MORE TOMORROW!
Tomorrow, Saturday, September 16, the Stage 20 of the Vuelta a España 2023 between the towns of Manzanares El Real and Guadarramawith a route of 207.8 kilometers.
And that’s it for today, thanks for continuing with SPORT the 19th stage of La Vuelta, which ended with the victory of the Italian Alberto Dainese. Thank you very much and see you tomorrow!
THERE WAS FALL OF GROVES
One of the images that the race has left us has been the fall in the last mile and a half of the green jersey, Kaiden Groves.
KUSS MAINTAINS THE LEADERSHIP
The American cyclist Sepp Kuss remains in front of the general classification.
And Alberto Dainese achieves his sixth individual victory.
THE TOP-5 OF THE STAGE
With the Italian victorythis is how the top five positions are:
1. Alberto Dainese (DSM-Firmenich)
2. Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers)
3. Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost)
4. Davide Cimolai (Cofidis)
5. Iván García Cortina (Movistar)
KILOMETER 177
Dainese, winner at Íscar!
Alberto Dainese (DSM-firmenich), winner of the 19th stage of La Vuelta 23 in Íscar!
Great sprint from the Italian, beating his compatriot Filippo Ganna.
KILOMETER 176
Fall with Groves!
EF Education-EasyPost has taken command of the pack.
KILOMETER 173
3 kilometers to the finish line! The pace increases at the front of the race with Ineos Grenadiers and Movistar Team pushing hard at the front.
For now, There is no specific attack.
KILOMETER 171
The teams try to get to the front of the pack in the absence of less than 6 kilometers to the final sprint in Íscar.
Ineos Grenadiers and Movistar Team, among others, take a step forward in search of a better starting point to make their move.
KILOMETER 167
The platoon hunts Samuele Battistella with 10 kilometers to go when the runners are crossing the town of Megeces.
KILOMETER 164
The Samuele Battistella’s last individual victory It was 1 year and 333 days ago, at the Veneto Classic.
For now, the Italian maintains the pace at the frontbut the peloton is closing distance as the kilometers go by.
KILOMETER 161
Samuele Battistella attackfrom the Astana Qazaqstan team, which is trying to open a gap in the fight for the finish line.
For now, initial 10 second gap that the Italian cyclist has achieved.
KILOMETER 159
Having already overcome the intermediate sprint in Mojados, there are now 18 kilometers to go until the end of the stage in Íscar.
The escapees have already been caught by the platoon.
KILOMETER 157
And be careful, there is a small gap before the group of four get caught!
Clément Davy attacks and Michal Schlegel stays slightly on his wheel.
KILOMETER 156
Paul Lapeira’s attack fails to progress in the leading group, ending up being trapped by the platoon.
Even though they reached 15 seconds, They couldn’t keep up of the large block of corridors.
KILOMETER 151
The escapees are 10 seconds ahead!
The platoon has almost caught the group of four at the front of the race with 6 kilometers to go before the intermediate sprint in Mojados.
KILOMETER 145
They are only missing 32 kilometers until the end of the race and only 12 of that intermediate sprint in Mojados.
The drain of Mathis Le Berre (Team Arkéa Samsic), Clément Davy (Groupama – FDJ), Paul Lapeira (AG2R Citroën Team) and Michal Schlegel (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA) remains behind 24 seconds ahead of the peloton.
KILOMETER 136
They keep shooting front of the platoon the teams of Alpecin-Deceuninck and UAE Team Emirateswho set the pace in the group of runners and continue to close the gap with the group of escapees, now at only 22 seconds.
KILOMETER 131
Only five runners they have lost the Lap after being at the head of the general classification after the 18th stage.
The last one was Tom Dumoulin in 2015 and, previously, Vicenzo Nibali (2013), Isidro Nozal (2003), Roberto Heras (2002) and Óscar Sevilla (2001).
KILOMETER 123
The municipality of Tordesillas, located at 699 meters above sea level, reaches the head of the race. Ahead will be 33.7 kilometers of flat terrain until the sprint intermediate of Mojados. And 53 kilometers to the finish line in Íscar.
KILOMETER 107
Overtaking the cyclists Torrelobatón, with its imposing castle on the top. TAfter passing this municipality, the runners will ascend a small section until reaching an intermittent plain before the descent towards Tordesillas.
