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- Cycling 2020
- Vuelta a España
- October 20 to November 8
Vuelta an España: Tim Wellens wins stage 14
No significant order changes as Wellens wins stage 14 from Woods
Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) guaranteed his second success of the current year’s Vuelta an Espana in the wake of taking triumph in front of an audience 14 of the race from Lugo to Ourense. The Belgian won the run from a little gathering and held off a late charge from Michael Woods (EF Pro Cycling) and Zdenek Stybar (Deceuninck-QuickStep).
The general competitors completed securely in the primary field, with Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) keeping up his 39-second lead over Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers).
For Wellens, the triumph filled in as one more token of his ability at winning from little breakaways. He was important for the early move that skirted free from the peloton after another wild eyed beginning and was one of the prevailing powers as the race wore on. The Lotto Soudal rider seemed to be in a difficult situation when Stybar and Marc Soler (Movistar) assaulted from the break as they hustled over the last move of the day yet the victor of stage 5 connected up to the pioneers similarly as the plummet leveled out.
At the point when Dylan van Baarle (Ineos Grenadiers), Woods and Thymen Arensman (Sunweb) recovered contact with Wellens, Soler and Stybar with 1.3km to go, the stage looked all the way open and it was Woods who hit the front on the last slopes before the line.
The Canadian was additionally searching for his second dominate of the race and he extended his allies to nearly limit with around 700m to go yet Wellens had enough in the tank to react and he kicked with 400m remaining. No one but Woods could figure out how to hold Wellens’ movement yet the Belgian had the quicker speeding up as well as picked the best line and with no space to try and consider passing inside the last 75m it was Wellens who lifted his arms to praise another triumph.
The 29-year-old presently has two wins each in both the Vuelta an Espana and the Giro d’Italia, with simply a phase win in the Tour de France missing from his set.
“It is difficult to win, I needed to truly battle to get in the breakaway, and every one of my partners in the breakaway were truly solid riders,” Wellens said toward the completion.
“The entire day we rode a too decent rhythm. In the plummet we got a path with three, I thought we planned to remain in front yet the other three returned. I realized I needed to take the last corner in the principal position. I felt Woods coming yet out of nowhere the end goal was there and I passed first.”
“The entire day I had the feeling that Dylan van Baarle was the best – he is a great rouler however then when we accelerated a piece I saw Woods and Soler had great legs. I was somewhat scared of Woods in the run yet I figure I did excellent to begin first and I saw the corner and realized I needed to remain within.”
“We came here with the group to get a base one phase triumph. At that point when we had the first they continued putting pressure for the subsequent one. I realized today was a day that fit me well indeed. I was anticipating this day for quite a while. It’s one thing to anticipate a day however the other thing you must be in the correct position, be in the breakaway and have the correct legs and today everything went awesome.”
How it unfurled
After the stage 13 time preliminary the Vuelta an Espana got back to pack hustling on Wednesday and there was no lack of expectation to make it into the sunrise with a few rushes of assaults in the initial kilometers. With three punchy third classification climbs and moving territory all through this was the ideal day for a break’s endurance and when the residue at long last settled the seven-rider bunch that framed was stacked with ability.
Zdenek Štybar (Deceuninck-QuickStep), Marc Soler (Movistar), Dylan van Baarle (Ineos Grenadiers), Michael Woods (EF Pro Cycling), Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal), Thymen Arensman (Sunweb), Pierre-Luc Périchon (Cofidis) immediately settled a solid lead over a peloton that was quick to at any rate have a type of relief after what has been a tiresome race. Astana kept the pioneers at around five minutes until about 110km to go and when the pioneers arrived at the Alto de Guitara their preferred position was still around the five-minute imprint.
With 54km residual the hole held at 5:34 with Total Direct Energie – having missed the break – setting to take a shot at the front of the peloton. The French group figured out how to decrease the break’s bit of leeway to 2:49 with 35km to go and on the last move of the Aldo de Abelaira it quickly looked like a catch would be made. The peloton had sliced the shortfall to a little more than a moment however when Total stripped off the front they discovered little assistance from the remainder of the bundle.
Woods assaulted 2.5km from the culmination on the Aldo de Abelaira however just Périchon was removed before a wild eyed arrangement of assaults and counter-assaults saw Soler and Stybar move clear. Wellens was in the end insightful to the move however his presentation on the last short climb to the line was the most great piece of his ride and his ever-developing palmares now has a fourth Grand Tour stage win.
