Thymen Arensman (Team DSM) won his first ever Grand Tour stage as Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) trimmed Remco Evenepoel’s (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) lead in the general classification to 1’34” going into the final week.
Arensman was part of a big breakaway that took a while to form and made his move inside the final 8km, catching and going past Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates) to go on and win his maiden La Vuelta stage.
Ad The battle for the red jersey didn’t light up until the final climb of the day, the special category ramp up to Alto Hoya de la Mora.
The enormous gaps that some predicted failed to materialise, with Enric Mas (Movistar) only able to make modest inroads into Primoz Roglic's advantage over him.
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