Kaden Groves wins over Van Aert in Villablino

The Australian cyclist Kaden Groves (Alpecin) has won this Saturday the fourteenth stage of La Vuelta 2024, of 200.5 kilometers between the Leonese towns of Villafranca del Bierzo and Villablinoafter beating the Belgian in a sprint Wout van Aert (Visma), while the also Australian Ben O’Connor (Decathlon) retains the leader’s jersey for another day.

Less than 20 kilometers At the finish line, the peloton has caught the last of the escapees, the Ecuadorian Jhonatan Narvaez (INEOS), to crown the first category port of Leitariegos in a group. In full descent, the Slovenian Primoz Roglic (BORA) has suffered an untimely prick which forced him to pedal hard to get back to the peloton.

The teams have been positioning themselves to launch their candidates, but the fight has finally been restricted to the green jersey. Groveswho has prevailed in the mano a mano to get his second triumph in this edition of La Vuelta.

The riders will close the second week of La Vuelta this Sunday with a stage, the fifteenth, in high mountains. They will travel 143 kilometerss between the Asturian town of Infested and the station of Valgrande-Pajares.

Stage classification

1 – GROVES Kaden (Alpecin) 4:21:34

2 – VAN AERT Wout (Visma) mt

3 – STRONG Corbin (Israel) mt

4 – VACEK Mathias (Lidl) mt

5 – MIQUEL Pau (Kern Pharma) mt

6 – BARONCINI Filippo (UAE) mt

7 – GUGLIELMI Simon (Arkéa Pharma) mt

8 – LIVYNS Arjen (Lotto) mt

9 – BERASATEGI Xabier (Euskaltel-Euskadi) mt

10 – CHANNEL Carlos (Movistar) mt

Overall classification

1 – O’CONNOR Ben (Decathlon) 56:31:49

2 – ROGLIC Primoz (Red Bull) + 1:21

3 – MAS Enric (Movistar) +3:01

4 – CARAPAZ Richard (EF) + 3:13

5 – LANDA Mikel (Soudal) + 3:20

6 – RODRIGUEZ Carlos (INEOS) + 4:12

7 – LIPOWITZ Florian (Red Bull) + 4:29

8 – GALL Felix (Decathlon) + 4:42

9 – GAUDU David (Groupama) + 4:44

10 -YATES Adam (UAE) + 5:17