Jonas Vingegaard fists on the table and won the 9th stage alone

The Danish went to the attack 11 km from the finish without any of his opponents being able to hold his wheel.

Rather discreet in Andorra, Jonas Vingegaard came out of his reserve on Sunday, August 31. The Danish attacked by far in the final ascent of the 9th stage of the Vuelta to win alone at the Valdezcaray ski resort. If Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) hung his wheel for a kilometer, the Italian ended up cracking and paid for the high price, being overtaken by Joao Almeida (UAE-XRG) and Tom Pidcock (Q36.5), which fail at 24 seconds of the winner of the day.

Jonas Vingegaard signs a great operation and a second stage victory on this edition of La Vuelta, a week after raising his arms in a punishment at Limone Piemonte in Italy. This time, the leader of Visma-Lease A Bike made his natural climber qualities speak. On the other hand, the leading red jersey will remain on the shoulders of the Norwegian Torstein Traeen (Bahrain-Victorious), which limited the breakage. He is still 37 seconds ahead of Jonas Vingegaard in the general classification.

“I was not necessarily looking to take the red jersey, I was especially aimed at the stage victory. I felt great. I asked the team to get started. I tried, it worked. Maybe I hadn't done my homework because I thought we were closer to arrival when I attacked”reacted the interested party, soaked but very calm and smiling in front of the camera on the occasion of his 40th professional victory in career.

At the end of the first third of the race, Jonas Vingegaard is already 38 seconds ahead of his main opponent, Joao Almeida. No French runner claims to be a general top 10. Bruno Armirail is best classified (19th at 6'48 “), when the ephemeral red jersey David Gaudu is more than 30 minutes from the head of the race.