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Rodriguez and Geoghegan Hart keep Ineos Grenadiers in the Vuelta GC picture

Rodriguez and Geoghegan Hart keep Ineos Grenadiers in the Vuelta GC picture


A day of severely mixed fortunes for Ineos Grenadiers in the Vuelta a España’s summit finish at Colláu Fancuaya on Saturday saw the British team make important gains with two of their four potential pre-race GC candidates, while Richard Carapaz, the 2020 runner-up, suffered on the climbs and lost nearly five minutes.

If Carapaz is now out of the GC picture, young teammate Carlos Rodriguez, however, completed another excellent stage, shadowing Remco Evenepoel (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl), Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma), and Enric Mas (Movistar) to almost within striking distance of the line. The young Spanish national champion has now risen to fourth overall, 1:47 back.

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