KILOMETER 92
Comes out the leading group of Castromonte, within the highest flat period of today’s stage. Mathis Le Berre (Team Arkéa Samsic), Clément Davy (Groupama – FDJ), Paul Lapeira (AG2R Citroën Team) and Michal Schlegel (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA) have managed to once again raise the distance to 1:47.
KILOMETER 77
100 kilometers left in the race! lThe 19th stage of the last three editions of La Vuelta Ciclista a España has had a common denominator or, specifically, a common dominant nationality. And the winners of the 19th stage in 2020, 2021 and 2022 were Danes, with Søren Kragh Andersen, Magnus Cort Nielsen and Mads Pedersen achieving victory respectively in each year.
123.5 KM TO GO
UAE and Alpecin control the group. 1:36 It is the difference between the peloton and the escapees. Everything under control.
KILOMETER 40
sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) is getting closer to achieving his first victory in a Grand Tour (Tour, Giro and LaVuelta). The American could be the first cyclist of this nationality to wear the red jersey in Madrid after Chris Horner, who achieved it in 2013 at the age of 41 years and 328 days, being also the oldest rider to win victory in an edition. Spin.
KILOMETER 33 (HOW?)
Every time it is closer the platoon of the group of four escapees in the ‘Alonso kilometer’. The group is made up of Mathis Le Berre (Team Arkéa Samsic), Clément Davy (Groupama – FDJ), Paul Lapeira (AG2R Citroën Team) and Michal Schlegel (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA). Only 1 minute 24 seconds ahead and going down.
KILOMETER 26
The distance between the group of escapees and the platoon begins to reduce. TO despite the fact that they reached almost 3 minutes advantagethe strong pace that the Alpecin-Deceunnick team has imposed at the front of the thick block of runners has already dropped the distance to 2:20.
KILOMETER 18
It consolidates the drain surpassing the 2 minutes advantage over the peloton.
Three French cyclists and a Czech They form the group that leads the race between Bañeza and Íscar.
KILOMETER 16
This is the second occasion in which a stage of La Vuelta Ciclista a España starts from the municipality of La Bañeza.
The previous time was in stage 5 in 1989and whose general leader at that time was the Frenchman Roland Le Clerc.
Although it would be Spanish Pedro Delgado the one who ended up wearing the red jersey
KILOMETER 12
New attempt by Paul Lapeira, Mathis Le Berre and Michael Schlegel who, accompanied by Clément Davy, finally manages to progress.
More than one gap minute for them on the platoon.
KILOMETER 7
Small pull in the peloton by Paul Lapeira, (ACT), Michal Schlegel (CJR) and Mathis le Berre (ARK) who are trying to open the gap.
with a small 10 second head start which seems to be increasing.
KILOMETER 3
The stage is presented as perfect opportunity so that cyclists faster dare to make a drain and manage to scratch seconds and points.
Groves, Dainese, Theuns, Van Den Berg, Soupe and Menten, among the favorites to perform a good role.
KILOMETER 1
Start the 19th stage of the Lap Cyclist to Spain!
The career he will have begins 177’1 kilometers ahead.
ALMOST EVERYTHING DECIDED
Besides the Regularity for Groves, Evenepoel leads the classification Mountain and Jumbo the equipment.
While Sepp Kuss it keeps intractable overall, followed by his teammates Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaardwhich takes 17 seconds and 1.08, respectively.
You can check all the Vuelta classifications here.
KEY DAY IN THE POINTS
Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) leads the points classification of La Vuelta 23 with 228 points, although his advantage is much smaller than usual. Today’s day should be key, with 70 points at stake: the 50 that the winner of the stage in Íscar will get (the first 15 score) and the 20 for the first to go through the intermediate sprint in Mojados (at 19.3 kilometers from the finish line).
FEW SURPRISES ARE EXPECTED
It will be 177.1 km completely flat for the penultimate sprint of this edition, unless a breakaway succeeds, which is not presumed, or the wind appears and fans occur. That could have unforeseeable consequences, especially at this stage of the career, but they are not expected either.
THE PHASE
We start with the route of today’s stage, which will be the penultimate one for the sprinters. The stage will run between La Bañeza (León) and Íscar (Valladolid) and involves the transit to Madrid from the great Asturian mountain days.