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It’s been a slow first half an hour, with less than 20km ridden in that time, but Lotto have just moved to the front and started setting a slightly quicker pace.<\/p>\n
90KM TO GO<\/p>\n 2025-09-14T15:21:49.119Z<\/p>\n The four jersey winners – Jay Vine, Jonas Vingegaard, Mads Pedersen and, as of yesterday, Matthew Riccitello.<\/p>\n \n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2025-09-14T15:20:15.752Z<\/p>\n It’s all fun and games in the peloton. Someone even has a small water pistol they’re firing at a rider.<\/p>\n 2025-09-14T15:14:07.085Z<\/p>\n The wildcard teams Burgos Burpellet BH and Caja Rural – Seguros RGA take turns to pose at the front, giving us a very visible notion of how much the former have suffered this Vuelta – their roster of just four riders looks especially depleted in contrast to Caja Rural\u2019s almost complete set of seven.<\/p>\n 2025-09-14T15:10:23.646Z<\/p>\n Jonas Vingegaard signing a red jersey at the start of the stage.<\/p>\n \n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2025-09-14T15:04:24.603Z<\/p>\n The riders have taken these first few kilometres very easily. For now, they\u2019re in party mode rather than race mode.<\/p>\n 100KM TO GO<\/p>\n 2025-09-14T15:03:15.574Z<\/p>\n UAE Team Emirates-XRG have their moment at the front, though this one\u2019s a little less unambiguously celebratory. They have Jay Vine\u2019s King of the Mountains win, Jo\u00e3o Almeida\u2019s second-place overall and seven stage wins to celebrate, but there\u2019s been internal tension throughout the race and questions about their tactics and harmony – and they ultimately fell short in their aim of winning the red jersey.<\/p>\n 2025-09-14T15:00:27.499Z<\/p>\n It\u2019s Lidl-Trek\u2019s turn to celebrate. Their full roster of eight riders move to the front, Mads Pedersen resplendent in the green jersey he\u2019s worn almost the entire race.<\/p>\n 2025-09-14T14:58:13.779Z<\/p>\n Now Visma-Lease a Bike take their turn off the front of the peloton, celebrating Vingegaard\u2019s overall victory. They\u2019re posing in a custom black and red jersey they’re wearing for the day.<\/p>\n 2025-09-14T14:56:17.559Z<\/p>\n The race has technically started, but as it\u2019s the final celebratory stage, the riders are ambling along and in a party mood.<\/p>\n 2025-09-14T14:54:54.094Z<\/p>\n There\u2019s a fun moment for the Danish contingent in the peloton, as Pedersen in the green jersey and Vingegaard in the red jersey are joined by their compatriots arm in arm at the front of the race.<\/p>\n 2025-09-14T14:49:51.423Z<\/p>\n The riders are off, making their way through the neutralised zone watched by packed crowds in the streets of Alalpardo.<\/p>\n 2025-09-14T14:44:11.413Z<\/p>\n Completing the podium is Tom Pidcock, a result few predicted going into the Vuelta. The Brit has now proven himself as a Grand Tour GC contender, and spoke about how proud he was at this achievement, which ranks among the best of his career.<\/p>\n ‘The biggest performance of my career’ – Tom Pidcock celebrates breakthrough for first Grand Tour podium at Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a<\/a><\/p>\n 2025-09-14T14:40:27.824Z<\/p>\n While Jonas Vingegaard will wear the red jersey today, Jo\u00e3o Almeida will have to settle for second place. That\u2019s still his highest ever finish at Grand Tour level, and is all the more impressive now we know that he has been suffering from illness.<\/p>\n ‘We tried and that’s what matters’ – Jo\u00e3o Almeida satisfied with second place at Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a after sickness limits options in final week <\/a><\/p>\n 2025-09-14T14:19:37.668Z<\/p>\n Jonas Vingegaard is set to clinch his third Grand Tour title, after his two Tour de France crowns. He may not have been at his very very best but he dismissed the talk of an Almeida comeback with a fine win on Bola del Mundo yesterday. This was his reaction.<\/p>\n![\"ALAPARDO,](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/xH3GAfQQwobiNUKkdaVTVM.jpg\")
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