Vingegaard is the boss

He La Vuelta train He woke up in shock. A colleague, Nathan van Hooydonck, had a serious traffic accident after Leiden a heart attack while driving. His wife, eight months pregnant, was in the back seat. Van Hooydonck was fighting for his life in a Belgian hospital as the race started stage 16 in Liencres, a one-port route that ended in the unprecedented Bejes: 4.8 kilometers at 8.8%, with sections of 17%. An ideal day for Jumbo-Visma will aim for victory with hard pedaling as a tribute to one of your own. It remained unclear which of the three prongs the trident was equipped with. At last it was time Jonas Vingegaard, the two-time Tour championthe paramount chief.

The stage hunters They pursued the escape from the beginning, with a common name in all attempts: Kaden Groves, the green jersey. The Australian sprinter couldn’t hope to win the title in Bejes, but making the cut was the best way to secure the 20 points Unquera’s intermediate sprint. Groves picked up his piece and walked over to the group. It was not a day of joy, as his escape companions Julius van den Berg, Nicolas Prodhomme, Max Poole and Joel Nicolau discovered shortly afterwards. The Jumbo wanted the stage.

The yellow scooter led the pack the approach to Bejes as Radio Vuelta sang a crash. Television images showed a runner on the ground. “Nooooooooo!” was the unanimous exclamation when the injured man was identified. Was Luis León Sánchez, the 39-year-old veteran that the day before, during the rest day in Cantabriahad announced his retirement from cycling at the end of the course. One of the reasons for his departure was his bad fall on the last tour and the bad time his two children had. Another accident in the Spanish round It was a cruel end for a cyclist with a remarkable record, winning four stages in the Grande Boucle. But relief came quickly when it was announced Luisle got up to continue in the race. He started the race last with a time of 19:01 minutes, but is still standing and has no fractures to worry about. Mula’s didn’t deserve to cycle out the back door.

Luisle’s fall was prolonged Nervous until the finish linebecause at that very moment it started to rain heavily, which meant that the remaining teams with roosters were also looking for the first places a dozen kilometers from the finish. The plan was prepared for Roglicthe fastest on the trident, the cyclist who best overcomes these slopes, but first he jumped Vingegaard, with a similar strategy to Tourmalet. They are two climbs that are not remotely similar, but the tactics were the same: the cyclist furthest away in the general classification started from the Jumbo Trident to warm up the rivals. Vingegaard made a way Without an opponent reacting from behind, he took advantage of the opportunity, with Roglic and Sepp Kuss acting as extinguishers. Primoz himself then left the group in search of an exhibition similar to the Königsbühne, but this time it didn’t have the same legs. Neither Kiss that fell a little short.

Vingegaard’s second victorywith a total bite of 1:15, changes the panorama of the classification where the Dane’s candidacy and thus also the possibility of voting for it stand Tour Vuelta doublereceives whole numbers in its figure. Kuss keeps the red jerseybut only 29 seconds ahead of the Dane, while Roglic is third, 1:33 behind. This Wednesday the Angliru will be uploaded, Welcome to hell, with the trident of Jumbo unleashed. It’s for you, Van Hooydonck.

General ranking

Pos cyclist	equipment	Time
1 Jonas Vingegaard	TJV	2h:38:23
2 Finn Fisher Black	UAD	+00:43
3 Wouter Poels	TBV	+00:49
4 Michael Storer	GFC	+00:55
5 Juan Ayuso	UAD	+01:01
6 Enric Mas	MOV	+01:01
7 Alexander Vlasov	BOH	+01:01
8th Primoz Roglic	TJV	+01:01
9 Mikel Landa	TBV	+01:05
10 Sepp kiss	TJV	+01:05

Pos cyclist	equipment	Time
1 Sepp kiss	TJV	57h:18:10
2 Jonas Vingegaard	TJV	+00:29
3 Primoz Roglic	TJV	+01:33
4 Juan Ayuso	UAD	+02:33
5 Enric Mas	MOV	+03:02
6 Marc Soler	UAD	+03:28
7 Mikel Landa	TBV	+04:12
8th Alexander Vlasov	BOH	+04:58
9 Cian Uijtdebroeks	BOH	+05:38
10 Joao Almeida	UAD	+08:43

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