Kaden Groves wins Vuelta a Espana stage 14 as Ben O'Connor maintains overall lead

Kaden Groves outsprinted Wout van Aert to win Stage 14 of the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday, the Australian's second victory of this year's race as his compatriot Ben O'Connor maintained his overall lead.

The longest stage of the race, a 200.5km ride from Villafranca Del Bierzo to Villablino, came down to a bunch sprint, and it was the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider who held off Van Aert who was looking for his fourth stage win.

New Zealand's Corbin Strong (Israel-Premier Tech) came in third, making it a repeat of stage two, when Groves had held off Van Aert for the win.

O'Connor (Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale) retained the red leader's jersey, with a gap of one minute 21 seconds over Slovenia's Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe).

Ireland's Eddie Dunbar of Team Jayco Alula is 18th overall in the general classification, 11:19 off O'Connor's overall lead, and 21st in the points standings, while EF Education-Easypost's Darren Rafferty is 81st in the general.