"I didn't trust my sprint. But it was the only option I had" - Jon Barrenetxea runs through Andalucia surprise victory

The end of the Vuelta a Andalucía 2025 has been tremendous. Movistar closed the race with a stage win while Pavel Sivakov gave UAE the overall, Jon Barrenetxea triumphed in the 'fuga de la fuga'.

The Movistar Team rider attacked in the breakaway with 17 kilometers to go. There a group of 6 riders was formed. With 5 km to go, a crash took 3 of them out of the fight. Between Barrenetxea, Johannes Staune-Mittet and Tobias Johannessen everything was decided.

The Spaniard was showing clear signs of physical exhaustion, but in the final sprint he managed to beat his two rivals - although the sprint saw Johannessen complain quite a lot. "The start was very hard. Enric Mas and I managed to get into the breakaway. Then it was the breakaway of the breakaway. And there we had to fight with sticks". Also, through Señal Deportes, he expanded more about everything that happened: "In such a hard stage you never know, because the body suffers a lot and there is a lot of wear and tear". 

"Staune-Mittet was more tired, but Johannessen was stronger," added the Movistar rider. "I was really empty, and I didn't trust my sprint. But it was the only option I had. I took a gamble and went flat out."

During the race, Movistar had problems due to a virus that spread through the team: "We are very happy. In the end, four teammates withdrew due to illness. It was my turn to work. Thanks to that I had my chance, and I was able to take advantage of it," Barrenetxea continued. "In the end we worked to get victories. After such a complicated week, I'm very happy".

With this one, Jon Barrenetxea adds 2 victories as a professional cyclist, after the one he also achieved with Movistar last year in the Circuito de Getxo and is part of the Spanish team's new uprising of talent.