Mads Pedersen (Trek Segafredo)   won the nineteenth stage of the Vuelta, a 138 km circuit with start and finish in Talavera de la Reina and the double climb of Puerto de Piélago.

The Danish rider, in his third success in the Iberian race, beat Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious) and Gianni Vermeersch (Alpecin) in a sprint.

Quiet day for Remco Evenepoel (Quick Step) who remains leader of the general classification ahead of Enric Mas (Movistar) and Juan Ayuso (Uae Emirates).

Tomorrow the penultimate stage before the arrival in Madrid: five mountain grand prix are scheduled with the finish on the Puerto de Navacerrada after 181 km.

Order of arrival:

1 PEDERSEN Mads Trek - Segafredo 3:19:11

2 WRIGHT Fred Bahrain - Victorious ,,

3 VERMEERSCH Gianni Alpecin-Deceuninck ,,

4 TURNER Ben INEOS Grenadiers ,,

5 TEUNISSEN Mike Jumbo-Visma ,,

6 KOCH Jonas BORA - hansgrohe ,,

7 GOLDSTEIN Omer Israel - Premier Tech ,,

8 GARCÍA PIERNA Raúl Equipo Kern Pharma ,,

9 LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel Astana Qazaqstan Team ,,

10 VAN BAARLE Dylan INEOS Grenadiers ,,

Overall ranking:

1 EVENEPOEL Remco Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 73:18:23

2 MAS Enric Movistar Team 2:07

3 AYUSO Juan UAE Team Emirates 5:14

4 LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel Astana Qazaqstan Team 5:56

5 RODRÍGUEZ Carlos INEOS Grenadiers 6:49

6 ALMEIDA João UAE Team Emirates 7:14

7 ARENSMAN Thymen Team DSM 8:09

8 O'CONNOR Ben AG2R Citroën Team 9:34

9 URÁN Rigoberto EF Education-EasyPost 9:56

10 HINDLEY Jai BORA - hansgrohe 12:03

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