Greig Leach

Clearly Jesus Herrada (Cofidis) had left everything on the road to take the victory atop La Laguna negra, Vinuesa. Perhaps he was inspired by seeing his team sponsor's name repeated multiple times just before and after the finish line. He was followed across the line by Romain Gregoire (Groupama-FDJ_ and Andreas Kron (Lotto-Dstny). Just coming around the corner in fourth place is Geraint Thomas (Ineos-Grenadiers). With the bulk of the peloton finishing almost six minutes late, Thomas did a lot to redeem his Vuelta. moving himself back into the top twenty.