2024 Vuelta a Espana GC Update after stage 16: Brave Ben O'Connor narrowly holds onto race lead from Primoz Roglic!

Stage 16 of the Vuelta a Espana 2024 kicked off the third and final week of the race, with the general classification fight igniting on the iconic Lagos de Covadonga.

The Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team leader, Ben O'Connor started the stage with a lead of just over 1 minute on Primoz Roglic, and even more over Enric Mas. The leaders of Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe and Movistar Team were obliged to attack during the stage, while Mikel Landa, Richard Carapaz, Carlos Rodriguez, Florian Lipowitz and others also still held ambitions.

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Indeed, the race exploded in Lagos de Covadonga. O'Connor was dropped very early on the climb, which Mas took advantage of to accelerate in the group of favourites and try to change the red jersey's owner. The climb turned into a time trial for the Australian, who, battling incredibly bravely, manage to save the lead by just 5 seconds!

Roglic entered the finish with Mas, Carapaz and David Gaudu. The Slovenian is close to the red jersey, but will still have to keep fighting. Enric, meanwhile, cut to 1:25 on O'Connor, and remains 1:20 behind Primoz after entering ahead of him at the finish, as in Cuitu Negru.

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2024 Vuelta a Espana GC after stage 16:

1 O'Connor Ben Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team 65:09:00
2 Roglic Primoz Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 05
3 Mas Enric Movistar Team + 01:25
4 Carapaz Richard EF Education-EasyPost + 01:46
5 Landa Mikel Soudal Quick-Step + 02:18
6 Gaudu David Groupama-FDJ + 03:48
7 Rodriguez Carlos INEOS Grenadiers + 03:53
8 Skjelmose Mattias Lidl-Trek + 04:00
9 Lipowitz Florian Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 04:27
10 Sivakov Pavel UAE Team Emirates + 05:19
11 Yates Adam UAE Team Emirates + 05:20
12 Kuss Sepp Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 06:25
13 Vlasov Aleksandr Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 10:03
14 Rodriguez Cristian ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 10:42
15 Dunbar Edward Team Jayco-AlUla + 12:25
16 Martin Guillaume Cofidis + 17:47
17 Fortunato Lorenzo Astana Qazaqstan Team + 18:21
18 Haig Jack Bahrain Victorious + 25:00
19 Parra José Félix Equipo Kern Pharma + 29:26
20 Meintjes Louis Intermarché-Wanty + 44:05
21 Berthet Clément Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 45:42
22 Rodríguez Óscar INEOS Grenadiers + 51:22
23 Kruijswijk Steven Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 54:04
24 Cattaneo Mattia Soudal Quick-Step + 54:57
25 Bizkarra Mikel Euskaltel-Euskadi + 55:32
26 Valter Attila Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 55:35
27 Riccitello Matthew Israel-Premier Tech + 57:31
28 Pacher Quentin Groupama-FDJ + 59:03
29 Rubio Einer Movistar Team + 01:09:20
30 Izagirre Ion Cofidis + 01:12:16
31 Poole Max Team dsm-firmenich PostNL + 01:16:11
32 Soler Marc UAE Team Emirates + 01:17:11
33 Aleotti Giovanni Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 01:26:12
34 Lecerf William Junior Soudal Quick-Step + 01:27:55
35 del Toro Isaac UAE Team Emirates + 01:30:42
36 Paret-Peintre Valentin Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team + 01:35:57
37 Zana Filippo Team Jayco-AlUla + 01:41:18
38 Tusveld Martijn Team dsm-firmenich PostNL + 01:49:56
39 Guglielmi Simon ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 01:50:22
40 Vine Jay UAE Team Emirates + 01:52:24
41 Frigo Marco Israel-Premier Tech + 01:52:41
42 Adrià Roger Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe + 01:54:28
43 Gesink Robert Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 02:00:10
44 Knox James Soudal Quick-Step + 02:05:15
45 Huys Laurens ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 02:18:44
46 Miholjevic Fran Bahrain Victorious + 02:31:25
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