Full results
| Place | Rider (Country) Team | Result |
| 1 | Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 04:37:05 |
| 2 | Michael Woods (Can) EF Pro Cycling | |
| 3 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-Quickstep | |
| 4 | Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 5 | Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team | 00:00:11 |
| 6 | Thyman Arensman (Ned) Team Sunweb | 00:00:13 |
| 7 | Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Cofidis | 00:03:11 |
| 8 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation | 00:03:44 |
| 9 | Gonzalo Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 00:03:44 |
| 10 | Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma | 00:03:44 |
| 11 | Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates | 00:03:44 |
| 12 | Victor Lafay (Fra) Cofidis | 00:03:44 |
| 13 | Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 00:03:44 |
| 14 | Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling | 00:03:44 |
| 15 | Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:03:44 |
| 16 | Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers | 00:03:44 |
| 17 | David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 00:03:44 |
| 18 | Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain McLaren | 00:03:44 |
| 19 | David De la Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) UAE Team Emirates | 00:03:44 |
| 20 | Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team | 00:03:44 |
| 21 | Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Pro Cycling | 00:03:44 |
| 22 | Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team | 00:03:44 |
| 23 | Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain McLaren | 00:03:44 |
| 24 | Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana Pro Team | 00:03:44 |
| 25 | Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 00:03:44 |
| 26 | Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis | 00:03:44 |
| 27 | Stan Dewulf (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 00:03:51 |
| 28 | Jannik Steimle (Ger) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 00:03:54 |
| 29 | Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott | 00:03:54 |
| 30 | George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma | 00:03:54 |
| 31 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis | 00:03:54 |
| 32 | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) UAE Team Emirates | 00:04:00 |
| 33 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Total Direct Energie | 00:04:00 |
| 34 | Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 00:04:03 |
| 35 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Team Sunweb | 00:04:07 |
| 36 | Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Burgos-BH | 00:04:07 |
| 37 | Gino Mäder (Swi) NTT Pro Cycling | 00:04:07 |
| 38 | Georg Zimmermann (Ger) CCC Team | 00:04:07 |
| 39 | William Barta (USA) CCC Team | 00:04:07 |
| 40 | Kobe Goossens (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 00:04:07 |
| 41 | Julien Simon (Fra) Total Direct Energie | 00:04:10 |
| 42 | Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Burgos-BH | 00:04:12 |
| 43 | Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 00:04:16 |
| 44 | Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma | 00:04:16 |
| 45 | Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | 00:04:16 |
| 46 | Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | 00:04:16 |
| 47 | Michel Ries (Lux) Trek-Segafredo | 00:04:21 |
| 48 | Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) EF Pro Cycling | 00:04:21 |
| 49 | Juan Pedro Lopez Perez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo | 00:04:24 |
| 50 | Ian Garrison (USA) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 00:04:24 |
| 51 | Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 00:04:24 |
| 52 | Robert Stannard (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 00:04:24 |
| 53 | Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 00:04:31 |
| 54 | Brent Van Moer (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 00:04:31 |
| 55 | Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis | 00:04:38 |
| 56 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Israel Start-Up Nation | 00:04:38 |
| 57 | Willie Smit (RSA) Burgos-BH | 00:04:38 |
| 58 | José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team | 00:04:56 |
| 59 | Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 00:04:56 |
| 60 | Andrey Amador (CRc) Ineos Grenadiers | 00:04:56 |
| 61 | Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team | 00:04:56 |
| 62 | Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 00:04:56 |
| 63 | Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team | 00:04:56 |
| 64 | Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis | 00:04:56 |
| 65 | Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team | 00:04:56 |
| 66 | Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 00:04:56 |
| 67 | Dorian Godon (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | 00:04:56 |
| 68 | Rob Power (Aus) Team Sunweb | 00:04:56 |
| 69 | Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) UAE Team Emirates | 00:05:14 |
| 70 | Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation | 00:05:14 |
| 71 | Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH | 00:05:14 |
| 72 | Carlos Barbero (Spa) NTT Pro Cycling | 00:05:14 |
| 73 | Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott | 00:05:14 |
| 74 | Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 00:05:14 |
