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00:00Primoz Roglic put almost two minutes into Ben O'Connor yesterday as Mike Woods soared
00:10to victory in his Maple Leaf jersey.
00:13The gap at the top of GC is now 1 minute 21, although that is unlikely to change today.
00:20Definitely it's a different stage compared to yesterday, but I think there will be less
00:25action in general, but we are definitely ready to support Primoz and if an opportunity
00:33shows up we will try to grab it.
00:36T-Rex Quick-Step are targeting the top three overall with Mikel Landa, but they also have
00:41other ambitions.
00:42We would like to get away from this World Cup with a podium for Mikel for sure, but
00:50also a stage win.
00:53Obviously I also have some ambitions there myself, but for sure from a breakaway is my
00:59best chance.
01:02Victor Campenaerts has been lively this week and given that Lotto Destiny have lost their
01:06leader Lennart van Eertveld, we can expect to see the Belgian or one of his team-mates
01:10on the attack.
01:11I think today it is not a steep climb, but still it is a 22 kilometre climb in the final.
01:18I think it is a little bit too hard for me, but we want riders in the break.
01:23We will see what we can do.
01:25The sprinters have had pretty slim pickings at this Vuelta, but if they can survive today's
01:29long climb, they might finally get a chance to go for victory.
01:35Does it look too hard for sprinters?
01:36Oh, that's a good question.
01:39I'm actually not sure, I think it will really depend how the GC guys go on the final climb
01:44and if it's control or not, but for sure it looks better than yesterday for sprinters.
01:50I think if I do the best performance of my life on the climb, there is a small chance
01:54I could sprint, but we'll see.
01:59Stage 14 is the longest of this Vuelta, at a shade over 200 kilometres.
02:03In the final 40k, the riders will tackle the Puerto de Letariegos.
02:08It's long, almost 23 kilometres, but the average gradient is just 4.5%, so a rider like Wout
02:14van Aert should be able to get over it.
02:16Either way, the GC riders are set to take a back seat.
02:23They're on this wide road, which didn't necessarily make it very easy for a breakaway to go because
02:28it was very, very fast and at the head, it's Bismarck-Leeserbike in those yellow jerseys
02:31who are patrolling things in the peloton.
02:33Perhaps they feel like Wout van Aert can take another victory today.
02:37There were six men in the day's breakaway, including several that we've seen on the attack
02:41in recent days.
02:42Navaez, Tejada, Campenaerts, Frigo and Meurisse.
02:46They were joined by 20-year-old Isaac del Toro, who is now the youngest rider in the race.
02:52However, they were given very little freedom by the peloton, with the gap never exceeding
02:56two and a half minutes.
02:58And that's because Bismarck-Leeserbike clearly had plans for this stage.
03:02The Dutch squad keeping the pace high, the average was over 45 kilometres an hour as
03:07they looked to control things for Wout van Aert.
03:10The leader of the points classification and the mountains classification has looked on
03:14superb form at this race, so no surprise to see him targeting a fourth stage win.
03:20The Belgian has no shortage of admirers, even within his own team.
03:25It's a really nice guy and really nice to be with him in the team.
03:29What does he want to do today?
03:31Winning.
03:32Yeah, that's clear.
03:34It will still be a really hard stage with a tough climb in the final, but we believe
03:40as a team that it's a chance for us.
03:43So yeah, we really want to go for it today.
03:49The riders heading into the long descent after the first climb.
03:52The breakaway's lead was down to under two minutes as they approached the intermediate
03:56sprint just inside the last 50k.
03:59Vismalisa Bike still chasing relentlessly and the six leaders had no doubt realised
04:04this probably wouldn't be their day.
04:07The Puerto de Letariegos is far from the hardest climb at this Vuelta and the pace remained
04:12high even as the road began to rise.
04:14Kian Utterbroeckx now driving the peloton as three men dropped from the front group,
04:19Campenaerts, Moerisser and Del Toro.
04:22They would soon be caught.
04:25Narváez, Frigo and Tejada still plugging away with a lead of around one minute as
04:30they reach the halfway point of the climb.
04:36Here goes Narváez who is leaving Frigo behind with 23.4km to go, 6.9km from the top of the
04:43climb.
04:44The gap's going out to 40 seconds now and Narváez wanting to take his opportunity in
04:50his Ecuadorian road race champions jersey.
04:53He leaves the Italian Frigo behind.
04:57Narváez didn't resist for long though and soon it was all back together again.
05:02Various teams trying to hit the front before the descent but Van Aert was still well placed.
05:08The Belgian picking up 10 more points towards his polka dot jersey.
05:11Just over 16k to go now.
05:16This is Primoz Roglic who's got a problem.
05:18He's got one teammate with him and this is Dani Martinez.
05:21He needs a bike change, the car is there and Roglic who is second overall in the general
05:27classification on this descent.
05:29It looks as though that Roglic has taken the bike of Martinez.
05:34No major panic for Roglic who returned to the bunch with 10k to go.
05:38Having sat quietly in the peloton all day, Alpecin Deceuninck then hit the front for
05:42their sprinter Caden Groves.
05:44Van Aert was now all out of teammates but DSM Firmenik Postonell also had men working
05:48for Pavel Bittner and so rather unexpectedly it came down to a bunch sprint.
05:57Alpecin Deceuninck getting to the final left hand corner in first place.
06:02Plancard is doing the lead out for Groves while Van Aert is right on the wheel and he's
06:06looking for a professional victory number 50.
06:08Bittner is there for team DSM Firmenik Postonell, so is Wadzeck.
06:13Corbin Strong is looking to try and deliver a victory.
06:16What can the rider from New Zealand do?
06:18Strong is coming but now is Plancard who's starting to wind it up.
06:21He comes to 175m to go.
06:24It's Groves who hugs the left hand side of the barriers.
06:26It's Groves versus Van Aert.
06:28Groves versus Van Aert.
06:29Who's going to get the upper hand?
06:30Van Aert in the green jersey.
06:32It's going to be close on the line.
06:33Who's going to be a throw?
06:34And it looks as though Caden Groves gets the better of well Van Aert and it's well to stage
06:40victory number 6 for the Australian.
06:44While Van Aert was busy collecting green and polka dot points in recent days, Groves was
06:48just biding his time.
06:50The Australian and his team got it spot on today, taking victory despite all that hard
06:54work from Vismalisa Bike.
06:56It's win number 2 for Groves at this race and his 6th at La Vuelta in total.
07:00I didn't actually expect today to be as sprint as it was but Jumbo controlled it and to have
07:07a man on man sprint against Wout is pretty awesome.
07:11Today I didn't hesitate and I think I did a really good sprint and it felt like quite
07:17a bit of a drag race against Wout but in the end it was good enough to beat him.
07:22Groves taking his 18th career victory ahead of Van Aert, Strong, Vacek and Mikel.
07:27Van Aert has now come second three times at this Vuelta as well as taking three wins.
07:32The GC favourites all finishing safely in the bunch.
07:37As expected it was a quiet day in the fight for red with just that minor scare for Roglic
07:41in the final but things are definitely going to be shaken up in tomorrow's 15th stage.
07:49Van Aert outdone by Groves today but he still holds the green jersey by over 100 points,
07:54the Australian adding 20 to his tally in second place.
07:58Van Aert also extends his lead in the mountains competition to 23 points.
08:02He is followed by a trio of UAE riders.
08:06There's no change in white with Carlos Rodriguez still 17 seconds clear of Florian Lippovitz.
08:12The second week concludes tomorrow with a mammoth mountain stage finishing on the fearsome
08:17Quito Negru.
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