Vingegaard punctures; Dunbar crashes; Evenepoel and Mas win serious time | Vuelta a Espana overall classification update after stage 1

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Sunday, 27 August 2023 at 10:46
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The opening team time trial of the Vuelta a Espana was marked by the heavy rain that fell on Barcelona throughout the stage and mishaps for Jumbo-Visma and INEOS Grenadiers that caused both squads to lose time. Things didn't go well for UAE Team Emirates either.
DSM ended up winning by hundredths of a second over Movistar Team and 6 seconds ahead of EF Education-EasyPost and Soudal Quick-Step. Thus, among the favorites, Enric Mas and Remco Evenepoel, second and first of the last Spanish race, are the best finishers. Thus, the worst finishers were Geraint Thomas, Primoz Roglic, Jonas Vingegaard, Juan Ayuso and Joao Almeida. Vingegaard punctures which caused Jumbo to lose meaningful time, whilst Eddie Dunbar and Laurens de Plus were among the GC contenders who went down.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SOME FAVOURITES VUELTA A ESPAÑA.
- Enric Mas
- Remco Evenepoel at 6"
- Mikel Landa at 10"
- Geraint Thomas at 20"
- Jonas Vingegaard at 32"
- Primoz Roglic at 32"
- Juan Ayuso at 37"
- Joao Almeida at 37"

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