Vingegaard makes move as he powers to Vuelta stage nine win

AFP | London

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Jonas Vingegaard claimed stage nine victory in the Vuelta a Espana yesterday with a strong finish which helped him eat away at Torstein Traen’s general classification lead.

The Danish star, favourite to win the Grand Tour, also earned nearly half-aminute on his likely closest contender Team UAE’s Joao Almeida.

Visma-Lease a Bike’s Vingegaard had said he and his team were saving their legs for the second and third weeks, but took two minutes out of Traen and trails by just 37 seconds overall.

It took a long time for the day’s break to form on the hilly 195.5 kilometres ride from Alfaro to the Valdezcaray ski resort, with several attacks quickly reeled in.