Vingegaard wins Vuelta stage nine, Traeen retains red

VALDEZCARAY, Spain :Twice Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard won stage nine of the Vuelta a Espana with a solo attack on the climactic climb Valdezcaray on Sunday, shaving nearly two minutes off the gap to overall leader Torstein Traeen, who is ahead by 37 seconds.

Visma-Lease a Bike's Dane Vingegaard dominated the 13.2km category one climb at the end of the 195.5km ride from Alfaro to the Valdezcaray ski resort and although Tom Pidcock and Joao Almeida tried to chase, they finished 24 seconds off the pace.

Norwegian Traeen (Bahrain Victorious), who had fallen behind the peloton during the climb, launched a late attack in the final three kilometres to finish one minute, 46 seconds behind Vingegaard, retaining the red jersey.