The long -awaited stage of Angliru! The Vuelta This Friday borrowed the legendary Col des Asturies for the tenth time in its history this Friday after a 13th stage necessarily decisive for the final victory. With its 12.4 kilometers at 9.7% average slope and its passages to almost 25%, the Angliru has not surprised all the runners in their place and established a very clear hierarchy among the contenders in the red jersey in its terrible slopes. And as we thought, JOAO ALMEIDA (UAE Team EMirates-XRG) et Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | lease a bike) are very stronger in this 80th edition. Under the impulse of a monstrous Portuguese to print a big tempo for a good part of the climb and try To suffocate the Danish trainthe two men irreparably dropped the rest of the leaders and found themselves in one against one to 4.5 km from the finish. And if the red jersey has never cracked, he was never able to attack or pass his rival, who therefore imposed himself at the top in the TEMR of a “sprint” necessarily atypical! More info to follow …
Video – Vingegaard bows to Almeida but stays in red
A DUEL VINGEGAARD - Almeida for red, Pidcock always on the podium
Almeida signs his very first victory over the Tour of Spainsurely the most beautiful of his career at the top of the mythical ascent ascent, and offers a 6th bouquet to the team UAE In 13 days of racing! This performance also allows him to return to only 46 seconds of Awesome See you soon a week from the end, which promises a thrilling duel for the red jersey in the coming days. Behind this duo, there is 28 seconds a Jai Hindley (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) as always very solid and at the rendezvous in important moments on the big towers. The Australian is ahead of a few meters a Sepp kiss Always as strong in Angliru, while Felix Gall (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale) completes the top 5 just 52 seconds from the head. Then follows at 1'15 “a trio made up of Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) et Matthew Riccitello (Israel-Premier Tech).
This top 8 is clearly above the rest, the 9th Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) crossing the line with a substantial delay of 2'15 “. Exceptional result of the surprising Spanish Abel Balderstone for the team Rural-Sigur Caja RGAwith an unexpected top 10 and the pedal. All the other runners finished beyond the three minutes, with among the big losers a Egan Bernal (Ineos grenadiers) in difficulty and only 16th at 4'32 “. To general, Pidcock retains its place on the podium at 2'18 “but must look behind with the rise of Jai Hindley (4th, + 3'00 “) and Felix Gall (5th, + 3'15 “). 28th at more than 9 minutes on these slopes logically too steep for him, Bruno Armirail (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale) leaves the top 10 and retreats in 15th row.
