After a low-key fourth on the latest Vuelta a España summit finish, race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) provided some homespun wisdom to explain how he felt about a stage where, to him, simply getting through with no time loss felt like enough of an achievement.
Vingegaard’s last major attack on the mountains in the Vuelta is now more than two weeks old, coming on stage 9 when he roared away to an unexpected but well-calculated victory at Valdezcaray in the rain.
Since then, the Dane has simply defended his overall advantage, ceding a few seconds thanks to time bonuses in an uphill sprint against arch-rival João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) on the Angliru, but slightly recouping his losses on the Farrapona and again, with a late burst of speed, on stage 17 on El Morredero.
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