João Almeida (UAE Team Emirate-XRG) snatched stage victory from race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) at the end of a stunning showcase of climbing ability on the brutal slopes of the Alto de l'Angliru as the two main red jersey contenders rode clear of the field on stage 13 of the Vuelta a España.
Almeida delivered considerable efforts on the long and infamously-steep ascent of the Angliru, riding Vingegaard off his back wheel on the final few hundred metres of the 12.5km ascent. It came after a relentless day which saw a surreal average speed of 41.6 kph on the 202.7km stage with over 4,000 metres of climbing.
How it unfolded
Angliru in anger
Results
Position | Rider (Team) | Time Gap |
|---|---|---|
1 | João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) | 4:54:15 |
2 | Jonas Vingegaard Hansen (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) | +0:03 |
3 | Jai Hindley (Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe) | +0:28 |
4 | Sepp Kuss (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) | +0:30 |
5 | Felix Gall (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) | +0:52 |
6 | Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe) | +1:11 |
7 | Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) | +1:16 |
8 | Matthew Riccitello (Israel–Premier Tech) | " |
9 | Giulio Ciccone (Lidl–Trek) | +2:15 |
10 | Abel Balderstone Roumens (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA) | +3:06 |
11 | Harold Alfonso Tejada Canacue (XDS Astana Team) | +3:43 |
12 | Felix Großschartner (UAE Team Emirates) | " |
13 | Junior Lecerf (Soudal Quick-Step) | " |
14 | Torstein Træen (Bahrain Victorious) | +4:09 |
15 | Guillermo Juan Martinez Huertas (Team Picnic PostNL) | +4:26 |
16 | Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (INEOS Grenadiers) | +4:32 |
17 | Matteo Jorgenson (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) | " |
18 | Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates) | +6:12 |
19 | Jaume Guardeño Roma (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA) | +6:47 |
20 | Louis Du Bouisson Meintjes (Intermarché–Wanty) | " |
21 | Bob Jungels (INEOS Grenadiers) | +7:07 |
22 | Nicolya Vinokurov (XDS Astana Team) | +7:14 |
23 | Kevin Vermaerke (Team Picnic PostNL) | +7:57 |
24 | Jefferson Cepeda (Movistar Team) | +8:03 |
25 | Wouter Poels (XDS Astana Team) | +8:18 |
26 | Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Lidl–Trek) | " |
27 | Edward Dunbar (Team Jayco AlUla) | +9:11 |
28 | Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) | +9:35 |
29 | Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) | +10:38 |
30 | Gianmarco Garofoli (Soudal Quick-Step) | +10:56 |
31 | José Luis Faura Asensio (Burgos–BH) | +11:07 |
32 | Mikel Landa Meana (Soudal Quick-Step) | +11:51 |
33 | Rudy Molard (Groupama–FDJ) | +12:17 |
34 | Johannes Staune-Mittet (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) | +12:34 |
35 | Clément Braz Afonso (Groupama–FDJ) | +12:36 |
36 | Guillermo Thomas Silva Coussan (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA) | +13:58 |
37 | Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (Lotto) | +16:00 |
38 | Edward Planckaert (Alpecin-Deceuninck) | +16:59 |
39 | Ben Zwiehoff (Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe) | " |
40 | Andrea Bagioli (Lidl–Trek) | +17:16 |
41 | Julien Bernard (Lidl–Trek) | +17:29 |
42 | Hugo De la Calle Arango (Burgos–BH) | " |
43 | Marco Frigo (Israel–Premier Tech) | +17:41 |
44 | Jan Hirt (Israel–Premier Tech) | +17:42 |
45 | Pierre Thierry (Arkéa–B&B Hotels) | +17:47 |
46 | David Gonzalez Lopez (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) | +18:03 |
47 | Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates) | +18:15 |
48 | Huub Artz (Intermarché–Wanty) | " |
49 | Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious) | " |
50 | Victor Langellotti (INEOS Grenadiers) | " |
51 | Damien Craig Howson (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) | +18:30 |
52 | Léandre Lozouet (Arkéa–B&B Hotels) | +18:52 |
53 | Xavier Finlay Pickering (Bahrain Victorious) | " |
54 | Gijs Leemreize (Team Picnic PostNL) | " |
55 | Ivo Emanuel Alves Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates) | +19:05 |
56 | Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS Astana Team) | +19:55 |
57 | Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Bahrain Victorious) | +20:05 |
58 | Ben Tulett (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) | +20:10 |
59 | Fausto Masnada (XDS Astana Team) | +20:12 |
60 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Lidl–Trek) | +20:26 |
61 | Léo Bisiaux (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) | " |
62 | Victor Campenaerts (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) | +20:42 |
63 | Finn Lachlan Fox Fisher-Black (Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe) | +20:51 |
64 | Ivan Garcia Cortina (Movistar Team) | +21:27 |
65 | Jonas Rickaert (Alpecin-Deceuninck) | " |
66 | Michel Heßmann (Movistar Team) | +22:38 |
67 | Roman Ermakov (Bahrain Victorious) | +23:16 |
68 | Marcel Camprubi Pijuan (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) | " |
