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An uncategorised 2km climb at around 5%.
Ineos still fighting as the road heads uphill again.
80km to go
13 seconds now..
Arkéa-Samsic also active at the front.
Ineos briefly off the front but now Egan Bernal goes to the front.
Attacks from Bahrain Victorious and Lidl-Trek now.
A few more seconds… Can the peloton make the catch?
83km to go
A few seconds more shaved off the lead. 17 seconds for the 10 men of the break.
20 seconds for the move now.
Up front, the 10 men of the break are still rolling through and taking their turns.
Another rise in the road and Fraile is out of the saddle pushing the pace.
One Intermarché rider nestled in among the Ineos men.
30km done now – a quarter of the stage – and the fight for the break is still on with the leaders just 30 seconds up the road.
87km to go
Geraint Thomas on the front, one of four Ineos men pushing the pace.
Now the gap is going up again – 27 seconds.
Two other Ineos men with him.
Ineos Grenadiers continue to push with Omar Fraile on the front now.
22 seconds now after Castroviejo’s attempt.
A look at the 10 men out front.
The gap going down under 30 seconds with this acceleration.
Ineos Grenadiers have five riders up front and now Jonathan Castroviejo is pushing on up a rise in the road.
93km to go
34 seconds for the leaders now. The chase is still on behind.
Still around 40 seconds between the groups.
Intermarché-Circus-Wanty join the pacemaking alongside Ineos Grenadiers.
The elastic not snapping just yet. Ineos Grenadier continue to push the pace behind the 10 leaders.
The gap still hangs at 45 seconds.
100km to go
The riders race into Torrelavega now. The town hosted the stage 16 time trial of the 2018 Vuelta, which saw Rohan Dennis race to victory as eventual race winner Simon Yates spent his second day in the red jersey.
Filippo Ganna riding on the front but the seconds add up – up to 47 now.
The peloton making no headway into the lead at the moment.
The leaders are 40 seconds up as Ineos Grenadiers continue to chase with three men on the front.
103km to go
Already we’re closing in on the 100km to go mark.
A wet start to the day but it’s dry now.
The front group working well together at the moment.
The British team have two riders on the front.
Ineos Grenadiers among the team pushing on in the chase.
It’s still stretched at the head of the peloton, however. The pace is high.
The leaders…
Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck); Andreas Kron (Lotto-Dstny); Romain Bardet, Max Poole (DSM-Firmenich); Samuele Battistella (Astana Qazaqstan); Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ); Louis Vervaeke (Soudal-QuickStep); Paul Lapeira (AG2R Citroën); Andrea Piccolo (EF Education-EasyPost); Matteo Sobrero (Jayco-AlUla)
The gap is going up. It’s at 35 seconds now.
A mix of teams at the head of the peloton chasing behind the lead 10 riders.
107km to go
The leaders at 20 seconds up the road.
Groves, Kron, Bardet, Battistella, Grégoire are with Louis Vervaeke, Paul Lapeira, Andrea Piccolo, Matteo Sobrero and Bardet’s teammate Max Poole.
And now more riders are attempting to bridge across to the leaders.
A large group has split off the front of the peloton in the chase behind.
The rain has stopped now. Exactly 10 men at the front.
Romaine Grégoire and Samuele Battistella are also out front.
More attacks coming from behind.
Groves and Kron are in there, as is Romain Bardet.
111km to go
A leading group of around 10 riders with 10 seconds or so.
Splits in the peloton at this early stage on the technical roads.
Andreas Kron (Lotto-Dstny) at the head of affairs at the moment.
115km to go
No riders getting away just yet.
A technical start to the day here in the wet. Plenty of corners and a few roundabouts thrown in.
Green jersey Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) is among the early attackers.
The peloton all together at the moment as several men try to clip off the front on an early downhill run.
119km to go
1km missing from the route today with an early roundabout cut from the course. Racing is now underway!
Still rolling through the neutral zone.
It’s raining at the start.
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The riders are rolling through the 1.7km neutral zone now.
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We can confirm that earlier today our rider Nathan van Hooydonck became unwell while driving his car, leading to his involvement in a traffic accident. He was subsequently transported to the hospital, where he is receiving good medical care. We cannot confirm rumours that his…September 12, 2023
Rolling roads all day today but there are not categorised climbs before the finish. Not a whole lot for the breakaway to battle over, then, though Jumbo-Visma don’t have a major reason to chase the break beyond capturing another stage win.
We’ll soon see how fierce the battle to make the break of the day is.
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Just under 30 minutes to go until the stage gets underway with a ride through the neutral zone.
The Vuelta peloton is down to 152 riders at the moment following the news that Welay Hagos Berhe (Jayco-AlUla) and David de la Cruz (Astana Qazaqstan) won’t be starting stage 15.
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🇪🇸MEDICAL UPDATE: @lavuelta Unfortunately, due to gastroenteritis and fever during the rest day, @iamdlax won’t be able to start today. We wish David a very speed recovery.#LaVuelta23 #AstanaQazaqstanTeamSeptember 12, 2023
#LaVuelta23Another one bites the dust 😭Unfortunately Hagos Berhe will not start tomorrow’s stage 16 after testing positive for COVID.It’s safe to say we have been very unlucky at this Vuelta, starting with the opening TTT crash 😔 but we will fight on until the very end 💪🏼 pic.twitter.com/Tnq6OpZWxsSeptember 11, 2023
There were no major changes on Sunday’s stage 15 as the GC favourites crossed the line together 2:52 on breakaway stage winner Rui Costa.
Read our Vuelta a España stage 15 report here.
Here’s a reminder of the GC picture heading into today’s stage.
It’s a short one today, the second-shortest road stage of the Vuelta. But that doesn’t mean it’s an easy day in the saddle with the steep climb to Bejes set to test the GC men and climbers at the end of the stage.
A look at the map of today’s stage. The peloton are up north in Cantabria having made the trip west from the Basque Country following stage 15.
Some bad news away from the Vuelta this morning – Jumbo-Visma rider Nathan Van Hooydonck has been involved in a serious car accident and is in hospital in a life-threatening condition
We’re around 50 minutes away from the start of today’s short, sharp stage.
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