The Italian Alberto Dainese (DSM) won the nineteenth stage of the Vuelta a Españadisputed between La Baneza and Iscarof 177.1 km course, in which the American kept the red leader’s jersey Sepp Kuss (Jumbo Visma).

Dainese won the sprint with a time of 3:42:09. ahead of his compatriot Filippo Ganna (Ineos) and Dutch Marijn Van den Berg (EF Education).

In general there have been no changes. Sepp Kuss remains the leader with 17 seconds ahead of his teammate Jonas Vingegaard and 1:08 with respect to Primoz Roglic.

The stage was launched from La Bañeza, where the 149 pilgrims of the Vuelta came out to face the penultimate option for the sprint in this edition.

Alpecin and UAE were in charge of chasing to facilitate the sprint for Kaden Groves and the Colombian Sebastián Molano.

Alpecin neutralized the rebel quartet near Mojados, 19.3 kilometers from the finish line, where the intermediate sprint that distributed points was. Groves did not win the battle, but he was second, collecting 17 points and rehearsing the arrival to Íscar.

Everything was going in good order when a pileup occurred within the safety space of 3 km to the finish line. One of the victims was the number one candidate, winner of two stages: Kaden Groves.

Without Groves, Ineos smelled victory with Filippo Ganna. The double time trial world champion had not seen such a clear opportunity and attacked from afar. The Verbania giant was going straight to raise his arms, but Alberto Dainese snuck in from his right and stole his glory.

This Saturday the twentieth stage will be disputed between Manzanares el Real and Guadarramaof 207.8 km. A “classic” day, with 10 third-category climbs that offer no respite throughout the entire route. Last obstacle for the proclamation of Sepp Kuss as winner of the 2023 Vuelta.

STAGE CLASSIFICATION:

1 – DAINESE Alberto (DSM) 3:42:09

2 – GANNA Filippo (Ineos) mt

3 – VAN DEN BERG Marijn (EF) mt

4 – CIMOLAI Davide (Cofidis) mt

5 – GARCÍA CORTINA Iván (Movistar) mt

6 – BALLERSTEDT Maurice (Alpecin) mt

7 – ASKEY Lewis (Groupama) mt

8 – HOFSTETTER Hugo (Arkea) mt

9 – BARCELÓ Fernando (Caja Rural) mt

10 – KOCH Jonas (BORA) mt

GENERAL RANKING:

1 – KUSS Sepp (Jumbo) 69:14:04

2 – VINGEGAARD ​​Jonas (Jumbo) +0:17

3 – ROGLIC Primoz (Jumbo) +1:08

4 – AYUSO Juan (UAE) +4:00

5 – LANDA Mikel (Bahrain) +4:19

6 – MAS Enric (Movistar) +4:30

7 – UIJTDEBROEKS Cyan (BORA) +7:37

8 – VLASOV Aleksandr (BORA) +8:35

9 – ALMEIDA Joao (UAE) +10:34

10 – BUITRAGO Santiago (Bahrain) +12:34

Source: Eitb

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