29/08/2024

Vuelta a Espana 2024 GC Update after stage 12: Ben O'Connor ticks off another day closer to overall victory

Stage 12 of the 2024 Vuelta a Espana was all about the summit finish finale. In the end though, as the breakaway and Equipo Kern Pharma's Pablo Castrillo took the win on the day, the Red Jersey contenders kept their powder dry.

As such, Ben O'Connor retains a 3:16 lead over Primoz Roglic, with Enric Mas completing the podium after 12 stages, 3:58 down on the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team leader.

Further down the GC, Richard Carapaz and Mikel Landa complete the top-5, before the Best Young Rider Carlos Rodriguez in 6th ahead of his nearest White Jersey contender Florian Lipowitz, with Adam Yates, Felix Gall and George Bennett rounding out the top-10.

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2024 Vuelta a Espana GC Update after stage 12:

1	O'Connor Ben	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	47:37:35
2	Roglic Primoz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 03:16
3	Mas Enric	Movistar Team	+ 03:58
4	Carapaz Richard	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 04:10
5	Landa Mikel	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 04:40
6	Rodriguez Carlos	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 05:23
7	Lipowitz Florian	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 05:29
8	Yates Adam	UAE Team Emirates	+ 05:30
9	Gall Felix	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 05:30
10	Bennett George	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 05:46
11	Gaudu David	Groupama-FDJ	+ 05:55
12	Skjelmose Mattias	Lidl-Trek	+ 06:41
13	Sivakov Pavel	UAE Team Emirates	+ 06:49
14	Rodriguez Cristian	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 07:13
15	Kuss Sepp	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 08:16
16	Martin Guillaume	Cofidis	+ 08:19
17	Vlasov Aleksandr	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 10:46
18	Dunbar Edward	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 11:37
19	Tejada Harold	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 11:50
20	Haig Jack	Bahrain Victorious	+ 12:29
21	Fortunato Lorenzo	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 12:40
22	Berthet Clément	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 24:32
23	Rodríguez Óscar	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 26:09
24	Meintjes Louis	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 27:47
25	Parra José Félix	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 30:24
26	Kruijswijk Steven	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 35:49
27	Quintana Nairo	Movistar Team	+ 37:52
28	Valter Attila	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 38:01
29	Riccitello Matthew	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 38:42
30	Rubio Einer	Movistar Team	+ 39:07
31	Cepeda Alexander	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 40:22
32	Poole Max	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 40:40
33	Narvaez Jhonnatan	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 41:56
34	Cattaneo Mattia	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 42:27
35	Taaramäe Rein	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 43:18
36	del Toro Isaac	UAE Team Emirates	+ 45:55
37	Vansevenant Mauri	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 47:31
38	Verona Carlos	Lidl-Trek	+ 52:20
39	Oomen Sam	Lidl-Trek	+ 53:34
40	Bizkarra Mikel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 56:38
41	Vervaeke Louis	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 59:23
42	Soler Marc	UAE Team Emirates	+ 01:01:02
43	Uijtdebroeks Cian	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 01:06:51
44	Gesink Robert	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 01:07:10
45	Paret-Peintre Valentin	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 01:07:39
46	Træen Torstein	Bahrain Victorious	+ 01:13:14
47	Frigo Marco	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 01:14:18
48	Zana Filippo	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 01:17:08
49	Castrillo Pablo	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 01:17:16
50	Geoghegan Hart Tao	Lidl-Trek	+ 01:19:11
51	Mate Luis Angel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 01:21:37
52	Schmid Mauro	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 01:31:25
53	Armirail Bruno	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 01:33:28
54	Teuns Dylan	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 01:33:50
55	Adrià Roger	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 01:39:26
56	Scotson Callum	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 01:40:01
57	De Gendt Thomas	Lotto Dstny	+ 01:44:25
58	Braet Vito	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 01:45:00
59	Champion Thomas	Cofidis	+ 01:46:30
60	Thompson Reuben	Groupama-FDJ	+ 01:51:10
61	Sweeny Harry	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 01:53:21