Vuelta a Espana stage 16 Live - Chaos in Tomares as Pedersen wins again
Roglic crashes, Evenepoel punctures in hectic finale
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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of stage 16 of the Vuelta a España.
A look at the map for today's stage, which is largely flat for most of the day as the riders wind inland in Andalucía towards Tomares.
So far two more riders have left the race ahead of today's stage.
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A reminder of the stage 15 results and the GC picture heading into today's stage.
Remco Evenepoel remains in the red jersey with a strong lead over Primož Roglič. The GC battle is unlikely to ignite on the closing hills of today's stage.
Evenepoel said yesterday that he's recovering from his crash injuries, though warned that 'danger lurks around every corner' in the final week
On Sunday, Evenepoel shed 15 seconds to Roglič, having lost 48 seconds the previous day. Up the road, meanwhile, Thymen Arensman was on the way to a breakaway stage victory.
20 minutes to go until the riders roll out to start today's stage.
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A look at today's final. A couple of small hills that shouldn't put off the versatile fastmen like Pedersen, Coquard, Wright and Ackermann who contested the finish on stage 13.
There's another larger hill at 10km to go which might provide a springboard for a late attack or one last jump from the breakaway, too.
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The peloton has rolled to begin the neutral zone now. 15 minutes of that before the flag drops.
189km to go
The flag drops and stage 16 is underway!
Ander Okamika (Burgos-BH) y Luis Angel Maté (Euskaltel-Euskadi) are on the attack early on.
It looks like the peloton is letting this two-man breakaway go straight away.
180km to go
Yep, the pair have three minutes and counting. That was a thrilling start to the stage!
Trek-Segafredo control the peloton on behalf of green jersey Mads Pedersen.
We have four hours of this to go... No climbs on today's stage to liven things up.
The gap is now up to 3:45 as Maté and Okamika press on.
174km to go
Cofidis are also working at the front of the bunch along with Trek-Segafredo. The French team will be working for Bryan Coquard today.
An early mechanical problem for Mads Pedersen, who is back in the peloton in no time.
168km to go
Just under four minutes for the break now.
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A look at the breakaway riders, who now have 3:35 on the peloton.
Today's stage is the first one in the break for 38-year-old Maté.
He's racing to plant trees in a natural park in Andalucía, with every kilometre he puts in the break equalling one tree planted. Vuelta organisers and his Euskaltel-Euskadi team are also backing the initiative.
Read the full story here in our interview with Maté at the recent Arctic Race of Norway.
148km to go
Maté and Okamika have 3:25 now.
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137km to go
Trek-Segafredo and Cofidis still control the peloton. The breakaway continues at 3:30.
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The other half of the breakaway, Ander Okamika, has been out front three times already in this Vuelta, on stages 3, 4, and 13.
A look at the peloton during today's pretty quiet stage.