Results 16th stage 2024 Vuelta
1. Marc Soler (spa)
2. Filippo Zana (ita) + 0.18
3. Max Poole (gbr) + 0.23
4. Jay Vine (aus) + 0.57
5. Ion Izagirre (spa) + 1.02
6. Isaac del Toro (mex) + 1.29
7. Marco Frigo (ita) + 1.35
8. Matthew Riccitello (usa) + 1.47
9. Enric Mas (spa) + 3.54
10. Richard Carapaz (ecu) s.t.
11. Primoz Roglic (slo) s.t.
12. Mattias Skjelmose (den) + 4.01
13. David Gaudu (fra) s.t.
15. Carlos Rodriguez (spa) + 4.05
16. Mikel Landa (spa) s.t.
19. Florian Lipowitz (ger) 4.46
20. Ben O’Connor (aus) + 4.52
22. Pavel Sivakov (fra) + 4.59
GC after stage 16
1. Ben O’Connor (aus)
2. Primoz Roglic (slo) + 0.05
3. Enric Mas (spa) + 1.25
4. Richard Carapaz (ecu) + 1.46
5. Mikel Landa (spa) + 2.18
6. David Gaudu (fra) + 3.48
7. Carlos Rodriguez (spa) + 3.53
8. Mattias Skjelmose (den) + 4.00
9. Florian Lipowitz (ger) + 4.27
10. Pavel Sivakov (fra) + 5.19
Race report
A lot movement from the start, but it takes over 30 kilometres for the breakaway to establish itself. Jay Vine, Wout van Aert, Marc Soler, Max Poole, Isaac del Toro, William Junior Lecerf, Marco Frigo, Matthew Riccitello, Darren Rafferty, Oier Lazkano, Fran Milholjevic, Felix Engelhardt, Filippo Zana, Simon Gugliemi, and Martijn Tusveld open up a lead of several minutes before Ion Izagirre and Sylvain Moniquet also make it across.
Van Aert outsprints Vine for KOM points at the Mirador del Fito. The peloton trails at 10 minutes at that point.
The peloton closes in to under 7 minutes on the Collada Llomena before Enric Mas jumps clear in the last 2 kilometres. Mikel Landa goes on the counter-attack as his compatriot is brought back. He then stops his efforts, while Van Aert extends his KOM lead at the summit.
Engelhardt hits the deck in the descent and he takes Van Aert and Del Toro down with him. The KOM leader and leader of the points classification is in too much pain to continue the race.
The lead group is down to Tusveld, Poole, Frigo, Izagirre, Soler, Zana, Riccitello, Vine, Lecerf, Miholjevic, Del Toro, and Gugliemi as they tackle the finish climb. The peloton is 6 minutes in arrears.
Shortly, Poole, Frigo, Del Toro, and Zana head out together. Soler and Riccitello regain contact just inside the last 10 kilometres. Izagirre also makes it across.
Then Soler ups the pace. Poole is right on his wheel, followed by Frigo and Zana. And when the young Brit accelerates, the only rider still on his wheel is Zana.
Soler makes it back with 7.6 kilometres to go, and when he starts setting the pace, Zana is dropped. For a moment, as the Italian claws his way back in contention.
Meanwhile, Mikel Landa attacks lower down the mountain. His solo adventure doesn’t last long, but when the rest catch up, it’s without red jersey Ben O’Connor. Still more than 6 kilometres left to climb at the point.
Primoz Roglic then neutralises an attack by Enric Mas and Richard Carapaz, Soler shakes off Poole and Zana within the last 5 kilometres.
With those last two moves, the stage is set. Soler solos to victory, while O’Connor gives it everything to limit his losses. In a way, he succeeds, as the Australian holds onto the red jersey with a 5 seconds lead over Roglic.
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