2024 Vuelta a España stage 14 by BikeRaceInfo

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Weather at the finish city of Villablino at 2:05 PM, local time: 21C (70F), rain showers, with the wind from the southwest at 3 km/hr (2 mph). There is a varying 25% - 50% chance that the rain will continue until 5:00 PM.

Rated ascents:

Km 102.5: Puerto de Cerredo, 7 km @ 4.6%. Cat. 3
Km 184: Puerto de Leitariegosi, 22.8 km @ 4.5%. Cat. 1

The race: Rubén Fernandez (Cofidis) did not start. That left a starting peloton of 149 riders.

Here's the race organizer's stage 14 summary:

Kaden Groves (Alpecin Deceuninck) survived many climbs, again on stage 14, to take his second win in La Vuelta 24, on Saturday in Villablino. Two weeks after he powered to victory in Ourem (stage 2), the Australian star went over the longest climb of this edition - the 22.7km Puerto de Leitariegos, summited with 16.5km to go - to sprint for victory. It was a tight battle against an unleashed Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) but Groves narrowly edged his Belgian rival, who was hunting a fourth stage win in this edition. Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) made it safely over the summits of the day to retain La Roja on the eve of a gruelling finish at Cuitu Negru.

The peloton gets rolling in the start town of Villafranca del Bierzo.

The peloton of La Vuelta 24 face another stage with loads of climbing (2,883m of elevation). Will the GC contenders battle? Can some fast men dream of surviving the Puerto de Leitariegos to battle for the win in Villablino? Or will it be a delight for long range attackers?

Del Toro on known roads
The battle for the break is on from the start but it takes an hour of battle, with almost 50 kilometres covered, for six riders to emerge at the front: Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates), Jhonatan Narvaez (Ineos Grenadiers), Xandro Meurisse (Alpecin Deceuninck), Marco Frigo (Israel Premier Tech), Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Dstny) and Harold Tejada (Astana Qazaqstan).

About halfway into the stage a group of six riders have a 2-minute lead: Jhonatan Narvaez, Isaac Del Toro, Victor Campenaerts, Harold Tejada, Xandro Meurisse & Marco Frigo.

Del Toro, the youngest rider in La Vuelta 24, has already found success on these roads, as a winner of the Vuelta Asturias Julio Alvarez Mendo earlier this season. But it will be hard for him to win again as Wout van Aert’s Visma-Lease a Bike quickly take the reins of the bunch to control the gap at around 2’.

Groves survives and wins
The attackers’ lead is down to 1 minute as they start the main ascent of the day, the 22.7-km long Puerto de Leitariegos. Narvaez, Frigo and Tejada drop their breakaway companions while Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma-Lease a Bike) ups the pace in the bunch.

Jhonatan Narvaez going solo on the day's final climb, the Puerto de Leitariegos. He was soon caught.

Narvaez goes solo into the last 7km of ascent. In the meantime, Steven Kruijswijk (Visma-Lease a Bike) takes over at the front of the bunch. His effort means the end of Narvaez’s assault with 19.5km to go, 3km before the summit.

Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) suffers a mechanical on the downhill but he quickly gets back to the bunch, led by Alpecin Deceuninck for Kaden Groves, who powers to his sixth La Vuelta stage win, the second this year, just ahead of Wout van Aert.

Kaden Groves just beats Wout van Aert for the stage win.

Complete results:

