Defending champion Primoz Roglic sprinted another small bonus in the fight for overall victory at the Vuelta for professional cyclists, but the day’s victory went to someone else.
Magnus Cort Nielsen is the first to cross the finish line in Ciudad Rodrigo.
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The 31-year-old Slovene finished second on Friday on the 16th stage after 162 kilometers from Salamanca to Ciudad Rodrigo and thus received a time credit of six seconds, with which he expanded his overall lead from 39 to 45 seconds on pursuer Richard Carapaz. The day’s victory on the hilly stage went to the Dane Magnus Cort Nielsen, who won the sprint final just ahead of Roglic. Third place went to Rui Costa from Portugal.
For Roglic, the title defense is now only two stages away. The decision about the red jersey should be made on Saturday’s 178.2-kilometer mountain stage. Then over 4000 meters of altitude and a difficult final to the Alto de la Covatilla have to be mastered. In addition to the Ecuadorian Carapaz, Hugh Carthy (53 seconds) also has a chance of the red jersey.
It was not until the Tour de France in September that Roglic gave up a seemingly secure lead on the penultimate stage, back then in a time trial against compatriot Tadej Pogacar. The section on Friday was too difficult for the German sprinter Pascal Ackermann, he had nothing to do with the outcome of the stage.
16. Etappe Salamanca / Spanien – Ciudad Rodrigo / Spanien (162.00 km), 6.11.2020:
1. Magnus Cort Nielsen (Denmark) – EF Pro Cycling 4:04:35 hours; 2. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) – Team Jumbo + 0 sec .; 3. Dion Smith (New Zealand) – Mitchelton-Scott; 4. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spain) – Movistar Team; 5. Richard Carapaz Montenegro (Ecuador) – Ineos Grenadiers; 6. Felix Großschartner (Austria) – Bora-hansgrohe; 7. Dorian Godon (France) – AG2R La Mondiale; 8. Michael Valgren Andersen (Denmark) – NTT Pro Cycling Team; 9. Jasha Sütterlin (Freiburg im Breisgau) – Team Sunweb; 10. Aleksander Vlasow (Russia) – Astana; … 20. Georg Zimmermann (Innsbruck / Austria) – CCC Team; 73. Max Kanter (Cottbus) – Team Sunweb + 10:24 min .; 74. Jannik Steimle (Weilheim) – Deceuninck-Quick-Step + 10:34; 87. Paul Martens (Lanaken / Belgium) – Team Jumbo + 13:13; 119. Rüdiger Selig (Berlin) – Bora-hansgrohe + 17:48; 121. Andreas Schillinger (Amberg) – Bora-hansgrohe; 133. Michael Schwarzmann (Kempten) – Bora-hansgrohe; 136. Pascal Ackermann (Landau in the Palatinate) – Bora-hansgrohe
Overall ranking individual, status after the 16th stage:
1. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) – Team Jumbo 64:20:31 hours; 2. Richard Carapaz Montenegro (Ecuador) – Ineos Grenadiers + 45 sec .; 3. Hugh Carthy (UK) – EF Pro Cycling + 53; 4. Daniel Martin (Ireland) – Israel Start-Up Nation + 1:48 min .; 5. Enric Mas Nicolau (Spain) – Movistar Team + 3:29; 6. Wouter Poels (Netherlands) – Bahrain-McLaren + 6:21; 7. Felix Großschartner (Austria) – Bora-hansgrohe + 7:20; 8. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spain) – Movistar Team + 8:45; 9. Aleksander Vlasow (Russia) – Astana + 8:54; 10. David De la Cruz Melgarejo (Spain) – UAE Team Emirates + 9:29; … 21. Georg Zimmermann (Innsbruck / Austria) – CCC Team + 39:09; 59. Jasha Sütterlin (Freiburg im Breisgau) – Team Sunweb + 2:05:47 hours; 80. Jannik Steimle (Weilheim) – Deceuninck-Quick-Step + 2:39:53; 104. Paul Martens (Lanaken / Belgium) – Team Jumbo + 3:11:25; 111. Max Kanter (Cottbus) – Team Sunweb + 3:19:06; 122. Andreas Schillinger (Amberg) – Bora-hansgrohe + 3:29:01; 127. Michael Schwarzmann (Kempten) – Bora-hansgrohe + 3:38:46; 131. Pascal Ackermann (Landau in the Palatinate) – Bora-hansgrohe + 3:41:46; 142. Rüdiger Selig (Berlin) – Bora-hansgrohe + 4:22:23
Mountain classification, status after the 16th stage:
1. Guillaume Martin (France) – Solutions Credits 89 points; 2. Tim Wellens (Belgium) – Lotto-Soudal 34; 3. Richard Carapaz Montenegro (Ecuador) – Ineos Grenadiers 30; 4. Sepp Kuss (USA) – Team Jumbo 27; 5. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) – Team Jumbo 24; 6. Hugh Carthy (Great Britain) – EF Pro Cycling 21; 7. Michael Woods (Canada) – EF Pro Cycling 21; 8. Daniel Martin (Ireland) – Israel Start-Up Nation 20; 9. Aleksander Vlasow (Russia) – Astana 18; 10. Marc Soler (Spain) – Movistar Team 18; … 48. Jasha Sütterlin (Freiburg im Breisgau) – Team Sunweb 1
Sprint ranking, status after the 16th stage:
1. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) – Team Jumbo 198 pts .; 2. Richard Carapaz Montenegro (Ecuador) – Ineos Grenadiers 125; 3. Daniel Martin (Ireland) – Israel Start-Up Nation 111; 4. Hugh Carthy (Great Britain) – EF Pro Cycling 89; 5. Guillaume Martin (France) – Solutions Credits 78; 6. Michael Woods (Canada) – EF Pro Cycling 72; 7. Felix Großschartner (Austria) – Bora-hansgrohe 71; 8. Marc Soler (Spain) – Movistar Team 69; 9. Jasper Philipsen (Belgium) – UAE Team Emirates 66; 10. Enric Mas Nicolau (Spain) – Movistar Team 66; … 12. Pascal Ackermann (Landau in the Palatinate) – Bora-hansgrohe 59; 28. Max Kanter (Cottbus) – Team Sunweb 25; 39. Jannik Steimle (Weilheim) – Deceuninck-Quick-Step 18; 40. Jasha Sütterlin (Freiburg im Breisgau) – Team Sunweb 17; 76. Georg Zimmermann (Innsbruck / Austria) – CCC Team 1
Team ranking, status after the 16th stage:
1. Movistar Team (Spain) 193: 19: 02 hours; 2. Team Jumbo (Netherlands) + 7:48 min .; 3. Astana (Kazakhstan) + 40:17; 4. UAE Team Emirates (United Arab Emirates) + 54:01; 5. Mitchelton-Scott (Australia) + 58:33; 6. Solutions Credits (France) + 1:27:26 hours; 7. Ineos Grenadiers (Great Britain) + 1:54:29; 8. Groupama-FDJ (France) + 2:26:48; 9. EF Pro Cycling (USA) + 2:29:11; 10th CCC Team (Poland) + 2:52:47; 11. Team Sunweb (Germany) + 3:10:18; … 19. Bora-hansgrohe (Germany) + 5:05:34
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