69 | Mathijs Paasschens (Bahrain Victorious) | " |
70 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Lidl–Trek) | +23:22 |
71 | Maximilian Schachmann (Soudal Quick-Step) | " |
72 | Emanuel Buchmann (Cofidis) | " |
73 | Jakub Otruba (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA) | +23:26 |
74 | Sergio Samitier Samitier (Cofidis) | +24:15 |
75 | Jordan Labrosse (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) | +25:03 |
76 | Rémi Cavagna (Groupama–FDJ) | +25:07 |
77 | Alex Molenaar (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA) | +25:16 |
78 | Callum Scotson (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) | +25:31 |
79 | Nicolo' Buratti (Bahrain Victorious) | " |
80 | Nickolas Zukowsky (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) | +25:42 |
81 | Brandon Smith Rivera Vargas (INEOS Grenadiers) | +25:50 |
82 | Domen Novak (UAE Team Emirates) | +25:56 |
83 | Juul Christopher Jensen (Team Jayco AlUla) | +26:04 |
84 | Christopher Hamilton (Team Picnic PostNL) | +26:15 |
85 | Louis Vervaeke (Soudal Quick-Step) | +26:19 |
86 | Mauri Vansevenant (Soudal Quick-Step) | +26:29 |
87 | Kelland O’Brien (Team Jayco AlUla) | +26:39 |
88 | Gal Glivar (Alpecin-Deceuninck) | " |
89 | Nans Peters (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) | +26:48 |
90 | Juan Ayuso Pesquera (UAE Team Emirates) | +26:51 |
91 | Mario Aparicio Muñoz (Burgos–BH) | +27:05 |
92 | David Gaudu (Groupama–FDJ) | +27:28 |
93 | Brieuc Rolland (Groupama–FDJ) | " |
94 | Thibaud Gruel (Groupama–FDJ) | " |
95 | Markel Beloki Fernandez (EF Education–EasyPost) | " |
96 | Simone Petilli (Intermarché–Wanty) | " |
97 | Stefan Küng (Groupama–FDJ) | +27:38 |
98 | Lukas Nerurkar (EF Education–EasyPost) | +27:49 |
99 | Eduardo Sepulveda (Lotto) | " |
100 | Liam Slock (Lotto) | +27:54 |
101 | Victor Guernalec (Arkéa–B&B Hotels) | +27:58 |
102 | Sean Quinn (EF Education–EasyPost) | +28:20 |
103 | Anders Foldager (Team Jayco AlUla) | +28:22 |
104 | Jesus Herrada (Cofidis) | +28:36 |
105 | Wilco Kelderman (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) | " |
106 | Bjoern Koerdt (Team Picnic PostNL) | +29:03 |
107 | Patrick Gamper (Team Jayco AlUla) | " |
108 | Sander De Pestel (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) | " |
109 | David De la Cruz Melgarejo (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) | +29:17 |
110 | Xabier Mikel Azparren Irurzun (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) | " |
111 | Javier Romo Oliver (Movistar Team) | " |
112 | Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (XDS Astana Team) | " |
113 | Jardi Christiaan Van Der Lee (EF Education–EasyPost) | +29:27 |
114 | Lars Craps (Lotto) | +29:40 |
115 | Nicola Conci (XDS Astana Team) | +29:44 |
116 | Dion Allan Smith (Intermarché–Wanty) | +30:31 |
117 | Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Movistar Team) | " |
118 | Carlos Canal Blanco (Movistar Team) | +30:52 |
119 | Madis Mihkels (EF Education–EasyPost) | +31:13 |
120 | James Shaw (EF Education–EasyPost) | +31:41 |
121 | Nico Denz (Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe) | +32:27 |
122 | Tim Van Dijke (Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe) | +32:29 |
123 | Matteo Sobrero (Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe) | " |
124 | Filippo Ganna (INEOS Grenadiers) | " |
125 | Giovanni Aleotti (Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe) | " |
126 | Jasper De Buyst (Lotto) | " |
127 | Tobias Bayer (Alpecin-Deceuninck) | " |
128 | Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) | " |
129 | Alec Segaert (Lotto) | " |
130 | Patrick Eddy (Team Picnic PostNL) | " |
131 | Kamiel Bonneu (Intermarché–Wanty) | +32:50 |
132 | Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) | +33:53 |
133 | Luca Van Boven (Intermarché–Wanty) | +34:01 |
134 | Joan Bou Company (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA) | +34:06 |
135 | Joel Nicolau Beltran (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA) | " |
136 | Alessandro Verre (Arkéa–B&B Hotels) | +34:09 |
137 | Arne Marit (Intermarché–Wanty) | +34:30 |
138 | Jenthe Biermans (Arkéa–B&B Hotels) | " |
139 | Louis Rouland (Arkéa–B&B Hotels) | +34:32 |
140 | Dylan Van Baarle (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) | +35:10 |
141 | Magnus Sheffield (INEOS Grenadiers) | +35:12 |
142 | Fabio Christen (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) | +35:33 |
143 | Mikkel Norsgaard Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates) | +35:55 |
144 | Daan Hoole (Lidl–Trek) | " |
145 | Ben Turner (INEOS Grenadiers) | " |
146 | Nadav Raisberg (Israel–Premier Tech) | " |
147 | Michal Kwiatkowski (INEOS Grenadiers) | " |
148 | Pier-André Côté (Israel–Premier Tech) | " |
149 | Timo Roosen (Team Picnic PostNL) | " |
150 | Ethan Kane Vernon (Israel–Premier Tech) | " |
151 | Dries De Pooter (Intermarché–Wanty) | +36:07 |
152 | Thomas Jake Stewart (Israel–Premier Tech) | " |
153 | Elia Viviani (Lotto) | +36:18 |
154 | Oscar Riesebeek (Alpecin-Deceuninck) | +36:23 |
155 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Cofidis) | +36:35 |
156 | Mads Pedersen (Lidl–Trek) | +37:27 |
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