Vuelta 2025: The final battle between Vingegaard and Almeida at the top of the Bola del Mundo, the classification
The riders have just started the third climb of the day, Alto de Léon. A climb that is hurting the breakaway, while the gap has shrunk. It is now 1'18".
The UAE team has regained the lead of the pack. João Almeida's teammates are accelerating to avoid falling behind and, above all, to tire out Jonas Vingegaard.
After the first hour of racing, there are 115 kilometers left to cover in this 20th stage.
There are 36 riders to appear in the breakaway of this 20th stage of the Vuelta 2025: S. Buitrago, E. Bernal, B. Armirail, G. Ciccone, E. Dunbar, HM Lopez Granizo, R. Molard, M. Landa, J. Bernard, L. Vervaeke, F. Masnada, L. Fortunato, B. Jungels, J. Hirt, C. Canal Blanco, C. Verona, S. Küng, S. Quinn, M. Vansevenant, BS Rivera Vargas, J. Haig, J. Herrada, R. Ermakov, SG Chumil Gonzalez, OA Aular Sanabria, J. Labrosse, D. De La Cruz, K. O'brien, JC Van Der Lee, M. Aparicio Muñoz, L. Rouland, H. Artz, A. Verre, N. Zukowsky, E. Planckaert and J. Nicolau Beltran
Palestinian flags are numerous along the roadside. However, there are no disturbances, and the stage continues.
The runners are currently passing through San Lorenzo del Escorial, where Carlos Verona (Lidl-Trek) is from.
Red Bull, Bora, and Hansgrohe now lead the pack. The team is well placed in the overall standings, with 4th and 5th place.
Here is the ranking at the top of Puerto de La Paradilla:
- Joel Nicolau (Caja Rural-Seguro RGA) 3 points
- Carlos Verona (Lidl-Trek) 2 points
- Edward Dunbar (Team Jayco AlUla) 1 point
The breakaway now has a one-minute lead over the peloton as we approach the summit of Puerto de La Paradilla.
Keen to put their leader João Almeida in the best possible position, the UAE team moved to the front of the peloton. It's worth noting that the leading group that broke away had a 39-second lead.
The peloton has just started Puerto de La Paradilla, the second climb of the day. Green jersey holder Mads Pedersen launched an attack, but to no avail.
In the final few hundred meters of the first climb of the day, a group of nine riders broke away. Mikkel Landa and Mads Pedersen, among others, returned.
On the descent of the Alto de la Escondida, Belgian sprinter Arne Marit fell heavily on a bend.
Bahrain-Victorious rider Jack Haig crossed the summit of Alto de la Escondida in the lead.
Less than two kilometers from the summit of Alto de la Escondida, a group formed at the front, led by the Ineos Grenadiers team.
The 2025 edition is very mountainous with 10 summit finishes.
In France, as in the rest of Europe, the 2025 Tour of Spain is broadcast live and in full by Eurosport.
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