Vuelta 2023: Sprint triumph Dainese, Kuss still leader

foto: Cor VosAlberto Dainese sprints to victory on the dead straight finish lane in Íscar. He outguns Filippo Ganna and Marijn van den Berg, while Sepp Kuss stays in red. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 19th stage 2023 Vuelta

1. Alberto Dainese (ita)
2. Filippo Ganna (ita) s.t.
3. Marijn van den Berg (nld) s.t.
4. Davide Cimolai (ita) s.t.
5. Iván García (spa) s.t.
6. Maurice Ballerstadt (ger) s.t.
7. Lewis Askey (gbr) s.t.
8. Hugo Hofstetter (fra) s.t.
9. Fernando Barceló (spa) s.t.
10. Jonas Koch (ger) s.t.

GC after stage 19
1. Sepp Kuss (usa)
2. Jonas Vingegaard (den) + 0.17
3. Primoz Roglic (slo) + 1.08
4. Juan Ayuso (spa) + 4.00
5. Mikel Landa (spa) + 4.19
6. Enric Mas (spa) + 4.30
7. Cian Uijtdebroeks (bel) + 7.37
8. Aleksandr Vlasov (rus) + 8.35
9. João Almeida (por) + 10.20
10. Santiago Buitrago (spa) + 12.20

Race report
Mathis Le Berre is the first attacker at kilometre 2 and Paul Lapeira and Michal Schlegel bridge across to him. The peloton is bunched again at kilometre 9.

The three give it another go, this time with time with Clément Davy, and that’s the right move. The four open up a 3 minutes lead.

Davy is the last rider to be reeled in just after the intermediate sprint before Samuele Battistella counter-attacks. He is caught inside the last 10 kilometres.

Green jersey Groves gets boxed in behind a crash in the finale, while Ganna opens the sprint early. Too early. Dainese pips him for the win in the dying metres of the race.

Kuss finishes safely in the bunch to extend his lead on GC.

Another interesting read: route 19th stage 2023 Vuelta.