2023 Vuelta a Espana final youth classification | Juan Ayuso holds off Uijtdebroeks and Almeida

Despite his performance in 2022 Juan Ayuso had not won the youth classification. This year the Spaniard succeeded, being the best young rider of the race alongside his fourth in the overall classification.

After struggling on stage 13, Remco Evenepoel dropped out of contention for the jersey, opening things up more. Cian Uijtdebroeks and João Almeida finished second and third, but the UAE Team Emirates rider was never in much pressure after the fallout of the Belgian, who did lead the classification for several days. Alongside him, so did Lorenzo Milesi, Andrea Piccolo and Lenny Martínez.

Vuelta a Espana 2023 final youth classification:

1 AYUSO Juan UAE Team Emirates 76:51:39

2 UIJTDEBROEKS Cian BORA-hansgrohe + 04:42

3 ALMEIDA Joao UAE Team Emirates + 06:50

4 BUITRAGO Santiago Bahrain Victorious + 08:20

5 EVENEPOEL Remco Soudal Quick-Step + 13:26