Jay Vine got his second victory at this year’s tour of Spain on the 10th stage, and his team-mate Juan Ayuso also wrote headlines. Overall Vuelta leaders are now favorite Jonas Vingegaard.
The Dane was 1:05 minutes behind Vine day elder. Because the previous leader Torstein Traeen lost a total of 2:08 minutes on Vine, he lost the red jersey. Vingegaard is now leading a 26 second lead over Traeen, his greatest competitor to the overall victory is likely to be Tour-de-Suisse winner Joao Almeida, who is in third place for 38 seconds.
Dispute over Ayuso’s end at the UAE team
Like Vine, Almeida belongs to the UAE Emirates-XRG team, which celebrated the fourth victory in the past six stages. In addition to Vines Streich on the 6th stage, the team had previously won the team time trial, after which Juan Ayuso was the first to cross the finish line on the eighth daily section. The Spanish young star had made headlines on Tuesday before the start of the race because his contract will be dissolved at the end of the year.
“Juan is a great talent, and we are grateful for what we have built together. At the same time, our sporting project was always on continuity, group spirit and building a victorious team. We are convinced that this decision is in the best interest of both sides and is most likely to match the values that shape our organization”team boss Mauro Gianetti was quoted in a message – to which Ayuso then reacted angry.
“I have not agreed. We had agreed that the explanation should be published at the end of the Vuelta in order not to affect the sporty or my teammates. It is clear to me that you did that to harm my image”said the 22-year-old. He would have “Finded a good end to the team”however, described the early explanation of the team management as “one -sided dictatorship of power”. After the race, Ayuso emphasized that despite everything with a winner from his own team in Madrid.
Curious incidents on the route
The Spaniard did not play a major role in the mining in the Spanish Pyrenees. At the end of the 10th stage over 175.3 kilometers, Vine celebrated his second day victory in front of the Spaniards Pablo Castrillo Zapater and Javier Romo. A curious incident had occurred about 80 kilometers before the finish line when the Frenchman Clément Braz Afonso wanted to accept a catering bag of a supervisor and fell. Shortly thereafter, spectators disrupted the race and entered the route. Some Pro-Palestinian demonstrators stood around them.