La Vuelta 2022: Thymen Arensman wins maiden Grand Tour stage as Primoz Roglic gains more time on Remco Evenepoel

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. For his part the Jumbo Visma rider left it late to attack, and could only take 15 seconds from Remco Evenepoel's lead. Vuelta a España‘Everyone will go all-in!’ – Kelderman expects ‘attacks’ on queen stage6 HOURS AGO Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana-Qazaqstan), hoping for a repeat of the stage win he achieved on the same slopes in 2017, attacked with 10km to go.

Lopez was soon joined by Enric Mas as the pair riding away from the red jersey of Remco Evenepoel, and second place Primoz Roglic. They worked together and crossed the line with Lopez two seconds ahead of Mas, with Roglic a further 21 behind. Roglic didn’t look as strong as he did on Saturday, but was able to drop Evenepoel in the final kilometre to gain 15 seconds on the Belgian.

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