2025-09-06T13:10:43.716Z<\/p>\n
Campanaerts still hasn’t given up the ghost entirely – he’s 1:46 behind the lead group, riding with Gijs Leeimreize of Team Picnic-PostNL.<\/p>\n
The gap has steadied once again at 4:40.<\/p>\n
2025-09-06T13:09:18.412Z<\/p>\n
Xabier Azparren (Q36.5 Pro Cycling) has finally made it across to the breakaway group, after an incredible fight. He will hope to be allowed to sit on for a while and recover after an immense effort.<\/p>\n
The group are now 22-strong once again. The best represented team is Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale who have four cards to play within the group, and find themselves in a very strong position. In addition to Armirail, they have Jordan Labrosse, L\u00e9o Bisiaux and Johannes Staune-Mittet.<\/p>\n
2025-09-06T13:03:35.526Z<\/p>\n
With 88 kilometres to race, the gap continues to stretch out – it’s well over four minutes now, indicating it could be a good day for the breakaway.<\/p>\n
The first categorised climb of the day is approaching. It’s a category 3 climb and the break will reach it in around 20 kilometres’ time.<\/p>\n
2025-09-06T13:02:12.557Z<\/p>\n
Today’s breakaway powers towards the first categorised climb of the day<\/p>\n
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2025-09-06T12:59:39.843Z<\/p>\n
The gap has extended to four minutes, as Campanaerts appears to concede his effort – he’ll likely slide back to the peloton now.<\/p>\n
90km to go <\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:54:12.134Z<\/p>\n Campanaerts is finally delivered a bike from his team car and sets about trying to make up the deficit, he’s 1:40 behind the break now, truly trapped in a chasse patate – but if anyone can make it across in this kind of situation, it’s Campanaerts.<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:50:06.868Z<\/p>\n Azparren continues to chase the lead group – he’s around 30 seconds behind them. Campanaerts is just over a minute behind the leaders, still waiting on his own bike.<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:49:03.270Z<\/p>\n The gap to the break has stabilised at 3:30.<\/p>\n 100km to go <\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:47:56.534Z<\/p>\n A nightmare for Campanaerts – he is struggling to make up the lost ground as he rides the neutral service bike – he needs his own replacement bike but his team car hasn’t yet made it up to him.<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:43:21.938Z<\/p>\n The gap grows out over three minutes, as Campanaerts has to stop with a mechanical issue. He has to take service from the Shimano team.<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:39:42.515Z<\/p>\n See above for the full list of riders in today’s sizeable breakaway. From the two top teams in the race, UAE boast two riders in the break – Marc Soler and Mikkel Bjerg – while Visma | Lease a Bike have a sole representative in Victor Campanaerts.<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:37:50.474Z<\/p>\n With the breakaway established, the peloton begins to allow the gap to grow. It’s currently up to 1:30.<\/p>\n The break comprises some 22 riders, with the closest on GC Bruno Armirail (Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale), who sits 12:04 behind the race leader Jonas Vingegaard.<\/p>\n There are still three riders labouring in between the break and the peloton.<\/p>\n 110km to go <\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:31:18.286Z<\/p>\n And it’s done. The peloton eases their foot off the gas and riders begin to take natural breaks as at the head of the race, a group numbering around 30 riders establishes itself as the day’s early break, after 22 kilometres of action.<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:30:13.399Z<\/p>\n A chasing group of three – Asparren (Q36.5 Pro Cycling), Vansevenant (Soudal-QuickStep) and a rider from Team Picnic-PostNL – are trying to bridge to the lead group.<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:28:50.238Z<\/p>\n A large group are around 10 seconds clear of the bunch. Could this be the day’s early breakaway?<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:24:57.807Z<\/p>\n Bjerg attacks again and forces a split in the group, with around 15 riders clear of the remainder of the peloton.<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:24:21.543Z<\/p>\n Victor Campanaerts catches the group and moves to the front – everything is back together again as the race heads through a town.<\/p>\n 120km to go<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:22:27.931Z<\/p>\n Wheel change for Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers). He’s back on his way.