2025-08-31T12:19:27.015Z<\/p>\n
That pair is on a hiding to nothing, however, and have been brought back.<\/p>\n
2025-08-31T12:17:49.376Z<\/p>\n
Or do we? Some riders aren\u2019t content to give up the ghost yet – Mads Pedersen and Sander De Pestel have attacked out of the peloton.<\/p>\n
2025-08-31T12:16:20.906Z<\/p>\n
At long last, we have our break of the day.<\/p>\n
2025-08-31T12:15:34.136Z<\/p>\n
That\u2019s it, the elastic has snapped – the break\u2019s lead is up to over a minute and a half.<\/p>\n
2025-08-31T12:14:57.840Z<\/p>\n
You can only just about make out the peloton in the background, as the break builds it’s lead.<\/p>\n
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2025-08-31T12:11:18.170Z<\/p>\n
The five leaders are starting to make some gains. They\u2019ve grown their lead to over 30 seconds.<\/p>\n
2025-08-31T12:07:50.659Z<\/p>\n
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2025-08-31T12:06:09.385Z<\/p>\n
This five-man group is giving it a good shot, but still can\u2019t get much of a lead. Right now, they\u2019re being kept at 20 seconds.<\/p>\n
130KM TO GO<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T12:03:41.484Z<\/p>\n Vermaerke has made the juncture.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T11:59:38.099Z<\/p>\n Kevin Vermaerke has attacked out of the peloton in an attempt to bridge up to the leaders.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T11:57:57.586Z<\/p>\n The two chasers have caught the two leaders, but the peloton are right behind them.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T11:55:56.880Z<\/p>\n Kwiatkowski and Ryan lead Hessmann and Slock by 10 seconds, and the peloton by 15 seconds. That’s something of a gap, but it could all come back together yet again soon.<\/p>\n 140KM TO GO<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T11:55:05.103Z<\/p>\n Slock and Hessmann have set off in pursuit of the two leaders.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T11:52:11.540Z<\/p>\n More riders were chasing behind but are now back in the peloton.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T11:51:35.190Z<\/p>\n That duo\u2019s lead is growing – it\u2019s now up to 25 seconds.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T11:48:24.890Z<\/p>\n Kwiatkowski and Ryan have a gap of a few seconds.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T11:47:44.161Z<\/p>\n The riders have spent most of the day going gradually uphill, and have just reached what is the highest point of the stage prior to the final climb. They will now descend for a little while.<\/p>\n 150KM TO GO<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T11:46:38.519Z<\/p>\n For an idea of what it\u2019s been like during this first hour of racing, here\u2019s one of the many attempted moves, the pain on the riders\u2019 faces illustrating just how relentless a start it\u2019s been as attackers keep trying, and failing, to form a break.<\/p>\n \n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T11:38:58.875Z<\/p>\n More moves coming thick and fast, but nobody can make anything stick.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T11:37:39.933Z<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the group featuring Stefan K\u00fcng that tried to go clear earlier.<\/p>\n \n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T11:30:39.800Z<\/p>\n No, they won\u2019t – they\u2019ve been brought back by the peloton.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T11:28:15.818Z<\/p>\n A couple of riders have a bit of a gap – can they succeed where others have failed?<\/p>\n 160KM TO GO<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T11:26:32.546Z<\/p>\n The riders are passing through the feed zone, the race still not having settled down.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T11:18:45.467Z<\/p>\n While we wait for a break to form, here\u2019s what Matteo Jorgenson had to say about his Visma-Lease a Bike\u2019s strategy at this Vuelta, and how they are waiting until the second and third weeks to strike.<\/p>\n ‘It’s just a safer play’ – Matteo Jorgenson dampens expectations of fireworks by Visma-Lease a Bike before second half of Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a<\/a><\/p>\n 2025-08-31T11:13:37.263Z<\/p>\n They’ve been racing for over half an hour, but still no sign of a break forming.<\/p>\n 170KM TO GO<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T11:10:54.953Z<\/p>\n Still the race remains together, no attacks succeeding in going clear since that 4man move.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T11:04:04.277Z<\/p>\n All those attackers are bruoght back, and the race is as you were.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T11:03:22.482Z<\/p>\n \n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T11:02:18.291Z<\/p>\n Three more riders are chasing behind trying to join them.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T11:01:36.490Z<\/p>\n We now have 4 riders up the road – Kung, Labrosse, Segaert and Slot. They’ve only got a lead of about 10 seconds though.<\/p>\n 180KM TO GO<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T10:58:38.557Z<\/p>\n Three riders have a small gap, but the peloton is bearing down on them.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T10:52:39.867Z<\/p>\n Still no break has formed. The road is going uphill, so the terrain is conducive to moves going away, but none have managed to so far.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T10:47:23.229Z<\/p>\n The race is still all together.<\/p>\n 190KM TO GO<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T10:45:46.684Z<\/p>\n Now we have some action, with some riders trying to go clear, but they’ve been brought back.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T10:44:07.852Z<\/p>\n No sign yet of a break going clear. It\u2019s been a surprisingly subdued start so far.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T10:41:11.431Z<\/p>\n It\u2019s a warm day out there, with the temperature at 28 degrees.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T10:39:05.346Z<\/p>\n And they’re off!<\/p>\n OFFICIAL START<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T10:35:31.702Z<\/p>\n We’re just a few minutes away from the official start. Some riders will be bracing themselves to make an early move, in what could be a competitive battle to get into the day’s break.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T10:31:43.938Z<\/p>\n The scene at the start.<\/p>\n \n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T10:30:12.233Z<\/p>\n In fact, with the exception of the finish, there isn\u2019t a single categorised climb all day.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T10:26:10.628Z<\/p>\n While the stage finishes with a long category one climb, the roads before it are undulating rather than hilly, meaning non-climbers could get into the day\u2019s break.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T10:23:13.560Z<\/p>\n The riders are on the move now, making their way through the neutralised zone.<\/p>\n 2025-08-31T10:18:11.265Z<\/p>\n For more about today\u2019s parcours and its finish at Valdezcaray, be sure to read our stage preview.<\/p>\n Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a 2025 stage 9 preview – Summit finish favours breakaway<\/a><\/p>\n 2025-08-31T10:08:10.940Z<\/p>\n Here’s a reminder of what happened yesterday, if you missed it:<\/p>\n![\"ALFARO,](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/u6B5nAv4t7PHMUZaRRaVQ8.jpg\")
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