The 11th stage of the Vuelta, as expected, ends with a group volathon: the Australian Kaden Groves wins in front of Danny Van Poppel and Tim Merlier, who fails to achieve partial success even at the finish line at the seaside of Cabo de Gata.

Order of arrival stage 11 Vuelta

1 GROVES Kaden - Team BikeExchange - Jayco

2 VAN POPPEL Danny - BORA - hansgrohe

3 MERLIER Tim - Alpecin-Deceuninck

4 MOLANO Juan Sebastián - UAE Team Emirated

5 PEDERSEN Mads - Trek - Segafredo

6 MCLAY Daniel - Team Arkéa Samsic

7 DEGENKOLB John - Team DSM

8 WRIGHT Fred - Bahrain - Victorious

9 BEULLENS Cedric - Lotto Soudal

10 VAN POPPEL Boy - Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux

A day also marked by many retirements for various reasons: Pavel Sivakov and Simon Yates leave the race for Covid while Julien Alaphilippe fell 63 km from the finish and was taken away in an ambulance for a pain in his right shoulder (farewell to the World Championship?)

Photo: Sprint Cycling

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