2024 Vuelta a Espana GC Update after stage 17: Ben O'Connor one day closer to Madrid as podium hopefuls survive sprint stage
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Stage 17 of the 2024 Vuelta a Espana was never a day for the general classification riders to make big differences. Given the horrendous weather conditions however, there was a risk that nearly three weeks hard work could have been wiped out.
Thankfully however, all the big names survived the slippery and technical finale unscathed as Kaden Groves sprinted to his third stage win of the Grand Tour. As such, Ben O'Connor retains his 5 second lead over Primoz Roglic in the general classification with Enric Mas completing the provisional podium in third. With no further changes in the rest of the top 10, the GC riders will go again tomorrow.
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2024 Vuelta a Espana GC Update after stage 17:
| 1 | O'Connor Ben | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | 68:41:14 |
| 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 | Rodriguez Cristian | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 10:42 |
| 14 | Dunbar Edward | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 12:25 |
| 15 | Martin Guillaume | Cofidis | + 17:47 |
| 16 | Fortunato Lorenzo | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 18:21 |
| 17 | Haig Jack | Bahrain Victorious | + 25:00 |
| 18 | Parra José Félix | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 29:26 |
| 19 | Berthet Clément | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 45:42 |
| 20 | Rodríguez Óscar | INEOS Grenadiers | + 51:22 |
| 21 | Kruijswijk Steven | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 54:40 |
| 22 | Cattaneo Mattia | Soudal Quick-Step | + 55:33 |
| 23 | Valter Attila | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 55:35 |
| 24 | Pacher Quentin | Groupama-FDJ | + 59:03 |
| 25 | Bizkarra Mikel | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 01:00:46 |
| 26 | Riccitello Matthew | Israel-Premier Tech | + 01:02:45 |
| 27 | Oomen Sam | Lidl-Trek | + 01:08:15 |
| 28 | Poole Max | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 01:16:11 |
| 30 | Verona Carlos | Lidl-Trek | + 01:25:28 |
| 31 | Tejada Harold | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 01:25:34 |
| 32 | Aleotti Giovanni | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 01:26:44 |
| 33 | Küng Stefan | Groupama-FDJ | + 01:28:08 |
| 34 | del Toro Isaac | UAE Team Emirates | + 01:30:42 |
| 35 | Cepeda Alexander | EF Education-EasyPost | + 01:32:33 |
| 36 | Martinez Daniel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 01:33:12 |
| 37 | Paret-Peintre Valentin | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 01:35:57 |
| 38 | McNulty Brandon | UAE Team Emirates | + 01:37:07 |
| 39 | Vansevenant Mauri | Soudal Quick-Step | + 01:37:28 |
| 40 | Vervaeke Louis | Soudal Quick-Step | + 01:46:16 |
| 41 | Narvaez Jhonnatan | INEOS Grenadiers | + 01:47:10 |
| 42 | Martín Gotzon | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 01:47:16 |
| 43 | Meurisse Xandro | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 01:47:58 |
| 44 | Guglielmi Simon | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 01:50:22 |
| 45 | Tusveld Martijn | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 01:50:32 |
| 46 | Frigo Marco | Israel-Premier Tech | + 01:52:41 |
| 47 | Adrià Roger | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 01:54:28 |
| 48 | Garofoli Gianmarco | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 01:57:00 |
| 49 | Træen Torstein | Bahrain Victorious | + 01:57:43 |
| 50 | Berrade Urko | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 02:01:16 |
| 51 | Gesink Robert | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 02:01:27 |
| 52 | Mate Luis Angel | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 02:07:32 |
| 53 | Rafferty Darren | EF Education-EasyPost | + 02:19:32 |
| 54 | Le Berre Mathis | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 02:23:07 |
| 55 | Hamilton Chris | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 02:24:53 |
| 56 | Miquel Delgado Pau | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 02:25:40 |
| 57 | Oliveira Nelson | Movistar Team | + 02:26:20 |
| 58 | Teuns Dylan | Israel-Premier Tech | + 02:26:29 |
| 59 | Schmid Mauro | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 02:27:34 |
| 60 | Canal Carlos | Movistar Team | + 02:28:16 |
| 61 | Hermans Quinten | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 02:28:25 |
| 62 | Baroncini Filippo | UAE Team Emirates | + 02:29:02 |
| 63 | Braet Vito | Intermarché-Wanty | + 02:37:35 |
| 64 | Gregaard Jonas | Lotto Dstny | + 02:40:00 |
| 65 | Owsian Lukasz | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 02:46:20 |
| 66 | Strong Corbin | Israel-Premier Tech | + 02:47:01 |
| 67 | Sweeny Harry | EF Education-EasyPost | + 02:47:38 |
| 68 | Champion Thomas | Cofidis | + 02:52:54 |
| 69 | Vergaerde Otto | Lidl-Trek | + 02:53:09 |
| 70 | Livyns Arjen | Lotto Dstny | + 02:58:28 |
| 71 | Campenaerts Victor | Lotto Dstny | + 02:58:36 |
| 72 | Hollmann Juri | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 03:00:09 |
| 73 | Germani Lorenzo | Groupama-FDJ | + 03:04:08 |
| 74 | Isasa Xabier | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 03:07:11 |
| 75 | Shaw James | EF Education-EasyPost | + 03:07:58 |
| 76 | Berasategi Xabier | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 03:10:23 |
| 77 | Denz Nico | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 03:13:58 |
| 78 | Umba Santiago | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 03:18:05 |
| 79 | Groves Kaden | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 03:18:10 |
| 80 | Heiduk Kim | INEOS Grenadiers | + 03:18:11 |
| 81 | Planckaert Edward | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 03:27:14 |
| 82 | Asgreen Kasper | Soudal Quick-Step | + 03:29:53 |
| 83 | Bittner Pavel | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 03:30:04 |
| 84 | Soto Antonio | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 03:30:10 |
| 85 | Affini Edoardo | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 03:33:10 |
| 86 | Doull Owain | EF Education-EasyPost | + 03:42:18 |
| 87 | De Marchi Alessandro | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 03:47:50 |
| 88 | Ballerstedt Maurice | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 03:50:28 |
| 89 | Sütterlin Jasha | Bahrain Victorious | + 03:51:30 |
| 90 | Riesebeek Oscar | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 03:53:42 |
| 91 | van den Berg Julius | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 03:53:49 |
| 92 | Leijnse Enzo | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 03:58:51 |
| 93 | Guernalec Thibault | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 04:00:29 |
| 94 | Naberman Tim | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 04:16:06 |
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