Eiking the new leader of the general, Roglic attacks but falls downhill
Michael Storer (Team DSM) won the tenth stage of La Vuelta, from Roquetas de Mar to Rincon de la Victoria of 189km. The Australian rider, in his second success in the Iberian race, was ahead of Mauri Vansevenant (Deceuninck Quick Step) and Clement Champoussin (Ag2R) by 22 seconds.
The Norwegian Christian Odd Eiking (Intermarchè Wanty Gobert), fifth on arrival, is the new leader of the general classification.
The fraction was characterized by a breakaway of 31 men, who accumulated an advantage of over ten minutes over the group. Among them many prominent names: Bouchard, Cort, Trentin, Bagioli, Schachmann, Van Baarle, Storer, Martin, Elissonde and Eiking himself. On the ascent of Puerto de Almachar (10 km of ascent with an average gradient of 5%), Storer attack that exceeds the GPM just over 15 km from the finish and launches downhill until reaching the finish line alone.
The battle in a group that is too drowsy is unleashed only thanks to Primoz Roglic who sprints uphill in an attempt to recover the disadvantage and makes the difference. But the Slovenian falls downhill and is joined by Enric Mas, Miguel Angel Lopez and Jack Haig: heavy delay at the finish: 11'48 ". Evil Egan Bernal and Adam Yates, 40 seconds from the Roglic group. New collapse of Mikel Landa.
ARRIVAL ORDER:
1 STORER Michael Team DSM 100 80 4:09:21
2 VANSEVENANT Mauri Deceuninck - Quick Step 40 50 0:22
3 CHAMPOUSSIN Clément AG2R Citroën Team 20 35 ,,
4 VAN BAARLE Dylan INEOS Grenadiers 12 25 ,,
5 EIKING Odd Christian Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux 4 18 ,,
6 NARVÁEZ Jhonatan INEOS Grenadiers 15 0:51
7 SCHULTZ Nick Team BikeExchange 12 ,,
8 BOUCHARD Geoffrey AG2R Citroën Team 10 ,,
9 CALMEJANE Lilian AG2R Citroën Team 8 ,,
10 ELISSONDE Kenny Trek - Segafredo 6 ,,
11 AMEZQUETA Julen Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 5 ,,
12 MARTIN Guillaume Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 4 ,,
13 TRENTIN Matteo UAE-Team Emirates 3 1:32
14 DE TIER Floris Alpecin-Fenix 2 ,,
15 LE GAC Olivier Groupama - FDJ 1 2:20
GENERAL RANKING:
1 EIKING Odd Christian Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux 20 38:37:46
2 MARTIN Guillaume Cofidis, Solutions Crédits 0:58
3 ROGLIČ Primož Team Jumbo-Visma 2:17
4 MAS Enric Movistar Team 2:45
5 LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel Movistar Team 3:38
6 HAIG Jack Bahrain - Victorious 3:59
7 BERNAL Egan INEOS Grenadiers 4:46
8 KUSS Sepp Team Jumbo-Visma 4:57
9 YATES Adam INEOS Grenadiers 5:01
10 GROßSCHARTNER Felix BORA - hansgrohe 5:42