<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:21:58.845Z<\/p>\n The chasing group swells to around 10 riders but they don’t have much room. Mikkel Bjerg is present for UAE Team Emirates and he drives the pace, gathering up Pickering and with UAE’s presence in the break, Visma lead the chase behind.<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:19:28.865Z<\/p>\n Pickering catches and passes Rickaert to become the sole leader of the race, but attacks continue to pour forth in his wake, with the bunch in bits behind.<\/p>\n A group of six now detaches from the front of the peloton and sets off in pursuit of Pickering.<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:17:00.761Z<\/p>\n Pickering continues to labour in between Rickaert and the rest of the bunch, as Buitrago drops back. A rider from EF is trying to bridge to the young Brit.<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:14:17.338Z<\/p>\n Rickaert leads by 15 seconds currently as further attacks launch behind – but nothing sticks.<\/p>\n Bahrain Victorious now take up the initiative, with Finlay Pickering getting a gap – his teammate Santiago Buitrago bridges to his wheel.<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:10:41.642Z<\/p>\n With Rickaert still alone at the head of the read, the attacks continue behind, with the peloton stretched out into a long line and the bunch splits under the pressure as the road heads downhill.<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:09:11.831Z<\/p>\n A large group pulls clear of the bunch – a Visma rider follows, whether to be a part of the break or simply to review the composition of the group is unclear.<\/p>\n 130km to go<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:06:55.664Z<\/p>\n Visma | Lease a Bike launch the next round of attacks.<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:06:35.503Z<\/p>\n Rickaert continues to lead solo – he led stage 9 of the Tour de France alongside his teammate Mathieu van der Poel back in July, winning the combativity prize for the day for his efforts. He’ll hope for some company very soon otherwise it could be a long day out for the 31-year-old Belgian.<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T12:03:12.487Z<\/p>\n We’re underway and the first attacker has launched – it’s Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Jonas Rickaert and he’s currently solo. Who will join him?<\/p>\n The next attack comes from EF Education-EasyPost.<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T11:59:02.501Z<\/p>\n Just over a kilometre remaining ahead of flag drop in this 14th stage of La Vuelta.<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T11:52:02.487Z<\/p>\n Press release from Israel-Premier Tech regarding the change of jersey.<\/p>\n In the interest of prioritizing the safety of our riders and the entire peloton, in light of the dangerous nature of some protests at @lavuelta, Israel \u2013 Premier Tech has issued riders with team monogram-branded kit for the remainder of the race. The team name remains Israel \u2013\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Dfw6FXegpMSeptember 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n 2025-09-06T11:50:45.536Z<\/p>\n Protesters have disrupted the neutralised start of today’s race, amid news that the Israel-Premier Tech team ride today’s stage with rebranded jerseys, the Israel logo removed from the front of the jersey.<\/p>\n The race is now continuing following minor disruption.<\/p>\n Protests disrupt race start<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T11:48:23.185Z<\/p>\n News of one rider withdrawal to bring you – Sergio Higuita (XDS Astana) will not begin stage 14. The team’s update on Higuita is below.<\/p>\n \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 RACE: @lavuelta @HiguitSergio will not start Stage 14 due to fatigue following recent illness before La Vuelta.The team has decided to allow him more time to fully recover ahead of the season\u2019s final races.#LaVuelta25 #XDSAstanaTeam \ud83d\udcf7 @SprintCycling pic.twitter.com\/TYKDmHWuncSeptember 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n 2025-09-06T11:43:18.647Z<\/p>\n Today’s stage profile begins with some rolling terrain, ahead of three categorised climbs, the first of these arriving after 63 kilometres.<\/p>\n Read the full preview of today’s stage here<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2025-09-06T11:37:08.514Z<\/p>\n The riders have rolled out and are covering the neutralised section ahead of flag drop.<\/p>\n The jersey wearers ahead of today’s stage.<\/p>\n