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2024 Vuelta a España – Stage 20: Remco Evenepoel Secures Overall Victory as Jonas Vingegaard Takes Stage Win
[Date] – Villarcayo, Spain – In a thrilling conclusion to the 2024 Vuelta a España, Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) has secured the overall victory, while Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) took the stage win on the final day of racing.
Evenepoel, who had been in the overall lead since Stage 15, crossed the finish line 24 seconds ahead of the day’s runner-up, Juan Ayuso (Team UAE Emirates), to seal the deal. The Belgian rider’s dominant performance in the general classification earned him his first Grand Tour victory.
Vingegaard, on the other hand, rode a masterclass to claim the stage win, finishing ahead of a group of top contenders, including Evenepoel and Ayuso. The Danish rider’s victory marked his second stage win of the Vuelta, after previously taking the stage in Andorra.
The stage 20 route, which covered 181 kilometers from Villarcayo to Picón Blanco, featured four categorized climbs, including the challenging Alto de la Lora, which was the penultimate ascent of the day. The stage was marked by a series of attacks and counter-attacks, with the peloton eventually whittling down to a select group of riders.
In the final kilometers, Vingegaard made his move, dropping his rivals and soloing to the finish line. Evenepoel and Ayuso managed to bridge the gap, but ultimately finished behind the stage winner.
The 2024 Vuelta a España has been a thrilling event, with multiple days of exciting racing and a strong field of contenders. Evenepoel’s overall victory marks a major milestone in his young career, and he will look to build on this success in the coming seasons.
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- Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) – Overall winner
- Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) – Stage 20 winner
- Juan Ayuso (Team UAE Emirates) – Day’s runner-up
- Stage 20 distance: 181 kilometers
- Categorized climbs: 4
- Finish location: Picón Blanco
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In the interview post-race in spanish Carapaz mentioned he didnt have enough gas to try to distance O’Connor, he said that Mas asked him more that he could give in the collab. Fair enough.
Edit: Gall needs a fucking raise elite domestique work probably saved O’Connor the podium.
Carapaz seemed out for blood not for BOC, but Mas. That feud runs deep apparently lol
I think BOC was on one of his best days. But Mas and Carapaz must have been pretty tired, I was expecting them to both gain time on Ben. Tomorrow I think Ben is slightly favourite to keep second, although it is the last day and the time gap between him and Mas is so small, you never know. And we were back to conservative strategy for Roglic. But you cannot be mad he didn’t sprint in the end, the man beat a 6 minutes handicap, a 20 seconds penalty, back pain and, possibly, salmonella.
i have a shiny new bridge for sale, if anyone’s interested after those food poisoning excuses
Primoz super strong this Vuelta! Fifth GT! Chapeau!!
Can’t really support a rider that rides as cowardly as Mas.
**Skjelmose interview:**
He admits getting dropped on the penultimate climb was a big blunder. He says he overestimated the climb and thought it would be significantly steeper. Says that in hindsight he should just have ‘dug deep’ briefly and then rest in the wheel afterwards.
Says he feels quite exhausted and that his legs were hurting all day, but hopes he can recover properly for the TT. Is happy it’s in the evening, so there’s more time to recover.
After the interview Trek DS Kim Andersen (and mentor of Skjelmose) came over and congratulated him on making it through the final mountain stage.
**Kim Andersen:** Says they nearly got a heart attack in the car, but was impressed Skjelmose managed to pace himself back. Says that during the past weeks they’ve ‘seen watts they’ve never seen before’.
Hey people! Soler won the most combative rider award! How natural.
I hate to sound like a downer but does this Vuelta end up leaving BOC with mixed feelings? On one hand, stage win, overall podium, and many days in red – incredible performance. On the other hand, it took several teams (namely Bora tho) tactically fucking up and giving him 6 minutes over all other GC riders to finish podium. If that’s what it takes to beat Enric Mas and still lose to Roglic.. you’d feel pretty discouraged about ever repeating this result here or at the giro/tour when Pog/Jonas/Remco are around.
The Vuelta shows how racing can be when you don’t have any teams who actually control a race.
So many are scared to lose their place than try and move up.
Ineos has officially imploded!
So what kind of rider is Skjelmose? I didn’t realize he is only 23, he’s been at WT level for almost his whole career. He seems super strong at times, punchy but can also climb, and maybe because he’s from Denmark also survive crosswinds a bit too? I guess i’m wondering why he doesn’t have more victories?
Mad props to BOC, two days ago, I didn’t think he would hold on to a podium after these two stages.
What a wild Vuelta it’s been. Hopefully tomorrow Rog still stays healthy for brilliant ITT!
Interesting – why is Rog masked
Roglic’s sons playing with the trophy and the plushie, so cute!
Six days he has had the best legs of the day, and he has finished with 0 victories and a third position in the general
– Two times he has prefered to try to win a sprint with Roglic than to attack
– Another one, it was Hazanallas and the near fall in the descent
– In Cuito Negro, he was the best of the peloton and he finished ahead of Roglic
– In Covadonga the same
– And today that is impossible to say nothing good about his perfomance despite being the strongest in the peloton
Seriously, its incomprensible Mas´s La Vuelta
What a beautiful family ❤️
I said it here beford and i got massively downvoted: mas doesnt deserve a grand tour with his overly defensive style
Wonder if Primoz will go to the Worlds after this.
Skjelmose looks like he is 29 easily
UAD wins the best team competition. Nice.
UAE’s tactics were certainly interesting today to say the least
LOL. If Rogi gets salmanella poisoning today. BOC wins the Vuelta
No disrespect but does Enric Mas have veneers?
That dude has a Chip Skylark smile
Fairly boring stage in the end, thought Mas and Carapaz would really go for it. Hope BOC keeps second over Mas after the lack of willingness to go for it and win the stage. Didn’t seem like Roglic was too bothered about Mas at the end and could probably have kicked up another gear if the gap was closer.
On a sidenote, WvA would have won the points jersey and likely won the mountain jersey had he not crashed. Very weird to see the final points winner end up with less points than someone who had to abandon the race. Has this ever happened in the points/KOM classification before?
how far from the finish is it worth rewatching?
Can we just talk about how disappointing La Vuelta has been for Kuss?
Vlasov still didnt arrive?
Gaudu having golden legs for several days in a row. That’s my boy.