A victory for Jumbo that saw Robert Gesink go first to take the red jersey, a victory for the reborn Sam Bennett that left Bora partying the day Mike Teunissen received the lead of the Vuelta from his teammate (and compatriot) . The first two stages of the last great event of the year, held on Dutch soil with thousands of people in the streets creating a great atmosphere, had their points of interest there, with a more eventful arrival in Utrecht with a fall of two riders in the final to create some confusion in the places of the general – João Almeida and Ivo Oliveira had climbed positions a long time ago but in the end they stayed in the same place.
The red changed in the Jumbo between Bennett’s return to victory, João Almeida maintains 30th place in the Vuelta
this Sunday it was the day of the farewell to the Netherlands, with departure and arrival in Breda in a very long stage with more than 190 kilometers (193.2km) before the rest day so that the entire caravan settles in Spain for a first week that will begin to have a lot of mountains between Pico Jano, Colláu Fancuaya and Les Praeres. Therefore, big movements were not expected in general, and not everyone managed to avoid the big problem of these stages: crashes.
Jumbo won and the first leader went home: João Almeida lost 33 seconds to Gesink (and Roglic) to open the Vuelta
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The day started with a symbolic tribute at the Grote Kerk in Breda (Church of Our Lady), with the four leaders of the Vuelta (Mike Teunissen in the general classification, Sam Bennett in points, Julius van der Berg in the mountains and Ethan Hayter in the youth) lighting a candle on behalf of all the victims of the Covid- 19 Then, right at the beginning, there was a seven-runner run that lasted almost to the end: Son José Herrada (Cofidis), Julius van den Berg (EF Education), Jan Bakelants (Intermarché-Wanty), Thomas De Gendt ( Lotto), Ander Okamika (Burgos), Pau Miquel (Kern Pharma) and Mikel Iturria (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
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– La Vuelta (@lavuelta) August 21, 2022
Then, while the peloton was rolling to control the escape, some collisions appeared: Filippo Conca (Lotto) and Henri Vandenabeele (Team DSM), without consequences at the time but with the Belgian asking for help later from the support car; then Michael Woods and Itamar Einhorn, both from Israel, Woods even had to withdraw from the race. Up front, Thomas De Gendt won everything that was pique intermediate, being the main reference for fugitives who were captured less than 20 kilometers away.
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– La Vuelta (@lavuelta) August 21, 2022
Everything was ready for another arrival at the piquewith Ineos receiving a slight scare before with Richard Carapaz who had to stop due to a problem with his motorcycle and the now Frenchman Pavel Sivakov also having an apparent crash. That little group of the British team hit the peloton again, which came along with the victory smiling again at Sam Bennett, an Irishman from Bora, who came to the Vuelta with only one victory this year but already has two victories in this one. edition, beating again the Danish Mads Pedersen and the British Daniel McLay. As for the individual general, there was a new change between the Jumbo elements, now with the Italian Edoardo Affini in the lead.
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#CarrefourConLaVuelta pic.twitter.com/RgbBahf8yE– La Vuelta (@lavuelta) August 21, 2022
Source: Observadora
