Vuelta a España leader Jonas Vingegaard has recognised that arch-rivals UAE Team Emirates-XRG are stacking up an exceptionally high number of stage wins in the race, with the latest coming from Marc Soler – but on Saturday’s summit finish of the Farrapona, at least, if Vingegaard is losing any sleep over UAE’s runaway stage success story, he certainly didn’t show it.
On the defensive for much of the final ascent of the Farrapona as UAE and then Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe laid down a ferocious pace, Vingegaard himself managed to pull off a small but symbolically important, outsprinting his closest rival overall, João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), on the line.
“We also choose the days when we want to attack,” he insisted. “Yesterday [Friday] João set a really good pace, and he deserved to win.”
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