Extended Highlights - Stage 16 - La Vuelta 2023

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00:00 Welcome to the third and final week of La Vuelta.
00:08 We resume with the short and punchy 16th stage before tomorrow's trip to the iconic Angliru.
00:14 Sepp Kuss still leads the race and appears to be the chosen one for Jumbo Visma, although
00:18 perhaps not today.
00:19 It's a really short stage and it's a stage that's really good for Primoz.
00:26 So if it's easy enough we might think about controlling but you have to do it all within
00:31 reason so we'll see.
00:33 Why is it good for Primoz?
00:35 It's really explosive, steep final in the end and he always has that punch in the finish.
00:42 Of course there's always a lot of other guys that are big rivals for this kind of finish
00:47 but he's feeling really good and we'll see what we can do.
00:52 Some riders are already thinking about Angliru tomorrow.
00:55 Remco Evenepoel has said he won't be attacking today and he is not the only one who wants
00:59 to keep his powder dry.
01:01 My first participation in La Vuelta was in Angliru and it was one of the hardest corners
01:08 so I hope to have the energy to do well tomorrow.
01:13 DSM Fermanick have been close to another win since the opening team time trial, with two
01:18 podium places for Romain Bardet and one for Chris Hamilton.
01:21 I was happy with the result but you can always be hungry for more because there's still another
01:27 two steps to the result you really want.
01:29 We're all here to win at the end of the day so we just have to take all the opportunities
01:35 we can in this last week to give it a go.
01:38 Groupama FDJ have also been lively and today suits their young star Romain Gregoire.
01:42 This one also has to be part of it.
01:45 It's perhaps the last chance for me.
01:47 We don't know how it's going to go, it's such a short stage, all the scenarios are possible,
01:52 the escape or the peloton with the favourites.
01:54 We'll see, we'll try to play the escape card, but we'll be in the game from the start
02:01 and we'll see how it goes at the finish.
02:05 Stage 16 is a hockey stick stage, mainly flat for 115km and then steep for the last 5.
02:11 The final climb has an average gradient of 8.8% with sections at up to 15%.
02:17 It's a puncher's paradise, but will the victory go to the peloton or the breakaway?
02:24 Welcome to the third and final week, welcome to stage 16.
02:28 The racing is underway.
02:30 Well there was no hanging around after the flag dropped with the average speed quickly
02:34 ramping up to over 50km/h.
02:37 Ten riders managed to wriggle free of the peloton but they weren't given much rope.
02:41 Bardet and Gregoire were both in there along with breakaway regular Kroon and Groves in
02:45 the green jersey.
02:47 Battistella, Fafaka, Piccolo, Pool, Le Pera and Sobrero also on the attack.
02:52 But several teams were unhappy with the move, notably the INEOS Grenadiers and the chase
02:56 was on, with Marc Solaire struggling to keep pace somewhat at the back.
03:02 Slowly but surely the INEOS-led peloton reeled the ten escapees back in and after 40km on
03:07 this small rise it all came back together again.
03:11 Still the pace remained high as several riders tried to counter.
03:20 A few kilometres later a smaller group of six riders went clear.
03:24 Groves and Pool were still there along with Vandenberg, Cattaneo, Prodom and Nicolaou.
03:30 Groves targeting the 20 points at the intermediate sprint as he looked to tighten his grip on
03:34 green.
03:37 They pulled about a minute ahead but it was increasingly obvious that this one was going
03:41 to the peloton.
03:43 Jumbo Visma deciding that they fancied a crack at the stage victory and going to work on
03:47 the front, they approached the intermediate sprint with Groves getting set.
03:56 Coming into the intermediate sprint there into the town of Encuera.
04:01 Number 81 it's Caden Groves who's looking for the maximum points.
04:05 He's having a good overview as he takes a look around him.
04:09 He's trying to see who else wants to challenge.
04:12 He goes early and he's also being challenged by Julius Vandenberg.
04:16 Caden Groves, well it's no challenge.
04:24 The bunch continued to close in as Groves sat up and rolled back to the peloton, job
04:28 done for the Australian.
04:30 Cattaneo also decided to call it a day, leaving four riders out at the front.
04:39 Dylan van Baarle continuing to hammer away as the brake was finally swallowed up and
04:43 the favourites prepared to take centre stage.
04:48 On to the base of the climb, the final climb of the day with 4.8km remaining.
04:53 The average gradient 8.8%.
04:58 The peloton was quickly reduced to a group of around 25 as Jumbo Visma decided to make
05:03 their move.
05:05 And now we see the first attacks on the climb.
05:08 Jonas Vingegaard going clear and there was no immediate reaction behind, at least not
05:12 from the other GC hopefuls.
05:16 Finn Fischer-Black and Wout Poels trying to hunt him down, but the double Tour de France
05:20 winner isn't an easy man to catch.
05:22 Vingegaard set to close the gap on his team mate Kurt in the overall standings.
05:27 Coming into the final kilometre, there was finally another little flurry of action further
05:32 down the road.
05:38 And now we start to see an acceleration from Primoz Roglic.
05:43 Roglic looking to put some time into Juan Ayuso and Enric Mas, but to no avail as Vingegaard
05:48 sawed away to another stage win.
05:54 And Jonas Vingegaard is going to take the stage victory on stage 16.
05:58 He's got daylight.
06:00 He's going to take back time.
06:02 He comes into the fans and the hoardings and he sees the line up ahead.
06:08 Jonas Vingegaard is going to win stage 16.
06:10 He passes the commentary box.
06:14 And Jonas Vingegaard is the stage winner on stage 16 up to Berges.
06:23 Another show of strength from Jumbo Visma as Vingegaard claimed his second win of the
06:26 race.
06:27 It's a 15th victory this season for the Dane who could still pull off the Tour of
06:31 Welter double.
06:32 Vingegaard once again emotional as he dedicated the win to his team mate Nathan van Goydonk
06:36 who was involved in a serious car crash this morning.
06:41 I'm just happy to win today.
06:46 We had some terrible news this morning and I wanted to win for my best friend today.
06:53 Luckily now there are good news about his condition.
07:01 That's a big relief for me, for the team.
07:08 And I hope he will recover soon.
07:16 Vingegaard winning ahead of the impressive Fischer Black who grabbed his first World
07:19 Tour podium, Poulsen Stora leading the rest of the GC favourites.
07:25 Kuss's lead is down to 29 seconds and we've still got lots of climbing to come this week.
07:29 Roglic remains third exactly a minute ahead of Ayuso.
07:33 It was a good day for Groves who increased his points lead to 93 over Evenepoel.
07:37 Provided he survives the mountains and makes it to Madrid, he should go home with the green
07:41 jersey.
07:44 Evenepoel is still in pole position for the polka dot jersey even if Vingegaard picked
07:48 up a few points on the finish line.
07:50 There were 30 points separating the two riders.
07:56 Ayuso gained a handful of seconds on Kian Utterbroeckx on the final climb so he now
08:00 leads the youth classification by three minutes and five seconds with Joao Almeida in third.
08:07 There's bound to be another GC shake-up tomorrow as the peloton tackles the fearsome Angliru
08:11 over 12km at almost 10%.
08:14 It just so happens to be Sepp Kuss's 29th birthday but will he still be wearing red
08:19 when he blows out the candles?
08:20 (upbeat music)
08:23 (whooshing)