Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) won the stage 18 time trial at the Vuelta a España by less than a second on Thursday, narrowly besting Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) in Valladolid. Ganna completed the flat 12.2 km course, which was shortened from an originally planned distance of 27.2 km, in 13 minutes flat. That made for a blistering average speed of 56 kilometers per hour.
Vine's teammate João Almeida finished third on the day, eight seconds behind Ganna – but 10 seconds ahead of race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike). Almeida is therefore just 40 seconds off the race lead with three stages to go.
[race_result id=23 stage_id=86362 count=5 gc=0 year=2025]
[race_result id=23 stage_id=86362 count=5 gc=5 year=2025]
How it happened
- Dan Hoole (Lidl-Trek) set a strong mark in the early goings that earned him at least a few minutes in the hot seat.
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