Gute am heutigen Tag war, dass Jai im Finale bei den Besten dabei war, was auch für die nächsten Tage hoffen lässt. Wir werden jetzt den Tag kurz analysieren und die Jungs wieder motivieren, ihr Glück zu probieren und wieder in eine Spitzengruppe zu gehen, um auf einen Etappensieg zu fahren.“ – Jens Zemke, Sportlicher Leiter

El Toro Uran powers to victory

An eventful finale of stage 17 of La Vuelta 22 saw Rigoberto Uran (EF Education-EasyPost) take the win at Monasterio de Tentudia, ahead of his breakaway companions Quentin Pacher (Groupama-FDJ) and Jesus Herrada (Cofidis). The Colombian star completes his treble of Grand Tour stage wins, after previous successes in the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia. On the uphill finish, Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) was the best of the GC contenders, 9’’ ahead of Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl), who retains La Roja on a day that began with the withdrawal of Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma). On Thursday, the riders face a mountain stage with three major ascents on the way to another unprecedented summit finish at Alto de Piornal.

The peloton of La Vuelta 22 face new uphill challenges with stage 17 leading them to an unprecedented summit finish at Monasterio de Tentudia. The roads go up and down all day long, adding up to 2,500m of elevation. 139 riders start from Aracena, without the 3-time defending winner Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma), following his crash in Tomares. Filippo Conca (Lotto Soudal) and Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) are also out of La Vuelta 22.

Soler, Herrada, Craddock… 13 riders at the front
Attacks fly from the start but a group of 13 baroudeurs only manage to get away after a first in which they cover 48.8km.
Clément Champoussin, Bob Jungels (AG2R Citroën), Gino Mäder, Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious), Jesus Herrada (Cofidis), Rigoberto Uran (EF Education-EasyPost), Quentin Pacher (Groupama-FDJ), Alessandro De Marchi (Israel Premier Tech), Lawson Craddock (BikeExchange-Jayco), Kenny Elissonde (Trek-Segafredo), Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates), Elie Gesbert and Simon Guglielmi (Arkea-Samsic) make the break of the day.

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl control the day
After such a hard battle for the break, the pace drops in the bunch. Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl control the peloton and the gap rises to 7’20’’ as the attackers enter the last 60km of the stage.
Fred Wright goes first through the intermediate sprint in Segura de Leon (km 133.2), meaning that Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) will have to wait at least for one more stage to virtually secure the green jersey. The peloton trail by 6’55’’.

Countless attacks
Craddock opens up the battle for the stage win with 19km to go. After a series of attacks and counter-attacks, he faces the final ascent (10.3km at 5% with very irregular slopes) with a lead of 10’’.
The American baroudeur opens a gap of 25’’ to his chasers and holds on until the last kilometre. As he is caught, Champoussin attacks, Herrada counters… But Uran eventually surges to victory in an eventful finale.
In the GC group, Enric Mas (Movistar) attacks with 3km to go but Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) controls his Spanish rival. Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) eventually manages to open a gap of 9’’ to Remco Evenepoel, who keeps La Roja for a 12th stage in a row.