The Belgian of Alpecin-Deceuninck won in stage 19 with the end in Guijuelo, reached his third win in this edition and consolidated his domain among the sprinters, while Jonas Vingegaard maintained the red jersey before the decisive exam in the world's ball.
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The return to Spain 2025 lived this Friday a transition day with a flavor to Iberian ham in Guijuelo, where Jasper Philipsen He imposed his law again on the exprint. The Belgian of Alpecin-DECEUNINCK stage 19 was awarded, disputed between Russia and up About 161.9 kilometers, achieving his third victory in this edition and confirming himself as the great sprinter of the Spanish round.
Jonas Vingegaardmeanwhile, retained without shock The red jersey And he scratched four seconds of bonus in an intermediate sprint that allow him to face more margin the decisive appointment of the world's ball.
The stage began with a foreseeable script: favorable land for leaks with little future and the squad controlling each movement waiting for the mass sprint. The Czech Jakub poison (RURAL-SEGURES CAJA RGA) It was the most combative of the day, rolling alone for much of the tour after the early resignation of the Frenchman Alan Guernalec (Arkéa-B & B Hotels). Otruba came to have three minutes of advantage, but ended up being neutralized 52 kilometers from the finish line. His attempt left as anecdote an irregular posture sanction on the bicycle.
The true strategic movement of the day starred Vingegaard in Salamanca. The Danish of Visma-Lease a Bike took advantage of the UAE Team Emirates to bonate in the intermediate sprint and expand in four seconds its advantage over João Almeidanow a 44 seconds In the general. An unexpected loot that can be decisive on the eve of the final mountain. The British Tom Pidcock It continues third, a 2:43while the best Spanish is still Abel Balderstone, in 13th, more than 24 minutes.
Harold Tejada and Egan Bernal They were also protagonists in several sections of the stage leading the platoon. He INEOS cyclisthe put aside his condition as a leader, and in the last section he stretched his squad to collaborate with his partner Ben Turner.
The final stretch inevitably led a sprint launched at full speed in the streets of Guijuelo. The sprinter teams deployed strongly, but the train of the Alpecin It set differences again. Philipsenwho had already won in Turin and Zaragoza, finished with power in a slight rise to impose himself in front of Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) and of Venezuelan Orluis Aular (Movistar). With this triumph, the 27 -year -old cyclist reaches the three victories in this edition and adds six in his historic account in the Vuelta.
For Philipsen, joy has a special value after a complicated summer: he had to leave the Tour de France after fracturing the clavicle on the third day, but in Spain he has found the perfect rematch. “I feel released, it was a difficult year and now I can enjoy my team”said the Belgian, increasingly consolidated as one of the great specialists to the world squad's sprint.
The emotion of stage 19 was quickly diluted in the environment, because all eyes already point to the Sierra de Madrid. This Saturday comes the twentieth stage between Robledo de Chavela and the world's ball (168.8 km), considered the queen day. With five ports in the menu and final in the dreaded cemented ascent of the Alto de Guarramillas (3.1 km to 12.2%), the race will live its definitive exam.
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