Geoffrey Soupe of TotalEnergies shocked the Vuelta a España field to win stage seven along the Mediterranean in Oliva. The Frenchman, who has been a professional since 2011 but has never before won a race in Europe, started his sprint 300m from the line and held on for victory despite a late charge from Venezuelan champion Orluis Aular of Caja Rural-Seguros RGA.
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Sepp Kuss won the sixth stage of the Vuelta a España with a solo ride to the summit finish atop the Pico del Buitre, having attacked from the day’s break. The Jumbo-Visma rider was part of a very strong 40-rider early break that gained more than six minutes as it headed towards the cat-one Pico del Buitre – the only major climb of the day. That had been whittled down considerably by three kilometres to go when Kuss attacked, quickly building a lead.
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Kaden Groves (Alpecin Deceuninck) took his second victory in as many days at the Vuelta a España, pipping Ineos Grenadiers powerhouse Filippo Ganna to the line on stage five. The Australian, who won Tuesday’s fourth stage, went on to triumph by half a wheel’s length in Burriana, beating a late charge from the World Hour Record holder with a well-executed bike throw.
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Kaden Groves of Alpecin-Deceuninck won stage four of the Vuelta after a high-speed uphill dash to the line in Tarragona. The Aussie overcame a strong effort from Juan Sebastián Molano (UAE-Team Emirates) in what was a chaotic battle through a series of city-centre bends that proved the undoing of some hopefuls.
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Defending champion Remco Evenepoel won stage three of the Vuelta a España in Andorra and in doing so took the race lead. The Soudal Quick-Step rider attacked in the final 300m of the finishing climb to Arinsal, and though Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) was quick to respond to his attack, the Belgian held off the challenge of the Dane to take the victory by one second and collect six bonus seconds
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