| 75 | Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Eth) Mitchelton-Scott | 00:05:14 |
| 76 | Mark Donovan (GBr) Team Sunweb | 00:05:14 |
| 77 | Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 00:05:14 |
| 78 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | 00:05:14 |
| 79 | Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | 00:05:14 |
| 80 | Julen Amezqueta Moreno (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 00:05:14 |
| 81 | Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team | 00:05:14 |
| 82 | Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 00:05:21 |
| 83 | Chris Froome (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | 00:05:37 |
| 84 | James Piccoli (Can) Israel Start-Up Nation | 00:05:37 |
| 85 | Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 00:05:37 |
| 86 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers | 00:05:37 |
| 87 | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Total Direct Energie | 00:05:37 |
| 88 | Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Astana Pro Team | 00:05:37 |
| 89 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | 00:05:37 |
| 90 | Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 00:05:37 |
| 91 | Ricardo Vilela (Por) Burgos-BH | 00:05:37 |
| 92 | Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal | 00:05:37 |
| 93 | Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb | 00:05:37 |
| 94 | Max Kanter (Ger) Team Sunweb | 00:05:37 |
| 95 | Michael Valgren (Den) NTT Pro Cycling | 00:05:43 |
| 96 | Logan Owen (USA) EF Pro Cycling | 00:05:43 |
| 97 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Pro Cycling | 00:05:43 |
| 98 | Jhojan Orlando Garcia Sosa (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 00:05:43 |
| 99 | Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Ineos Grenadiers | 00:05:43 |
| 100 | Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | 00:05:43 |
| 101 | Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain McLaren | 00:05:43 |
| 102 | Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team | 00:05:52 |
| 103 | Omar Fraile Matarranz (Spa) Astana Pro Team | 00:05:52 |
| 104 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team | 00:05:52 |
| 105 | Ion Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team | 00:05:52 |
| 106 | Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Astana Pro Team | 00:05:52 |
| 107 | Michal Paluta (Pol) CCC Team | 00:05:52 |
| 108 | Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Team | 00:05:52 |
| 109 | Callum Scotson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 00:05:56 |
| 110 | Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates | 00:06:04 |
| 111 | Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates | 00:06:04 |
| 112 | Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:06:11 |
| 113 | Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:06:11 |
| 114 | Paul Martens (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma | 00:06:11 |
| 115 | Ide Schelling (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:06:18 |
| 116 | Romain Sicard (Fra) Total Direct Energie | 00:06:33 |
| 117 | Paul Ourselin (Fra) Total Direct Energie | 00:06:33 |
| 118 | Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 00:06:33 |
| 119 | Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 00:06:49 |
| 120 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 00:06:50 |
| 121 | Dion Smith (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott | 00:06:50 |
| 122 | Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Team Jumbo-Visma | 00:06:50 |
| 123 | Juan Felipe Osorio Arboleda (Col) Burgos-BH | 00:11:27 |
| 124 | Valentin Ferron (Fra) Total Direct Energie | 00:11:27 |
| 125 | Julius Van den Berg (Ned) EF Pro Cycling | 00:11:27 |
| 126 | Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda (Ecu) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 00:11:27 |
| 127 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Israel Start-Up Nation | 00:11:27 |
| 128 | Mihkel Räim (Est) Israel Start-Up Nation | 00:11:27 |
| 129 | Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 00:11:27 |
| 130 | Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) CCC Team | 00:11:27 |
| 131 | Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Pro Cycling | 00:11:27 |
| 132 | Matteo Badilatti (Swi) Israel Start-Up Nation | 00:11:27 |
| 133 | Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Total Direct Energie | 00:11:27 |
| 134 | Scott Davies (GBr) Bahrain McLaren | 00:11:27 |
| 135 | Stefan De Bod (RSA) NTT Pro Cycling | 00:11:27 |
| 136 | Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:12:02 |
| 137 | Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:12:02 |
| 138 | Enrico Gasparotto (Swi) NTT Pro Cycling | 00:15:42 |
| 139 | Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo | 00:15:42 |
| 140 | Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 00:15:42 |
| 141 | Kevin Inkelaar (Ned) Bahrain McLaren | 00:15:42 |
| 142 | Alex Molenaar (Ned) Burgos-BH | 00:15:42 |
| 143 | Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:15:42 |
| 144 | Harry Tanfield (GBr) AG2R la Mondiale | 00:15:42 |
| 145 | Benjamin Dyball (Aus) NTT Pro Cycling | 00:15:42 |
| 146 | Oscar Cabedo Carda (Spa) Burgos-BH | 00:15:42 |
| 147 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Total Direct Energie | 00:21:05 |
| 148 | Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 00:25:36 |
| DNF | Alexander Kamp (Den) Trek-Segafredo | |
| DNF | Martin Salmon (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| DNF | Alexis Renard (Fra) Israel Start-Up Nation |
