Australian Kaden Groves wins in a rough first sprint of La Vuelta
Euskaraz irakurri: Kaden Groves australiarrak irabazi du Espainiako Vueltako 4. stage, sprint gorabeheratsu batean
the australian Kaden Groves (Alpecin Deceuninck) has prevailed in the sprint in the fourth stage of the Vuelta a España disputed between Andorra La Vella and Tarragona, 184.6 km long, in which the Belgian Remco Evenepoel kept the red jersey of the leader.
The escape of the day was carried out by ander okamika (Burgos-BH), a regular in this type of adventure and David González (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) together with the Argentine Sepúlveda (Lotto Dstny), dressed in his brand new blue polka dot jersey that distinguishes the leader of the mountain.
Of the persecution The teams with hopefuls for a sprint victory were commissioned, such as Kaden Groves’ Alpecin, Molano’s UAE or Alberto Dainise’s DSM. The escapees were neutralized 19 kilometers from the finish line.
From there, the sprinter teams controlled the race. In the midst of a scramble to take positions, the first fall 4 km from the finish line. One of the favorites, the Frenchman Bryan Coquard, was eliminated for the victory, and Buitrago and Guerreiro were hit.
He UAE worked to place Molano, and the Colombian was the first to show his cards by attacking from a distance on the finish line. Groves followed, who finally ate his toast with a time of 4:05:41. Third was the Belgian Edward Theuns (Lidl Trek).
The general classification has not undergone changes. Evenepoel kept the red jersey 5 seconds ahead of Enric Mas (Movistar) and 11 seconds ahead of Frenchman Lenny Martínez (Groupama). The Danish Jonas Vingegaard is at 31, the Slovenian Primoz Roglic at 37 and the Spanish Juan Ayuso (UAE) at 38.
This Wednesday the Fifth stage It will link the towns of Morella and Burriana through a 186.2 km route.
stage classification
1 – GROVES Kaden (Alpecin) 4:05:41
2 – MOLANO Juan Sebastian (UAE) mt
3 – THEUNS Edward (Lidl) mt
4 – MENTEN Milan (Lotto) mt
5 – VAN GESTEL Dries (TotalEnergies) mt
6 – AULAR Orluis (Caja Rural) mt
7 – PAGE Hugo (Intermarché) mt
8 – ASKEY Lewis (Groupama) mt
9 – FLYNN Sean (Team dsm) mt
10 – SELL ME Andrea (AG2R) mt
General ranking
1 – EVENEPOEL Remco (Soudal) 12:48:58
2 – MORE Enric (Movistar) +0:05
3 – MARTINEZ Lenny (Groupama) +0:15
4 – VINGEGAARD Jonas (Jumbo) +0:31
5 – VLASOV Aleksandr (BORA) +0:33
6 – UIJTDEBROEKS Cyan (BORA) +0:37
7 – BARDET Romain (Team dsm) +0:39
8 – ROGLIC Primoz (Jumbo) +0:41
9 – AYUSO Juan (UAE) +0:42
10 – SOLER Marc (UAE) +0:46
Source: Eitb

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