Vuelta a España 2022

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STAGE 2 RESULTS

  1. Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe, in 3:49:34
  2. Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
  3. Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck
  4. Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
  5. Pascal Ackermann (Ger) UAE Team Emirates
  6. Daniel McLay (GBr) Arkea-Samsic
  7. Itamar Einhorn (Isr) Israel-Premier Tech
  8. Jake Stewart (GBr) Groupama-FDJ
  9. John Degenkolb (Ger) Team DSM
  10. Kaden Groves (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco, all same time

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:red_square: GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 2

  1. Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma, in 4:14:14
  2. Edoardo Affini (Ita) Jumbo-Visma
  3. Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
  4. Primox Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma
  5. Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma, all same time
  6. Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 12 seconds
  7. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers, at 13 seconds
  8. Pavel Sivakov (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers
  9. Carlos Rodriguez (Esp) Ineos Grenadiers, at same time
  10. Remco Evennpoel (Bel) QuickStep-Alpha Vinyl, at 14 seconds

:green_square: POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 2

  1. Sam Bennett (Irl) BORA - Hansgrohe …67 points
  2. Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek - Segafredo …50
  3. Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck …20

:red_circle: MOUNTAIN CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 2

  1. Julius van den Berg (Net) EF Education-EasyPost …2 points
  2. Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Team Arkéa Samsic …1

:white_large_square: YOUTH CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 2

  1. Ethan Hayter (Gbr) INEOS Grenadiers 4:14:27
  2. Pavel Sivakov (Fra) INEOS Grenadiers
  3. Carlos Rodriguez (Esp) INEOS Grenadiers
  4. Luke Plapp (Aus) INEOS Grenadiers at same time
  5. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team at 1 second

:yellow_circle: TEAM CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 2

  1. Jumbo-Visma 11:53:22
  2. INEOS Grenadiers - at 0:13
  3. Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team - at 0:14
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Enjoyed the highlights this evening, the large variation in the course road width was quite remarkable! Good to see an unusual suspect take the win.

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It was great for me to watch. My entire town walked out to watch the race pass and the also organised a peaceful protest. I’ve also lived in Utrecht 10 years of my life and much of the parcour I’ve done with my kids when they were very young.

Oh, and my my first motorbike had an engine blowed up on the Amerongse Berg when I tried to race down as fast as possible being a teenager … sweet memories.

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Sunday 21st August 2022

Stage 3: Breda - Breda (193.2km)

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Stage 3, another long flat stage and a most probably win for another lucky sprinter.
The third and final stage in the Netherlands before tomorrow’s rest day flight to the Basque Country. :flight_departure:

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STAGE THREE RESULTS

  1. Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe, in 4-05-53
  2. Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
  3. Daniel McLay (GBr) Arkéa Samsic
  4. Bryan Coquar (Fra) Cofidis
  5. Fabian Lienhard (Sui) Groupama-FDJ
  6. Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck
  7. Kaden Groves (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
  8. Cedric Beullens (Bel) Lotto-Soudal
  9. Pascal Ackermann (Ger) UAE Team Emirates
  10. Danny van Poppel (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe

:red_square: GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE THREE

  1. Edoardo Affini (Ita) Jumbo-Visma in 8-20-07
  2. Sam Oomen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
  3. Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma
  4. Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma
  5. Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
  6. Robert Gesink (Ned) Jumbo-Visma, all at same time
  7. Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 13 seconds
  8. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers
  9. Carlos Rodríguez (Esp) Ineos Grenadiers
  10. Pavel Sivakov (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers, all at same time

:green_square: POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE THREE

  1. Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe, 117pts
  2. Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo, 80pts
  3. Pascal Acekermann (Deu) UAE Team Emirates, 34pts
  4. Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck, 34pts
  5. Dan McLay (GBr) Arkéa Samsic, 34pts

:red_circle: MOUNTAINS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE THREE

  1. Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost, 3pts
  2. Thomas de Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal, 2pts
  3. Thibault Guernalec (Fra) Arkéa Samsic, 1pt

:white_large_square: YOUTH CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE THREE

  1. Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, in 8-20-20
  2. Carlos Rodríguez (Esp) Ineos Grenadiers
  3. Pavel Sivakov (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers
  4. Luke Plapp (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers, all at same time
  5. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, at 1s

:yellow_circle: TEAMS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE THREE

  1. Jumbo-Visma (Ned), in 24-11-01
  2. Ineos Grenadiers (GBr), at 13s
  3. Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl (Bel), at 14s
  4. BikeExchange-Jayco (Aus), at 31s
  5. UAE Team Emirates (UAE), at 33s
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Rest day today as they relocate to Spain.

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Out of the 184 starters, 180 remain to start Stage 4 tomorrow.

Withdrawals:

Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkéa Samsic (Pre-start dispute)
Manuel Peñalver (Esp) Burgos-BH (DNS Stage 1 - tested + Covid)
Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal (DNF Stage 2 - Crash; broken elbow, scafoid & finger)
Michael Woods (Can) Israel - Premier Tech (DNF Stage 3 - Crash; concussion)

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The youngest rider in this Vuelta is Spaniard Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) born in Barcelona in 2002 he is 19 years old.
At 1.83m tall and weighing 65kg his speciality is climbing.

