As it happened: Two-up breakaway sprint decides shortened stage 16 as protests disrupt Vuelta a España

We’ll have full live coverage of stage 17 of the Vuelta on Wednesday.

Alasdair Fotheringham is on the ground at the Vuelta for Cyclingnews and will have all the news on the protest, rider and team reaction and what it means for the Vuelta.

Check back on Cyclingnews later for verified information and updates.

These are the results for the stage from our friends at First Cycling.

Vuelta a España stage 16: Egan Bernal wins abbreviated race with unusual finish as last climb eliminated due to protesters

The riders soon stopped beyond the finish line and were given clothing and drinks.

They are waiting to known what to do. The team buses are close to the point where the protest blocked the road with 3km to go of the original stage route.

To read our initial story on the stage disruption, click here.

This was the situation at the 3km to go point.

The results have confirmed that Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step) was second.

Brieuc Rolland (Groupama-FDJ) was third at 7 seconds.

Nico Denz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) was third at 1:02 and Clément Braz Afonso (Groupama-FDJ) fourth in the same time.

This is one of the photos of the protest.

The GC riders cross the new finish line, as race officials wave their arms, indicating the stage is over. They are riding on to their team buses.

Egan Bernal has been confirmed as the stage winner.

The GC riders are about to finish.

The late change to the finish has allowed the Vuelta to outmanoeuvre the protests.

Other riders from the break hit the new finish line, but continue to ride up the climb, probably to their team vehicles.

Egan Bernal beat Landa in the sprint to win the stage but there appears to be confusion about the exact location of he new finish line.

Landa and Bernal are about to sprint for the stage win.

There a number of video and…