Vuelta a España stage 17 LIVE – Race continues with another hilltop finish amid ongoing protest concerns

Just a few minutes until the riders roll out for the neutral start.

It’s 4.7km long today.

Hard job to be a commentator on a rainy day, because what team even is this?

The riders have voted to stop today if more protests disrupt the stage.

According to Daniel Friebe of The Cycling Podcast, the peloton just aren’t keen to race revised finishes like yesterday.

Here’s a reminder of what’s coming up for the riders today.

After yesterday’s final climb was cut, we didn’t see much of a GC fight, so will the overall contenders want to change that today?

Egan Bernal had a moment on the podium to celebrate his win from yesterday.

The stage starts in about half an hour.

The teams will be finishing sign-on soon.

Here’s what the teams have said about the incident yesterday.

We’re hearing riders have been discussing what to do if disruption continues. We’ll have some more on that soon.

‘Do everything possible to secure the event’ – Visma-Lease a Bike call on Vuelta a España to act and public not to interfere

‘A re-run of the Bilbao stage’- UAE Team Emirates-XRG management respects Vuelta a España organisers’ decision to conclude the stage early

The weather at the start does look quite grim, very wet.

In some more lighthearted news, this was how Ineos celebrated Egan Bernal’s win yesterday.

It was his first win outside of the national champs in over four years.

Ineos Grenadiers riders shave their heads in…