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
- T. Træen 🇳🇴 Bahrain
- J. Vingegaard 🇩🇰 Visma – 37″
- J. Almeida 🇵🇹 UAE – 1′15″
- T. Pidcock 🇬🇧 Q36.5 – 1′35″
- F. Gall 🇨🇭 Décathlon – 2′14″
- G. Ciccone 🇮🇹 Lidl-Trek – 2′42″
- L. Fortunato 🇮🇹 Astana – 2′47″
- M. Jorgenson 🇺🇸 Visma – 2′49″
- J. Hindley 🇦🇺 Bora – 2′53″
- G. Pellizzari 🇮🇹 Bora – 2′53″
- E. Bernal 🇨🇴 Ineos – 2′57″ and then 6 others riders before 4′30″
Points
- M. Pedersen 🇩🇰 Lidl-trek – 120 pts
- E. Vernon 🇬🇧 IPT – 111 pts
- J. Philipsen 🇧🇪 Alpecin – 105 pts
- J. Vingegaard 🇩🇰 Visma – 100 pts
- G. Ciccone 🇮🇹 Lidl-Trek – 88 pts
- 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
- J. Vine 🇦🇺 UAE – 34 pts
- L. Vervaeke 🇧🇪 Soudal-QS – 23 pts
- J. Ayuso 🇪🇸 UAE – 20 pts
- S. Quinn 🇺🇸 EF – 18 pts
- J. Nicolau 🇪🇸 Caja Rural – 16 pts
- J. Vingegaard 🇩🇰 Visma – 15 pts
Teams (rounded)
- UAE 🇳🇱
- Visma – 6′30″
- Astana – 14′15″
- Soudal-QS – 21′30″
- Décathlon – 25′45″
Stage 14: Saturday 6, 13:30–13:50 → 17:15–17:35
Another mountain stage. This one is shorter but chains 2 hard climbs in its final part. A few riders’ legs may still suffer from the Angliru climb the day before.
General time classification after the Angliru
Træen went down but stayed in top-10; Jorgenson and of course Armirail left it. Riccitello and Kuss entered it. Gaps start to be pronounced.
Another day, another UAE victory. 7 victories out of 9 Spanish stages…
Hindley had his team and Pelizarri pull for him. In the end he only arrives 10 seconds before Pidcock, thus stays out of the podium. But how can you expect better when you only attack within the last kilometre?