UAE Team Emirates-XRG added to their already huge tally of victories for the 2025 season, taking out the stage 5 team time trial of the Vuelta a España in Figueres for win number 74 of the season, posting a time of 25:26 over 24.1 kilometres.
Jonas Vingegaard moved back into the red leader’s jersey after his Visma-Lease a Bike team finished second on the stage, eight seconds behind UAE.
With the stage win by his team, Juan Ayuso climbed into second place overall, tied on the same time with teammate João Almeida, eight seconds down on Vingegaard.
“We knew we would be fighting for the win, but there’s a lot of good teams here and we need to be realistic,” Almeida said. “I think we did a really perfect job and we deserve it as well.
How it unfolded
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The team time trial provided another chance for the overall Vuelta a España contenders to gain time, with a 24.1-kilometre, almost completely flat test.
Lotto was the first team down the ramp and set a surprisingly good time, holding off Intermaché-Wanty, Alpecin-Deceuninck, Picnic-PostNL and Cofidis.
Lidl-Trek were on track to take the fastest…
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