This week (starting on Tuesday after the first rest day) will probably be the harder of all stages blocks.

First we come back to the Navarese Pyrenees, but then we travel westwards again, along the Atlantic coast, or more exactly for the climbs, along the Cantabrian range. Basque Country, Cantabria, Asturias and Galicia will be visited in order.

Standings after stage 9

General

  1. T. Træen 🇳🇴 Bahrain
  2. J. Vingegaard 🇩🇰 Visma – 37″
  3. J. Almeida 🇵🇹 UAE – 1′15″
  4. T. Pidcock 🇬🇧 Q36.5 – 1′35″
  5. F. Gall 🇨🇭 Décathlon – 2′14″
  6. G. Ciccone 🇮🇹 Lidl-Trek – 2′42″
  7. L. Fortunato 🇮🇹 Astana – 2′47″
  8. M. Jorgenson 🇺🇸 Visma – 2′49″
  9. J. Hindley 🇦🇺 Bora – 2′53″
  10. G. Pellizzari 🇮🇹 Bora – 2′53″
  11. E. Bernal 🇨🇴 Ineos – 2′57″ and then 6 others riders before 4′30″

Points

  1. M. Pedersen 🇩🇰 Lidl-trek – 120 pts
  2. E. Vernon 🇬🇧 IPT – 111 pts
  3. J. Philipsen 🇧🇪 Alpecin – 105 pts
  4. J. Vingegaard 🇩🇰 Visma – 100 pts
  5. G. Ciccone 🇮🇹 Lidl-Trek – 88 pts
  6. D. Gaudu 🇫🇷 FDJ – 62 pts

NB : only Ciccone and Vingegaard swapped places since we arrived in Spain, otherwise the members and order of top-6 is the same as it was.

Mountain

  1. J. Vine 🇦🇺 UAE – 34 pts
  2. L. Vervaeke 🇧🇪 Soudal-QS – 23 pts
  3. J. Ayuso 🇪🇸 UAE – 20 pts
  4. S. Quinn 🇺🇸 EF – 18 pts
  5. J. Nicolau 🇪🇸 Caja Rural – 16 pts
  6. J. Vingegaard 🇩🇰 Visma – 15 pts

Teams (rounded)

  1. UAE 🇳🇱
  2. Visma – 6′30″
  3. Astana – 14′15″
  4. Soudal-QS – 21′30″
  5. Décathlon – 25′45″
  • Deschanel2017OPM
    1·
    1 month ago

    Stage 15: Sunday 7, 13:05–13:12 → 17:15–17:44

    A peculiar stage going from Asturias to Galicia, with a start given in a very long climb (only 5% average, but with one steep part), followed by many small climbs in the first half of the stage, before a quite easier second half.

    Will Ivo Oliveira be the UAE winner of the day?

    • EvilCartyen@feddit.dkM
      2·
      30 days ago

      Very impressive by Lil-Trek, everyone could see the plan from the start of the stage, and yet they and Mads Pedersen delivered an outstanding victory.

      • Deschanel2017OPM
        2·
        30 days ago

        It’s like with UAE riders: everyone should see the plan unrolling, everyone should see that unless the UAE rider / Pedersen suffers a sudden weakness, he is superior to almost if not all other riders in the breakaway, yet they ride with him without a second thought.

        In this case, they rode with Pedersen until the Vine+Vervaecke duo was caught, that is, for over 100 km, well within the last 10 kilometres, and after that a couple of times (Sheffield and probably Bernal too, the Ineos riders) even chased for him when there were attacks in the last miles, though he did most of the chasing himself.

        • EvilCartyen@feddit.dkM
          1·
          30 days ago

          I thought they did ok, they had to catch the two out front to have a little chance themselves, so that part I get. And in the end many people attacked, but Pedersen was just too strong and used some of the attacks as a sort of leadout, especially Frigo’s last attempt.