Rewarded for his day in a long breakaway, Odd Christian Eiking (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux) took the red jersey on a frenetic stage 10 of the Vuelta a España. Though his virtual race lead was threatened by needling attacks from Guillaume Martin (Cofidis), who began the day only 29 seconds further behind on the general classification, Eiking eventually distanced Martin on the final descent. The Frenchman finishes the stage in second place overall, at 58 seconds.
Twelve minutes behind the battle for the stage win, meanwhile, Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) attacked on the slopes of the Puerto de Almáchar and scampered away from an increasingly select group that imploded with his injection of pace.
Only Miguel Ángel López (Movistar Team), Enric Mas (Movistar Team), Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious) and Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) could maintain a pace vaguely resembling Roglič’s, and the gap stabilised at about 20 seconds until, on the descent, disaster struck Roglič as his back wheel slid out and he crashed. With that, momentum stalled in the GC race. Roglič re-joined the Movistar-led group and the Movistar-led group were joined by Felix Großschartner (Bora Hansgrohë) and Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana-Premier Tech) in the closing kilometres of the stage.
The main casualties from Roglič’s acceleration were the Ineos Grenadiers who floundered once again in this race; Richard Carapaz cracked the instant that Roglič attacked while, more importantly for their overall ambitions, Egan Bernal and Adam Yates were distanced too. They lost 37 seconds to their closest rivals. Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) was also unable to stay with the lead group, losing 1:14.
So, despite losing the red jersey, Roglič remains the best placed of the GC contenders, in third place at 2:17. The Movistar duo of Mas and López sit in fourth and fifth respectively, 28 seconds and 1:21 behind Roglič.
After his crash in the Tour de France last month, Haig looks increasingly formidable in sixth at 3:59. He extends his lead over seventh-placed Bernal who is now at 4:46, nearly two and a half minutes behind Roglič.
Yates, Ineos’ other GC hope, slips to ninth at 5:01 leapfrogged by Kuss, who again rode strongly in support of Roglič. Eighth-placed Kuss is at 4:57.
Großschartner and Vlasov finished in the first group of overall contenders to consolidate their own tilt at the GC. Großschartner sits in tenth at 5:42 while Vlasov is a further thirty seconds back in twelfth. Ciccone slots in between at eleventh, 6:10 behind the race leader.
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Storer (Aus) Team DSM | 4:09:21 |
| 2 | Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 0:00:22 |
| 3 | Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | |
| 4 | Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 5 | Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | |
| 6 | Jhonatan Narvaez Prado (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:00:51 |
| 7 | Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Team BikeExchange | |
| 8 | Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | |
| 9 | Lilian Calmejane (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | |
| 10 | Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo |
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 38:37:46 |
| 2 | Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis | 0:00:58 |
| 3 | Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma | 0:02:17 |
| 4 | Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:02:45 |
| 5 | Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team | 0:03:38 |
| 6 | Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious | 0:03:59 |
| 7 | Egan Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:04:46 |
| 8 | Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma | 0:04:57 |
| 9 | Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:05:01 |
| 10 | Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:05:42 |
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 180 |
| 2 | Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | 164 |
| 3 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 74 |
| 4 | Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM | 73 |
| 5 | Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma | 71 |
| 6 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Team BikeExchange | 70 |
| 7 | Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-Nippo | 67 |
| 8 | Lilian Calmejane (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | 59 |
| 9 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 54 |
| 10 | Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech | 52 |
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious | 28 |
| 2 | Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM | 22 |
| 3 | Michael Storer (Aus) Team DSM | 17 |
| 4 | Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers | 16 |
| 5 | Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious | 15 |
| 6 | Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma | 12 |
| 7 | Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | 11 |
| 8 | Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 10 |
| 9 | Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma | 9 |
| 10 | Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team | 7 |
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egan Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers | 38:42:32 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana-Premier Tech | 0:01:26 |
| 3 | Gino Mäder (Swi) Bahrain Victorious | 0:02:08 |
| 4 | Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo | 0:04:37 |
| 5 | Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis | 0:16:54 |
| 6 | Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team | 0:19:10 |
| 7 | Michael Storer (Aus) Team DSM | 0:29:31 |
| 8 | Steff Cras (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:31:54 |
| 9 | Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain Victorious | 0:37:09 |
| 10 | Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Ineos Grenadiers | 0:38:29 |
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ineos Grenadiers | 115:49:03 |
| 2 | UAE Team Emirates | 0:11:31 |
| 3 | Movistar Team | 0:15:47 |
| 4 | Bahrain Victorious | 0:16:00 |
| 5 | Jumbo-Visma | 0:21:59 |
| 6 | Trek-Segafredo | 0:28:50 |
| 7 | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 0:40:22 |
| 8 | AG2R Citroën Team | 0:43:15 |
| 9 | Astana-Premier Tech | 0:47:49 |
| 10 | Team DSM | 0:50:02 |