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The eldest rider in this Vuelta is Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) born in Murcia in 1980 he is 42. He was also the eldest to ride and finish the TdF this year.
At 1.77 tall and weighing in at 61kg his speciality is being an excellent allrounder.
Last year he crashed out of the 2001 Vuelta on Stage 7 in which he sustained a fractured collarbone.
He has stated that this 2022 Vuelta will be his final grand tour, has played down hopes of GC but hopes to win a stage.
This is the 32nd Grand tour he has started (TdF 14 / Giro 2 / Vuelta 16)
He is the winner of the 2009 Vuelta, and has also finished the GC Vuelta 2nd in 2006,2012 2019, and 3rd in 2003, 2013, 2014

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Tuesday 23rd August 2022

Stage 4: Vitoria-Gasteiz - Laguardia (152.5km)

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Today’s Stage 4 has the rugged terrain of the Basque Country, it’s not a particularly long or difficult stage and is unlikely to prevent some ‘climb-adept’ sprinters to commit for a win. This is a prelude to five more lengthy and mountainous stages to follow-on everyday of this week.

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STAGE FOUR RESULTS

  1. Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma, in 3-31-05
  2. Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
  3. Enric Mas (Esp) Movistar
  4. Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
  5. Pavel Sivakov (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers
  6. Ben O’Connor (Aus) AG2R Citreön
  7. Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
  8. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl
  9. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe
  10. Jai Hindley (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe

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:red_square: GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE FOUR

  1. Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma, in 11-50-59
  2. Sepp Kuss (Ned) Jumbo-Visma, at 13s
  3. Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 26s
  4. Pavel Sivakov (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers
  5. Tao Geoghegan-Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, all at same time
  6. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, at 27s
  7. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers, at 33s
  8. Carlos Rodríguez (Esp) Ineos Grenadiers, at same time
  9. Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo, at 34s

:green_square: POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE FOUR

  1. Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe, 127pts
  2. Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo, 118pts
  3. Pascal Acekermann (Deu) UAE Team Emirates, 34pts
  4. Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck, 34pts
  5. Dan McLay (GBr) Arkéa Samsic, 34pts

:red_circle: MOUNTAINS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE FOUR

  1. Joan Blou (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi, 5pts
  2. Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma, 3pts
  3. Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost, 3pts

:white_large_square: YOUTH CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE FOUR

  1. Ethan Hayter (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, in 11-51-25
  2. Pavel Sivakov (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers, at same time
  3. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, at 1s
  4. Carlos Rodríguez (Esp) Ineos Grenadiers, at 7s
  5. João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, at 27s

:yellow_circle: TEAMS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE FOUR

  1. Ineos Grenadiers (GBr), in 34-44-29
  2. Bora-Hansgrohe (Ger), at 35s
  3. Jumbo-Visma (Ned), at 36s
  4. BikeExchange-Jayco (Aus), at 39s
  5. UAE Team Emirates (UAE), at 41s
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Wednesday 24th August 2022

Stage 5: Irún - Bilbao (187.2km)

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The first mountain stage of the tour!
Will be interesting to see which Jumbo-Visma rider wins the Red Jersey today :laughing:

On a more serious note; this is a unpredictable stage, with the top 55 GC riders within 2 minutes of the Red Jersey the peloton won’t want to allow breakaways to get far, and with so many attacks planned and executed this could be a tense and arduous stage.

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Mads Pedersen seems to be in fine form this year, would be nice to see him in the final three. :+1:

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He’s not a good enough climber, he’s an excellent lightweight sprinter with far more climbing ability than pure sprinters.
In finishing 2nd in the three previous stages he has gained enough points to close-in on Sam Bennett’s Green Jersey lead.
The best plan for Mads is to go for a stage win (obviously because he’s busting to win one) but keep in contention for the Points Classification which he could win if he continues to bag sprint points along the route of hilly stages.

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  1. Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe, 127pts
  2. Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo, 118pts
  3. Pascal Acekermann (Deu) UAE Team Emirates, 34pts
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One non-starter for today’s Stage 5

Daan Hoole (Ned) Trek - Segafredo DNS (tested + Covid)

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The Stage 5 start line has 179 riders.

