Giulio Pellizzari won The SeventeENTH Stage of the Vuelta a España on Wednesday. The 21-year-old Italian from Red Bull-Hansgrohe Left Behind, Among Others, Jonas Vingegaard and João Almeida on a Tough Final Climb. Vingegaard simply retained the red jersey.
A Large Part of the Peloton had Already Been dropped Before the Alto de El Morredero, A Climb of the First Category With An Average Gradient or 9.5 percent. Vingegaard and Almeida, The Numbers One and Two in the Standings, Were Among The Leading Group of Six.
Vingegaard hero back when pellizzari attacked with a little under 3 kilometers to go, also because the dance did not seem to have the legs to compete for the stage victory. The Italian Leader of the Youth Classification Finished The Job and Tok His First Victory As A Professional Rider.
Vingegaard Did Pick Up Two Bonus Seconds On Almeida in the Final Meters. The Dane from Visma-Lease A Bike is now 48 Seconds Ahead of the Portuguese in the General Classification. With four internships to go, he is on course for his first overall victory in the vuelta.
The Seventeenth Stage Went Without Any Noteworthy Incidents. On Tuesday, The SixteENTH Stage had to be shortned because the road was blocked by pro-Palestinian demonstrators 3 kilometers from the finish. There also had leg incidents with pro-Palestinian demonstrators Earlier.
On Wednesday Morning, The Riders Decided after a Survey by Riders’ Union CPA that they would neutralize the race if pro-Palestinian demonstrators Disrupted the Race Again. That did not happen.
Pellizzari Wins Vuelta Stage on Final Climb Withered by Forest Fires
The Seventeenth Stage Tok The Peloton over 137 kilometers from Valdorras to the Alto de El Morredero. With the potential fireworks in the Final of the Stage, Adventurers Were Given Space for An Early Breakaway.
This Quickly LED to a Leading Group of About Twelve, which also included the Dutchman Timo Roosen. Gijs Leemreize was in a Group that was just behind. All the Escapees Were Caht at the Foot of the Alto de El Morredero.
Then a battle ensued between the aforementioned sextet, in which pellizzari won and the brit tom pidcock red to second place. The Australian Jai Hindley was Third, Ahead of Vingegaard (Fourth) and Almeida (Fifth). Leemreize was The Highest-Ranked Dutchman in 26th Place.
On Thursday there is an individual time trial on the program of 27.2 kilometers from and to Valladolid. The Vuelta Ends on Sunday in Madrid. There, Vingegaard hopes to win the vuelta for the first time in his career.