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Danish Rider Vingegaard Goes up Where Skiers Go Down to Win the Spanish Vuelta’s 9th Stage
Jonas Vingegaard won Stage 9 solo, finishing 24 seconds ahead of rivals and reducing the overall leader Torstein Træen's lead to 37 seconds before the race's first rest day.
- On Sunday, Jonas Vingegaard attacked with 11 kilometers to go and soloed to victory on Stage 9 from Alfaro, Spain to Valdezcaray ski resort, Spain over 195.5 km.
- On a rain-soaked route, the 195.5 km stage featured heavy rain about 120km in and a 13.2km category 1 climb at 5.2% gradient reshaping the finale.
- Though chased hard, Vingegaard finished 24 seconds ahead of Tom Pidcock, Q36.5 Pro Cycling, and Jo o Almeida, Emirates-XRG, while Torstein Tr en, Bahrain Victorious, retained the red jersey arriving 1:46 down.
- Heading into the rest day, observers questioned whether Jonas Vingegaard would regain red or Torstein Trøen would carry it into next week; Monday is the first rest day and the race resumes on Tuesday with 175-kilometre Stage 10.
- With key rivals absent, Jonas Vingegaard's third Vuelta stage win and 40th career victory highlight his strong form this year and tighten the General Classification battle.
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New Strait Times
The Straits TimesVingegaard climbs to victory on Vuelta stage nine, Traeen retains red
VALDEZCARAY, (Spain): Twice Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard won stage nine of the Vuelta a Espana with a solo attack on the climactic climb to Valdezcaray on Sunday, shaving nearly two minutes off the gap to overall leader Torstein Traeen, who is ahead by 37 seconds. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
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Danish rider Vingegaard goes up where skiers go down to win the Spanish Vuelta's 9th stage
Jonas Vingegaard attacked with 11 kilometers to go and finished strongly to win the ninth stage of the Spanish Vuelta and consolidate his status as the race favorite.
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