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Vuelta a Espana stage 13 Live - A hilly finish in Montilla

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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of stage 13 of the Vuelta a España.

After Thursday's summit finish at Peñas Blancas, the Vuelta peloton is back in the hills today, though a less tough test as they race to Montilla.

The big news of the morning is the positive COVID-19 test of Juan Ayuso, who lies in fifth place. He'll continue in the race, though, due to a low viral load.

Take a look at the map of today's stage here.

Plenty of hills on the route today, but none of them are classified so there's little to fight for during the stage.

A reminder of yesterday's stage result and the GC outlook after 12 stages.

The riders have gone to the start and are now rolling through the neutral zone.

147 riders start today's stage.

20 minutes in the neutral zone today so a bit to go before the real racing begins.

If you want to catch up with yesterday's action, check out our stage 12 report here

168km to go

Attacks fly from the very start of the stage.

162km to go

The trio have quickly built a one-minute gap. This looks like the break of the day already...

155km to go

After a short uphill from the start, the riders are heading downhill for a spell, so it's a quick start.

Race leader Remco Evenepoel had this to say this morning following his crash yesterday...

2:40 for the three breakaway men currently.

140km to go

The sprint teams leading the peloton during stage 13.

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128km to go

Van den Berg, Okamika, and Bou have all been in the break earlier on in this Vuelta

Dutchman Van den Berg was in the move on stages 2 and 3, where he took the mountain jersey on home soil.

A fast first hour saw the riders zip along at 45kph.

108km to go

A look at the breakaway out on the road today.

96km to go

2:25 for the breakaway currently.

The trio out front are still working well together at the moment.

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The same mix of sprint teams continue to lead the peloton as they head through the feed zone.

87km to go

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81km to go

A shot of the peloton out on the course today.

A 43kph average speed after two hours of racing.

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65km to go

Trek-Segafredo will be working for green jersey leader Mads Pedersen today. Cofidis are working for Bryan Coquard. BikeExchange-Jayco, meanwhile, are working for Kaden Groves.

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Cofidis are working for Coquard today but his teammate Davide Cimolai said earlier that the Frenchman is set to pull out of the Vuelta this evening in order to focus on other races.

54km to go

Three minutes for the breakaway.

So far this stage has been as dull as the one from two days ago.

Okamika almost misjudges a corner in the break, correcting his course at the last moment to stop himself from running on down a closed-off road. On they go.

Bora-Hansgrohe have also come to the front of the peloton with BikExchange-Jayco, Cofidis, and Trek-Segafredo. The German team will be working for sprinter Danny van Poppel.

43km to go

Thibault Guernalec (Arkéa-Samsic) abandoned the race following a crash earlier in the day. 146 riders left in the race.

A 44.6kph average speed so far. And the break's advantage keeps coming down.

34km to go

The gap continues to come down as the sprint teams up the pace.

Race leader Evenepoel safe in the peloton so far.

The gap is now heading down towards a minute. 1:10 now.

Now it goes under a minute as Trek-Segafredo continue to push on at high pace.

20km to go

Just over 5km to go to the intermediate sprint.

The pace is still high as the peloton speeds along in pursuit of the leading trio.

15km to go

Bou and Okamika lead the way over the sprint, which heads slightly uphill. Van den Berg drops away from his two companions.

Mads Pedersen led the peloton across the line for fourth.

14km to go

13km to go

Ineos Grenadiers move to the front now.

11km to go

Trek, Arkéa, Ineos, BikeExchange, Jumbo among the teams up front in the peloton.

10km to go

The pair are caught and the break is over. All riders together now.

9km to go

Astana Qazaqstan are also represented at the front at the moment.

QuickStep, too.

7km to go

The road kicks up at the 5km mark and it stays uphill most of the way to the line barring a brief dip.

6km to go

KOM leader Jay Vine up front working for his team in among the mix of different squads on the front.

4km to go

Still a bit of a headwind blowing into the peloton.

Ineos organise further on the front as they keep racing up the climb.

3km to go

Now Movistar come up, too.

Now Bahrain Victorious move up with Fred Wright.

Green jersey Pedersen is around 15 men back from the front.

2km to go

They're on the flat section before it kicks up for the 700-metre rise to the line now.

1km to go

Around the right-hand turn before the rise to the line.

Jumbo-Visma lead it.

They're on the uphill stretch now.

Bora jump to the front taking it over.

Pedersen right up there. UAE take it up.

Ackermann goes long!

Pedersen gets on his wheel.

Ackermann went far too long and Pedersen comes around at around 150m to go.

Easy in the end for Pedersen, who swept past Ackermann.

Pedersen had three second places earlier in the race and now he finally gets his stage win.

Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) came through to take second place while Ackermann finished third. Wright finished fourth further back.

Ackermann must've gone with around 300 metres to go there, hoping to catch his rivals by surprise. Pedersen was right up front and was quick to react.

Nobody else was in the picture. Pedersen simply blazed past and rode the final 100 metres solo to take the win.

Pedersen celebrates his stage win.

Roglič the first of the GC men to come home, though he was down in ninth place. Evenepoel, Mas, Ayuso, Rodríguez finished further back but all safe in the peloton.

Here's what Mads Pedersen had to say about his stage victory.

The current GC standings in the 2022 Vuelta a España after stage 13

Check out the action from the final kilometre of stage 13 below.

Mads Pedersen wins hilly stage 13 in Montilla at Vuelta a España

Mads Pedersen celebrates his stage win on the podium.

Remco Evenepoel remains in the red jersey by 2:41.

Pedersen has only extended his green jersey points lead today. He now has 247 points to Marc Soler's 96.

On 40 points, Jay Vine is still secure in the polka dot mountain jersey.