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STAGE FIVE RESULTS

  1. Marc Soler (Esp) UAE Team Emirates, in 4-15-23 + combativity award :medal_sports:
  2. Daryl Impey (RSA) Israel-Premier Tech, at 4s
  3. Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain-Victorious, at same time
  4. Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
  5. Lawson Craddock (USA) BikeExchange-Jayco
  6. Nikias Arndt (Ger) DSM
  7. Victor Langellotti (Mon) Burgos-BH
  8. Vadim Pronskiy (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan
  9. Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar
  10. Roger Adrià (Esp) Equipo Kern Pharma

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:red_square: GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE FIVE

  1. Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, in 16-7-22
  2. Fred Wright (Gbr) Bahrain Victorious, at 2s
  3. Niklas Arndt (Ger) Team DSM, at 1-09
  4. Lawson Craddock (USA) BikeExchange-Jayco, at 2-27
  5. Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma, at 4-09
  6. Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma, at 4-22
  7. Pavel Sivakov (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers, at 4-35
  8. Tao Geoghegan Hart (Gbr) Ineos Grenadiers, at same time
  9. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, at 4-36
  10. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers, at 4-42

:green_square: POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE FIVE

  1. Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe, 127pts
  2. Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo, 118pts
  3. Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 47pts
  4. Pascal Ackermann (Ger) UAE Team Emirates 34pts
  5. Tim Merlier (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck, 34pts

:red_circle: MOUNTAINS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE FIVE

  1. Victor Langelloti (Pol) Burgos-BH, 13pts
  2. Roger Oliveras (Spa) Equipo Kern Pharma, 6pts
  3. Lawson Craddock (USA) BikeExchange-Jayco, 5pts

:white_large_square: YOUTH CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE FIVE

  1. Fred Wright (Gbr) Bahrain Victorious, in 16-7-24
  2. Pavel Sivakov (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers, at 4-43
  3. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, at 4-34
  4. Carlos Rodriguez (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers, at 4-40
  5. Joao Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, at 5-00

:yellow_circle: TEAMS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE FIVE

  1. Groupama-FDJ (Fra), in 47-40-10
  2. UAE Team Emirates, at 1-27
  3. BikeExchange-Jayco, at 1-29
  4. Movistar, at 1-34
  5. Bahrain Victorious, 1-40
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Thursday 25th August 2022

Stage 6: Bilbao - Ascensión al Pico Jano. San Miguel de Aguayo (181.2km)

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Yesterday may not have gone well for Jumbo-Visma and Ineos, but they could regain a lot of time on today’s summit finish of Pico Jano.

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One non-starter for today’s Stage 6:

Jan Hirt (Czh) Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux (tested + Covid)

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178 riders on the Stage 6 start line

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Wasn’t giving the jersey away - and hence responsibility for controlling the race - all part of the J-V plan??

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STAGE SIX RESULTS

  1. Jay Vine (Aus) Alpecin-Deceuninck, in 4-38-00
  2. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, at 15s
  3. Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar, at 16s
  4. Juan Ayuso (Spa) UAE Team Emirates, at 55s
  5. Primož Roglič (Svn) Jumbo-Visma, at 1-37
  6. Pavel Sivakov (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers, at same time
  7. Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
  8. Jai Hindley (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
  9. Carlos Rodríguez (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers
  10. Simon Yates (GBr) BikeExchange-Jayco

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:red_square: GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE SIX

  1. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, in 20-50-07
  2. Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, at 21s
  3. Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar, at 28s
  4. Primož Roglič (Svn) Jumbo-Visma, at 1-01
  5. Juan Ayuso (Spa) UAE Team Emirates, at 1-12
  6. Pavel Sivakov (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers, at 1-27
  7. Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at same time
  8. Carlos Rodríguez (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers, at 1-34
  9. Simon Yates (GBr) BikeExchange-Jayco, at 1-52
  10. João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, at 1-54

:green_square: POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE SIX

  1. Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe, 127pts
  2. Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo, 118pts
  3. Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Team Emirates, 47pts
  4. Primož Roglič (Svn) Jumbo-Visma, 41pts
  5. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, 41pts

:large_blue_circle: MOUNTAINS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE SIX

  1. Victor Langelloti (Mon) Burgos-BH, 13pts
  2. Jay Vine (Aus) Alpecin-Deceuninck, 11pts
  3. Rubén Fernández (Spa) Cofidis, 11pts
  4. Mark Padun (Ukr) EF Education-EasyPost, 10pts
  5. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, 6pts

:white_large_square: YOUTH CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE SIX

  1. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, in 20-50-07
  2. Juan Ayuso (Spa) UAE Team Emirates, at 1-12
  3. Pavel Sivakov (Fra) Ineos Grenadiers, at 1-27
  4. Carlos Rodríguez (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers, at 1-34
  5. João Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, at 1-54

:small_red_triangle: TEAMS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE SIX

  1. UAE Team Emirates, in 61-44-41
  2. Bahrain Victorious, at 10s
  3. Ineos Grenadiers, at 15s
  4. Movistar, at 34s
  5. Bora-Hansgrohe, at 1-10
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Friday 26th August 2022

Stage 7: Camargo - Cistierna (190km)

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Yesterday’s stage had the most (vertical) climbing in this tour at 4120m, although Stage 15 is very nearly the same, today’s stage 7 has 3359m, tomorrows 3741m, and Sunday’s 3675m.

Today’s highlight is the super-long slog-fest scramble up the Puerto de San Glorio.

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Twas a bit of a Misty Mountain Hop yesterday! Pleased to see Jay Vine (through the fog) hold the lead at the finish, would have been a shame if he got pipped at the post.

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