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00:00 After the time trial around Bayerdalid, no hiding place for the GC contenders, the favourites
00:08 rising, a summit still ruled by Seb Kuss.
00:13 Today's climax, the steep climb to Laguna Negra.
00:17 A Vuelta debut in 2020, Roglic beaten to the top by Dan Martin, he knows what awaits.
00:25 Hard, yeah, hard.
00:29 If I have the legs, yeah, we go again at the end, but yeah, just have to make sure that
00:36 the right breakaway it goes and then we see how the stage will continue.
00:41 A demanding final stretch with some 14% gradients, perhaps a day for the escapades while the
00:47 GC contenders see how things unfold.
00:49 I think it's a big opportunity for a breakaway today, but of course we never know and if
00:54 there's another stage win, four grabs, then for sure I'm going to try and go for it,
00:59 but first we have to wait and see the race situation.
01:03 Alexander Vlasov, a dark horse, the Bora-Hansgrohe leader, finished fifth on the time trial and
01:08 looks in good shape and fine form for the rest of the Vuelta.
01:12 I'm pretty fine with my position now, not so far away, now in the top ten after the
01:20 good TT yesterday, so important days now are coming.
01:24 Also today is uphill finish, but we will see, must be not a big distance between the GC
01:31 riders and of course from Tourmalet on it's already can be more bigger gaps.
01:37 DSM likely to push for the breakaway in search of adding to their team's success on day
01:41 one.
01:42 Roman Bargde and Chris Hamilton have each earned a third place finish.
01:45 Roman Combeau satisfied with several options, including young Brit Max Puhl.
01:50 It's clear that Roman wants to win a stage, that's for sure, but we have other options,
01:54 Max Puhl is also doing very well, we have Chris Hamilton, who we saw finish third on Sunday,
01:59 so we have a lot of chance, me and Sean Flynn are more there to support, so we will try
02:05 to support them as much as possible today and why not win with one of the three riders
02:09 directly today.
02:12 A picturesque apart from the beautiful and historic village of Lerma en route to the
02:17 climb at Laguna Negra.
02:19 Not too much to challenge the pack until the final ascent, starting 18k from the finish.
02:24 A sprint bonification at Venosa, then the climbing begins, the finale 6k at an average
02:29 of 7%, the question at the start, how long before the breakaway forms?
02:40 Juan Ayuso of UAE Team Emirates started the day 8th overall, a wake up call on the neutralized
02:46 stage, as he crashed, after medical attention though, the Spaniard OK to continue.
02:53 50km of the race and still no one able to make a successful break for it, the high pace
02:59 of the peloton making it tough to land, on average hurtling along 48km/h during the first
03:05 hour.
03:06 In the end 26 escaped with a notable name amongst them, Geraint Thomas said Ineos had
03:11 to treat each day like a one day race, true to his word alongside time trial winner and
03:16 teammate Filippo Ganna, Groupama FTG well represented with 3 riders and one time Mayo
03:21 Rojo, Rudy Mola, Andrea Piccolo wore red on stage 3 riding alongside his EF education
03:28 teammate.
03:30 After high hopes for DSM's trio, they failed to make it into the break, only Sean Flynn
03:36 making their presence felt.
03:38 The gap passing the 4 minute mark but Jumbo Visma moving to the front to stabilize the
03:43 time.
03:45 It was Burgos BH though who were not far from home, a little further south east of the province
03:49 of Soria, Eric Fagundes, Pallet Sanchez and Jose Manuel Diaz Gallego representing on a
03:57 stage long marked in the team's calendar.
04:01 With 30km to go the threat of being reeled in subsided, with more than 5 minutes in hand
04:23 stage honours starting to populate the minds.
04:26 No threat for GC favourites, Gount Thomas normally would be with the Britain 13 minutes
04:30 down on race leader Seb Koes.
04:45 A brave attempt by the 29 year old Frenchman but just 15 seconds the advantage, Filippo
04:50 Ganna pacing the tempo, Porcelain not giving up easily doubling it to 30 seconds as the
04:56 gradient started to burn, 6km to go a course of elimination for the original group of 26.
05:03 But the double world time trial champion from Italy remained persistent and the courage
05:07 of Porcelain was not matched by the powers in his legs, yesterday's winner leading one
05:11 by one past, 4km to go.
05:15 Respite with a flat section but the perfect attacking spot, with now just 2km to go EF
05:20 Education's Keisedo making his move, Ganna dropped but Thomas keeping tabs, 1 from 9
05:27 fighting for the win.
05:29 Here comes Romain Gregoire with a big punch and as does Jesusurada, Jesusurada is looking
05:38 for his third Vuelta stage victory and Keisedo is hanging on by the bare minimum, the wind
05:45 blows, the barriers come down and here comes Jesusurada, Jesusurada of confidence is going
05:51 for his third victory in La Vuelta, the 33 year old can he take a victory, is Krohn going
05:58 to be able to come back and respond, what can the French talent of Romain Gregoire do,
06:04 it's going to be the day of the former Spanish champion and here comes the Spanish rider
06:10 from a French team, it's a third Vuelta stage victory, he wins at top of La Laguna Negra.
06:18 Jesusurada bringing back Spanish pride on La Vuelta, having been the last to taste home
06:23 delights last year, 16 times Covidus have won at this race, the last 3 all from the
06:29 33 year old Spaniard, this Herrera's second win of the season and clearly the sweetest.
06:35 "You try, you try and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I knew it was a
06:44 good finish for me, it was going to be very difficult to catch the breakaway, I felt good
06:51 at the end, I knew it was a good finish for me, I've kept my sprint until the last 300
06:56 metres and in the end I've done it."
07:02 A third Vuelta triumph for Jesusurada ahead of young Romain Gregoire, stage 2 winner Andreas
07:09 Kroon in third, Thomas in fifth.
07:11 Garen Thomas did gain time on the favourites to enter the top 20 but still over 7 minutes
07:17 down, Sepp Kuss continues in the Maillot Rojo with Remco Evenepoel third, 1 minute 9 a drift.
07:28 Kenny Groves in green despite Herrera and Beltran picking up 20 points each in the points
07:33 category.
07:34 But Herrera does take over as the king of the mountains, gathering enough to go one
07:43 point clear of Sepp Ubeda.
07:48 Remco Evenepoel stays in white as the best youngster, Lenny Martinez and Ayuso will have
07:53 their work cut out to replace him.
07:55 But that won't happen tomorrow with a transition stage on the eve of the Tourmalet, yet 150
08:03 kilometres from Olvega to Zaragoza, not a walk in the park.
08:07 Traps aplenty in the next instalment of La Vuelta.
08:10 (upbeat music)
08:13 (upbeat music)