Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) outsprinted breakaway partner Javier Romo (Movistar) to win stage 12 of the Vuelta a España.
Brieuc Rolland (Groupama-FDJ) spent more than 22km in a solo chase to close down the Spanish duo and settled for third place, 13 seconds back. Just four seconds behind the young Frenchman, Victor Campenaerts (Visma-Lease a Bike) edged Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) as the top rider from a 16-rider chase group.
Race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) never seemed to panic as a trio of teammates ushered him across the finish line in a large group of contenders, 6:22 off the winning pace. He retained the race lead with the same 50-second margin over João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and 56 seconds ahead of Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling). Bruno Almirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), who finished in the main chase group, moved to sixth overall, now just five seconds behind his teammate Felix Gall, and 2:22 behind Vingegaard.
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