Last year’s winner, Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma), built another small lead in the fight for overall victory in the Vuelta. The 31-year-old Slovenian finished second on Friday in the 16th stage after 162 kilometers from Salamanca to Ciudad Rodrigo and thus received a six-second time credit, with which he extended his overall advantage from 39 to 45 seconds over the pursuer Richard Carapaz ( ECU).
The day’s victory on the mountainous stage was secured by Danish Magnus Cort Nielsen, who won the sprint final of the group of 32 leaders just ahead of Roglic. The third place went to Rui Costa from Portugal. The Austrian Felix Großschartner of the Bora team was again strong as seventh of the stage. In the overall standings, the 26-year-old is 7:20 minutes behind Roglic in seventh place.
The last arrival on the mountain of the 75th Vuelta is scheduled for Saturday as part of the 17th stage. The route leads from Sequeros more than 178.2 kilometers to Alto de La Covatilla (1,980 m). Before that, there are three mountain classifications in the third category, one in the second and one in the first category.
75. Vuelta a Espana, 16. Etappe
Salamanca – Ciudad Rodrigo (162 km):
1.
Magnus Cort Nielsen
THE
4:04:35
2.
Primoz Roglic
SLO
-: –
3.
Dion Smith
NZL
-: –
Four.
Alejandro Valverde
ESP
-: –
5.
Richard Carapaz
ECU
-: –
6.
Felix Großschartner
OR
-: –
7.
Dorian Godon
SINCE
-: –
8.
Michael Hundahl Valgren
THE
-: –
9.
Jasha Sütterlin
GER
-: –
10.
Alexander Vlasov
RUS
-: –
27.
Hugh john carthy
GBR
-: –
General rating
Status after 16 of 18 stages:
1.
Primoz Roglic
SLO
64:20:31
2.
Richard Carapaz
ECU
+ 0:45
3.
Hugh john carthy
GBR
0:53
Four.
Daniel Martin
IRL
1:48
5.
Enric Mas
ESP
3:29
6.
Wouter poels
NED
6:21
7.
Felix Großschartner
OR
7:20
8.
Alejandro Valverde
ESP
8:45
9.
Alexander Vlasov
RUS
8:54
10.
David de la Cruz
ESP
9:29
Stage plan:
20.10.
1st stage
Irún – Arrate (173 km)
21.10.
2nd stage
Pamplona – Lekunberri (151 km)
22.10.
3rd stage
Lodosa – The Black Lagoon of Vinuesa (166 km / BAK)
23.10.
4th stage
Garray – Ejea de los Caballeros (191 km)
24.10.
5th stage
Huesca – Sabiñánigo (184 km)
25.10.
6th stage
Biescas – Col du Tourmalet (136 km / BAK)
26.10.
Day of rest
27.10.
Seventh stage
Vitoria-Gasteiz – Villanueva de Valdegovia (159 km)
28.10.
Eighth stage
Logroño – Alto de Moncalvillo (164 km / BAK)
29.10.
Ninth stage
Castrillo del Val – Aguilar de Campoo (157 km)
30.10.
Tenth stage
Castro Urdiales – Suances (185 km)
31.10.
11th stage
Villaviciosa – Alto de la Farrapona (170 km / BAK)
