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sport">In the general classification, Roglic now has a 25 second lead over Movistar’s Enric Mas. His teammate Miguel Angel Lopez is third, at 36 seconds. Egan Bernal of Ineos Grenadiers, the winner of the Giro d’Italia, occupies fifth place. The Colombian is 41 seconds behind.
sport">Hugh Carthy, a teammate of Cort Nielsen, was the schlemiel of the day. The Brit was already struggling when fans were drawn on the way to the final climb and ended up losing almost three minutes. He can thus put a line through his classification ambitions. Last year, the Briton finished third.
vicious pimple
sport">The peloton left Requana on Thursday for a 158 kilometer stage. After the first eighty kilometers mainly had to be descended, a billiards surface followed, until the Alto de la Montaña de Cullera loomed in the final, a vicious 1.8 kilometers, with an average gradient of 8.7 percent.
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Jetse Bol and Joan Bou drive away from the peloton and are only taken back in the final.
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Dutch people
sport">The Dutchmen Jetse Bol (Burgos-BH) and Bert-Jan Lindeman (Qhubeka) were part of the flight of the day together with Magnus Cort Nielsen (EF), Joan Bou (Euskaltel) and Ryan Gibbons (UAE). Partly due to unrest in the peloton due to fan formation, the lead was always within limits and with five kilometers to go the difference had fallen to only fifty seconds.
sport">Four of the five leaders were seized on the cunning wall, after which the punchers and classification riders battled each other, but just fell short of Cort Nielsen. Behind Roglic, Italian Andrea Bagioli (Deceuninck-Quick Step) took third place.
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Kenny Elissonde has already lost his red jersey.
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Kenny Elissonde
sport">Kenny Elissonde, who had a five second lead over Roglic, was unable to keep up with the strongest on the Alto de la Montaña de Cullera and lost his jersey.
sport">The Frenchman from Trek-Segafredo had taken over the lead in the general classification from Rein Taaramäe on Wednesday. The Estonian of Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux fell in the final phase and lost more than two minutes.
Friday
sport">A ride of 152 kilometers awaits the riders on Friday. After the start in Gandia, the climbs follow each other in rapid succession. In total, the drivers must conquer five categorized cols before finishing on the Balcón de Alicante, a first category climb.
No audience
sport">Public is not welcome on the ascending roads towards the finish. The organization has closed the final climb, because there is a great fire risk in the area. It has been dry and warm in the region for weeks.
sport">watch here the stage results, standings in the classifications and the complete stage schedule in the Vuelta.
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