Vuelta 2024: Van Aert completes hattrick in Baiona, OConnor still in red

Vuelta 2024: Van Aert completes hattrick in Baiona, O’Connor still in red

foto: Cor VosWout van Aert is active from the start and he spends the entire day on the attack. After strengthening his lead in the points classification at the intermediate sprint, he charges ahead, with only Quentin Pacher able to latch on. In the sprint, Van Aert is by far the fastest of the two. The GC remains unchanged, with Ben O'Connor leading La Vuelta. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 10th stage 2024 Vuelta

1. Wout van Aert (bel)
2. Quentin Pacher (fra) + 0.03
3. Marc Soler (spa) + 2.01
4. William Junior Lecerf (fra) s.t.
5. Juri Hollmann (ger) s.t.
6. Txomin Juaristi (spa) + 5.13
7. Jhonatan Narváez (ecu) + 5.31
8. Stefan Küng (swi) s.t.
9. George Bennett (aus) s.t.
10. Harold Tejada (col) s.t.

GC after stage 10
1. Ben O’Connor (aus)
2. Primoz Roglic (slo) + 3.53
3. Richard Carapaz (ecu) + 4.32
4. Enric Mas (spa) + 4.35
5. Mikel Landa (spa) + 5.17
6. Florian Lipowitz (ger) + 5.29
7. Adam Yates (gbr) + 5.30
8. Felix Gall (aut) s.t.
9. Carlos Rodriguez (spa) + 6.00
10. David Gaudu (fra) + 6.32

Race report
Wout van Aert, Mathis Le Berre and Harold Tejada attack in the run-up to the first climb, Alto de Fonfría. The three are caught on the early slopes.

Attacks keep flying until Marc Soler, Wout van Aert, and William Junior Lecerf open up a gap in the last 2 kilometres of the Fonfría. Back in the valley, Juri Hollmann and Quentin Pacher bridge across to them. Behind them the race remains heated for tens of kilometres.

The chase halts around the midway marker, and then the gap widens to over 6 minutes.

Van Aert takes the intermediate sprint and he pushes on, while Pacher rejoins him before the last climb of the day.

At the summit of the Alto de Mougas, Van Aert draws level on points with KOM leader Adam Yates. Pacher is on his wheel, while Lecerf and Soler reach the top a minute later.

Van Aert and Pacher work well together to distance the chasers before the Belgian powers to a commanding victory in Baiona.

The peloton finishes together, so the GC remains unchanged, with Ben O’Sonnor leading almost 4 minutes ahead of Primoz Roglic.

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