Another winning sprint for the Australian who makes it three, according to Bittner. The situation in the standings remains unchanged
Kaden Groves won the 17th stage of the Vuelta, 141 kilometers from Arnuero to Santander: the 25-year-old Australian from Alpecin-Deceuninck won in a sprint, in the rain, after all escape attempts were stopped. For Groves, it is the third success in this edition of the Vuelta, 7th in his career in the Spanish race, 19th as a professional. Without Van Aert, who as is known withdrew yesterday, the Czech Bittner, from DSM, placed second.
the situation
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Ben O’Connor remained in the lead of the classification. Primoz Roglic is 5 seconds behind the Australian from Decathlon-Ag2r; then Enric Mas at 1’25”, Richard Carapaz at 1’4”, Mikel Landa at 2’18”. It should be noted that three of the four jerseys are ‘Australian’: in addition to O’Connor’s red one, Kaden Groves has the green jersey for the points classification, and Jay Vine the blue polka-dotted one for the mountains.
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the program
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The Vuelta, which ends on Sunday with a 24.6-minute individual time trial in Madrid, features its 18th stage on Friday: from Vitoria to Maetzu, 174.5 km suitable for attacks while waiting for Friday and Saturday, the days of the final climbs of the race.
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2024-09-21 05:07:00
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