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Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) blasted to his fifth victory of the season at the Vuelta a España stage 10 time trial in Valladolid, recording an average speed of 56kph on the flat 25.8km course with a time of 27:39.
The Italian time trial champion beat world champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) into second place, the Belgian proving to best the best of the general classification contenders as hostilities resumed after Monday’s rest day.
Evenepoel crossed the line at 27:55, just 16 seconds down on Ganna, putting a valuable 20 seconds into Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma), who rounded out the day’s podium with a time of 28:15 at 36 seconds down.
The pair – who jump up to third and fourth overall with Lenny Martinez (Groupama-FDJ) dropping 2:29 – now look to be the main two favourites for the red jersey, each putting clear air between them and the rest of the GC favourites during the stage. João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) and Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) proved to be best of the rest at 50 seconds and 52 seconds down on Ganna.
Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates), Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), and Enric Mas (Movistar) were among the riders to lose further ground, coming home at 1:11, 1:18, and 1:46 down.
Despite the GC movements, the red leader’s jersey hasn’t changed hands with another major test looming on Wednesdays’ stage 11 summit finish. Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) may have lost crossed the line at 1:29 down Ganna and lost 17 seconds to second-placed Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates) at the line but he remains in the race lead with an advantage of 26 seconds over the Spaniard.
Evenepoel now lies third overall at 1:09, while Roglič is in fourth place at 1:36.
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