Vuelta a España Stage Report: Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) won stage 14 of the Vuelta a España in Villablino. Despite this being a hilly stage with a long climb in the finale, the stage ended in a bunch sprint. Groves out-sprinted points and KOM leader, Wout van Aert, who couldn’t finish the hard work of his Visma | Lease a Bike team. Ben O’Connor (Decathlon-AG2R-La Mondiale) finished in the bunch to keep the overall lead. The stage 14 finale
Vuelta race director, Fernando Escartín : “The longest stage of La Vuelta 24. A flat initial section will be the prelude to the tough finale following the race’s visit to Asturias before returning to Castilla y León through the Leitariegos Mountain Pass. The climb will not feature steep ramps. However, these 23 km can feel particularly challenging in a stage consisting of almost 200 km.” Stage 14 profile
Stage 14: The 14th stage starts in Villafrance del Bierzo. The first hundred kilometres are again fairly easy. Halfway through the stage, there is the Puerto de Cerredo. This climb rises about 9 kilometres with an average gradient of 4.1% and will not cause too many problems. At the top the riders will enter Asturias. In this stage, the Puerto de Leitariegos (24km at 4.1%) is the main obstacle. This starts after a long descent towards Bimeda at 39 kilometres from the finish. There are 24 kilometres of climbing, but it never really gets very steep, it should take about an hour […]
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