Greig Leach

With Morkov's attack neutralized, it was the young Australian, Brendan Canty (Cannondale-Drapac) who was the next to put in a go off the front. More than half of the break had been dropped alredy on the Puerto del Torcal, so it was only Omar Fraile (Dimension Data), Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal), Pawel Poljanski (Bora Hansgrohe) and Jose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) who could stay on the young man's wheel. With 23 kilometers left to race, it seems as though it is down to one of these five.