2024 Vuelta a Espana GC Update after stage 10: Ben O'Connor ticks off another day in red as big names keep their powder dry of first test of week 2
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Stage 10 of the Vuelta a Espana 2024 resumed the race after the first rest day. The possibility that the general classification could be modified on a course like Tuesday's was not the highest, but it was not ruled out either.
Ben O'Connor started the second week with the red jersey that he got with his victory from the breakaway in stage 6. Behind him, Primoz Roglic, Richard Carapaz, Enric Mas and Mikel Landa aimed to be his main threats of the day. The Movistar Team rider, especially, due to his great sensations in the last days of the first week.
Although EF Education-EasyPost stepped up the pace in the peloton on the final climb to the Alto de Mougás to put Richard Carapaz in a good position to attack, Decathlon managed to quickly neutralize the US team's intentions, keeping Ben O'Connor and his red jersey lead safe for another day.
In the end, the whole stage was marked by the breakaway of Wout van Aert, where Marc Soler also made an appearance until the final 30 km when the Belgian launched an attack that only Quentin Pacher could follow. There was no chance for the fight for the general classification to break out, and all the favourites maintained the same gap they had before the start of the day.
Vuelta a Espana GC after stage 9:
| 1 | O'Connor Ben | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | 40:05:54 |
| 2 | Roglic Primoz | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 03:53 |
| 3 | Carapaz Richard | EF Education-EasyPost | + 04:32 |
| 4 | Mas Enric | Movistar Team | + 04:35 |
| 5 | Landa Mikel | Soudal Quick-Step | + 05:17 |
| 6 | Lipowitz Florian | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 05:29 |
| 7 | Yates Adam | UAE Team Emirates | + 05:30 |
| 8 | Gall Felix | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 05:30 |
| 9 | Rodriguez Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers | + 06:00 |
| 10 | Gaudu David | Groupama-FDJ | + 06:32 |
| 11 | Sivakov Pavel | UAE Team Emirates | + 07:11 |
| 12 | Rodriguez Cristian | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 07:13 |
| 13 | Skjelmose Mattias | Lidl-Trek | + 07:18 |
| 14 | Kuss Sepp | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 08:16 |
| 15 | Van Eetvelt Lennert | Lotto Dstny | + 08:55 |
| 16 | Bennett George | Israel-Premier Tech | + 09:50 |
| 17 | Vlasov Aleksandr | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 10:46 |
| 18 | Fortunato Lorenzo | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 11:12 |
| 19 | Martin Guillaume | Cofidis | + 12:23 |
| 20 | Haig Jack | Bahrain Victorious | + 12:29 |
| 21 | Tejada Harold | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 15:40 |
| 22 | Dunbar Edward | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 15:55 |
| 23 | Rochas Rémy | Groupama-FDJ | + 18:56 |
| 24 | Parra José Félix | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 26:37 |
| 25 | Pacher Quentin | Groupama-FDJ | + 28:24 |
| 26 | Meintjes Louis | Intermarché-Wanty | + 29:26 |
| 27 | Rodríguez Óscar | INEOS Grenadiers | + 29:55 |
| 28 | Quintana Nairo | Movistar Team | + 32:08 |
| 29 | Küng Stefan | Groupama-FDJ | + 34:06 |
| 30 | Rubio Einer | Movistar Team | + 34:21 |
| 31 | Martín Gotzon | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 34:52 |
| 32 | Cepeda Alexander | EF Education-EasyPost | + 37:33 |
| 33 | Kruijswijk Steven | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 38:04 |
| 34 | del Toro Isaac | UAE Team Emirates | + 38:46 |
| 35 | Martinez Daniel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 39:10 |
| 36 | Taaramäe Rein | Intermarché-Wanty | + 39:42 |
| 37 | Valter Attila | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 40:50 |
| 38 | Riccitello Matthew | Israel-Premier Tech | + 41:59 |
| 39 | Cattaneo Mattia | Soudal Quick-Step | + 42:01 |
| 40 | Izagirre Ion | Cofidis | + 42:48 |
| 41 | Berrade Urko | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 48:19 |
| 42 | Vansevenant Mauri | Soudal Quick-Step | + 49:50 |
| 43 | Narvaez Jhonnatan | INEOS Grenadiers | + 51:55 |
| 44 | Bizkarra Mikel | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 52:51 |
| 45 | Vervaeke Louis | Soudal Quick-Step | + 54:15 |
| 46 | Lecerf William Junior | Soudal Quick-Step | + 56:57 |
| 47 | van Aert Wout | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 57:10 |
| 48 | Oomen Sam | Lidl-Trek | + 57:27 |
| 49 | Paret-Peintre Valentin | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 58:08 |
| 50 | Soler Marc | UAE Team Emirates | + 01:00:00 |
| 51 | Ries Michel | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 01:01:16 |
| 52 | Tusveld Martijn | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 01:01:48 |
| 53 | Verona Carlos | Lidl-Trek | + 01:01:54 |
| 54 | Miquel Delgado Pau | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 01:04:19 |
| 55 | Guglielmi Simon | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 01:11:39 |
| 56 | Geoghegan Hart Tao | Lidl-Trek | + 01:13:03 |
| 57 | McNulty Brandon | UAE Team Emirates | + 01:15:42 |
| 58 | Le Berre Mathis | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 01:24:13 |
| 59 | Knox James | Soudal Quick-Step | + 01:24:31 |
| 60 | Teuns Dylan | Israel-Premier Tech | + 01:26:43 |
| 61 | Hollmann Juri | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 01:33:06 |
| 62 | Adrià Roger | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 01:34:49 |
| 63 | Huys Laurens | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 01:35:11 |
| 64 | Juaristi Txomin | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 01:35:30 |
Kieran WoodDeputy Editor-in-Chief
Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He regularly contributes to DartsNews.com and CyclingUpToDate.com, where he covers professional cycling and darts. In cycling, his work includes liveblogs from major races, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España, alongside race reports and analysis. He has also conducted interviews with professional riders.
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