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00:00Primoz Roglic struck another blow at La Vuelta yesterday, taking his second stage win ahead

00:08of Enric Mas.

00:09The Slovenian doesn't appear to be suffering after his crash at the Tour, and he's cut

00:13Ben O'Connor's lead to under four minutes.

00:16The Aussies expect him to be put under serious pressure again today.

00:19It'll be a good battle today.

00:21I think it doesn't really get too much more exciting than these climbs.

00:26To be honest, it's epic and, yeah, it's going to be a good one.

00:29Primoz will try to give it a pretty big crack, Enric as well.

00:33I think they showed yesterday that they were super, super good, so I expect them to give

00:40their best to drop me again.

00:44Today is a big mountain stage which could suit the breakaway, especially if some of

00:48the peloton's top climbers manage to fight their way into the right move.

00:54I think there'll be a few leaders trying to get into the breakaway.

00:58Tomorrow's a rest day, followed by two stages which shouldn't be too taxing for the GC

01:03riders.

01:04So if some riders want to try to make up a bit of time, it's better to be one step ahead.

01:10UAE suffered a major blow this morning as João Almeida abandoned with illness.

01:15After winning the Giro and the Tour with Tadej Pogacar, the team will now switch their focus

01:19from GC to hunting stages.

01:22We'll keep going, we still have a very strong team.

01:25We'll try to be back at the front and get in the breakaway, pretty much the whole team.

01:29We're all quite far back on GC.

01:31We might end up in the top ten overall, but we're not fighting for the top places, so

01:36I think we should have some good opportunities, we'll see.

01:42Stage nine is the first proper day in the mountains in the Sierra Nevada, which is familiar

01:46territory for much of the peloton given all the altitude camps that are held here.

01:51For a first well-earned rest day, the riders will be able to give this one their all.

01:55There are three big climbs, including two ascents of the Alto de Hazianas before a downhill

02:00sweep into Granada.

02:02This evening we will no doubt have a clearer picture of who is going to be fighting for

02:06the overall podium.

02:13No fewer than 26 riders got into the day's breakaway, and as Godu predicted, there were

02:18plenty of leaders in there, including the Frenchman himself.

02:21UAE demonstrating their new attacking approach by getting three men into the move, Adam Yates,

02:26Marc Zolaire and Jay Vine.

02:28Wout Van Aert was also in there, along with Chris Harper and Max Poole, this breakaway

02:32built to go the distance.

02:36Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe pacing the peloton for Roglic, with race leader O'Connor adopting

02:41a more defensive strategy and looking to save his team-mates for later in the day.

02:48UAE setting a furious tempo as the breakaway reached the first climb, with Zolaire and

02:52Vine clearly working on behalf of Yates, no doubt their best option for a stage victory.

02:58Van Aert was among the riders going backwards, but Godu still had a team-mate in Stefan Kung.

03:03Further back, the peloton was also being thinned out, as one rider decided to make an ambitious

03:08move.

03:10Richard Carapaz, the Ecuadorian, has taken a flyer, and this is very, very interesting.

03:17Carapaz embarking on an individual pursuit of the breakaway, who were four minutes up

03:22the road.

03:23As the leaders reached the summit of the first climb, Godu taking the ten King of the Mountains

03:27points onto a short and swift descent before tackling Hazayanas, and it's seven kilometres

03:33at 9.5 per cent.

03:36Carapaz getting some assistance from his team-mate Darren Rafferty, who'd been dropped

03:40from the original breakaway as he continued to close the gap.

03:46The cream rising to the top as the leaders scrambled their way up Hazayanas, with only

03:50three men left at the front, Vine, Yates and Godu.

03:54Harper and Kung a little further back, and they were followed by Carapaz, who was having

03:59a superb ride, though he still trailed the front group by around a minute.

04:07Red Bull, meanwhile, were still in control of the red jersey group, with O'Connor now

04:11down to just one team-mate in Felix Gao.

04:17Yates made his move with 58km remaining, and Godu was unable to follow, the British rider

04:23quickly opening up a one-minute gap.

04:27Carapaz was still a man on a mission, but catching Yates was starting to look like a

04:31tall order as they entered the final 50km.

04:35The Ecuadorian soon bridged across to Vine and Godu, with Castrillo also along for the

04:39ride.

04:42Yates attacking the final climb, with two and a half minutes on the chase group and

04:46over six and a half on the peloton.

04:48Barring any accidents, the stage was his, though he did seem to be struggling in the

04:52heat.

04:54Back in the GC group, Florian Lippovitz was doing some damage on behalf of Roglic, with

04:58Sepp Kuss saying goodbye, but Roglic himself wasn't looking too hot, and Enric Mas sensed

05:03this was the moment to try to put some time into the Slovenian.

05:09Nobody could follow the Spaniard when he attacked, O'Connor and Roglic chasing in a small group

05:14that also contained Mikel Landa and Carlos Rodriguez.

05:17Solid stuff this from Mas.

05:19Yates meanwhile was being roared on as he reached the summit of Hazar Janas for the

05:23second time, there'd be no catching him.

05:27Mas looking set to take at least 30 seconds on his rivals, but then this happened.

05:31Mas almost comes down, a little mistake and he goes onto the gravel.

05:36Precious seconds lost and he would eventually be caught by the O'Connor group.

05:42Yates heading into the finish in Granada after a Pagacar-esque demonstration with everybody

05:47except Carapaz reeled in by the GC group, a barnstorming end to a spectacular first

05:53week.

05:54UAE Team Emirates and Adam Yates have grabbed the bull by the horns.

05:59An attack, 58.2 kilometres to go and it's Adam Yates, the man from Bari, who is victorious

06:05on stage 9 and what a performance that has been.

06:09Yeah, let's go, come on.

06:14Yates landing one of the most impressive wins of his career after that remarkable solo,

06:18it's only his second Grand Tour stage victory.

06:21The 32-year-old's having an excellent year, having already won the Tour of Oman and the

06:25Tour de Suisse, UAE bouncing back in style after they lost Almeida.

06:31I never suffered like this before, it's so hot out there from the last climb but it's

06:35cramping full and I didn't know if I could go.

06:38You know, I've had a lot of bad luck over the years in Grand Tours and I really didn't

06:42know if I could make it but I'm just so happy I could finally win another Grand Tour stage.

06:49Yates notching his sixth win of the season by a minute and 39 from Carapaz with O'Connor

06:53pouncing to take third place from the GC group and four bonus seconds.

06:59The Australian therefore finishes the first week with the lead of 3 minutes 53 over Roglic.

07:04Carapaz jumps up 15 places to third with Yates and Godou also up into the top ten.

07:11No change in the points classification today with Van Aert still 41 points clear of Caden

07:16Groves.

07:18We do have a new king of the mountains though, Yates collecting 22 points today to go four

07:23clear of Roglic.

07:26There's also been a shake-up in the youth classification with Lipovic now leading by

07:3031 seconds from Carlos Rodriguez.

07:32Antonio Tiberi had to abandon with heat stroke.

07:36The riders now have a chance to catch their breath on Monday's rest day before La Vuelta

07:40resumes in Galicia on Tuesday.

07:42Enjoy the day off and we'll see you again for Stage 10.

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