Stage 14 photos

199.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.832 km/hr

1	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4hr 21min 34sec
2	Wout van Aert	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
3	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
4	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
5	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
6	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
7	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
8	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
9	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
10	Carlos Canal	Movistar	s.t.
11	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
13	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
14	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	William Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
16	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
17	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
18	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
19	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
20	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
21	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
22	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
23	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
24	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
25	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
27	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
28	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
29	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
30	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
31	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
32	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
33	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
34	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
35	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
36	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
37	Enric Mas	Movistar	s.t.
38	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
39	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
41	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
42	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
43	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
44	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
45	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
46	Laurens Huys	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
47	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
48	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
49	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
50	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
51	Felix Gall	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
52	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
53	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
54	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
55	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
56	Clément Berthet	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
57	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
58	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
59	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
60	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
61	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 19sec
62	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
63	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	0:20
64	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	0:22
65	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	0:27
66	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
67	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	0:30
68	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
69	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
70	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
71	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	s.t.
72	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	0:32
73	Einer Rubio	Movistar	0:42
74	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
75	Martijn Tusveld	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
76	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:45
77	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
78	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	0:59
79	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:07
80	Max Poole	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:09
81	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	1:52
82	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	2:32
83	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	2:56
84	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
85	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
86	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	3:02
87	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	4:55
88	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:58
89	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	5:11
90	Santiago Umba	Astana Qazaqstan	6:14
91	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Wanty	7:05
92	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
94	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	7:59
95	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
96	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
97	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
98	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
99	Riley Sheehan	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
100	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	9:55
101	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
102	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
103	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	10:55
104	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	11:01
105	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	11:04
106	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	11:53
107	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	12:03
108	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	12:19
109	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	13:40
110	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	14:09
111	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
112	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
113	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
114	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
115	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
116	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
117	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	15:10
118	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
119	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
120	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	15:23
121	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
122	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
123	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
124	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
125	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	s.t.
126	Victor Lafay	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
127	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	17:38
128	Julius van den Berg	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
129	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	17:41
130	Robert Gesink	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	18:55
131	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
132	Patrick Gamper	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
133	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
134	Antonio Soto	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
135	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
136	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
137	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
138	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
139	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
140	Mauro Schmid	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
141	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
142	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar	19:02
143	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	21:47
144	Nicolas Vinokurov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
145	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
146	Ide Schelling	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
147	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
148	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
149	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.

GC after stage 14:

GC leader: Ben O'Connor (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale)
Mountains classification leader: Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Points classification leader: Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Best young rider: Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers)
Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emirates

2,282.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.377 km/hr

1	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	56hr 31min 49sec
2	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	@ 1min 21sec
3	Enric Mas	Movistar	3:01
4	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	3:13
5	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	3:20
6	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	4:12
7	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:29
8	Felix Gall	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	4:42
9	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	4:44
10	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	5:17
11	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	5:24
12	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	6:29
13	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates	6:31
14	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	6:55
15	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	7:28
16	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	9:02
17	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	10:55
18	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	11:19
19	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	12:53
20	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	13:09
21	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	22:54
22	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	23:59
23	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	28:38
24	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	30:16
25	Clément Berthet	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	31:44
26	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	32:58
27	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	38:48
28	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	40:16
29	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	42:10
30	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	43:06
31	Einer Rubio	Movistar	45:54
32	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	46:54
33	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	47:13
34	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	49:13
35	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	49:47
36	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	50:19
37	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	54:24
38	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	55:46
39	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	57:12
40	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	57:21
41	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	58:47
42	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	59:04
43	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Wanty	59:56
44	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	1:00:24
45	Max Poole	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
46	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:01:57
47	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:03:02
48	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	1:05:28
49	Wout van Aert	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:06:18
50	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:08:21
51	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:11:17
52	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates	1:13:47
53	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:14:51
54	William Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	1:16:00
55	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ	1:17:26
56	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	1:17:42
57	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:17:44
58	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	1:23:33
59	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	1:25:16
60	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	1:25:18
61	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:27:51
62	Martijn Tusveld	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:30:27
63	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	1:31:22
64	Robert Gesink	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:32:10
65	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan	1:33:48
66	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:34:10
67	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	1:35:38
68	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	1:35:43
69	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	1:36:42
70	Mauro Schmid	Jayco-AlUla	1:38:10
71	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:38:22
72	Angel Mate Luis	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:38:29
73	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:38:52
74	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:39:34
75	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:39:47
76	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	1:39:54
77	Carlos Canal	Movistar	1:42:57
78	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:43:41
79	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:44:35
80	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:45:31
81	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	1:47:39
82	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:50:33
83	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	1:51:16
84	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto Dstny	1:51:42
85	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	1:52:20
86	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates	1:54:23
87	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	1:58:29
88	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	1:58:54
89	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	1:58:55
90	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:00:16
91	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	2:01:23
92	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	2:01:37
93	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:03:29
94	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	2:04:10
95	Laurens Huys	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	2:07:11
96	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto Dstny	2:07:17
97	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	2:07:31
98	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	2:09:12
99	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	2:09:25
100	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	2:09:56
101	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	2:10:06
102	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	2:10:36
103	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	2:11:21
104	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:11:39
105	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	2:12:39
106	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	2:13:54
107	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:15:05
108	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:15:39
109	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	2:17:44
110	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:18:55
111	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	2:19:14
112	Victor Lafay	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:23:28
113	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	2:23:53
114	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:24:39
115	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	2:25:06
116	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:25:35
117	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	2:28:31
118	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:28:40
119	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Groupama-FDJ	2:28:51
120	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	2:30:08
121	Santiago Umba	Astana Qazaqstan	2:31:55
122	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:34:10
123	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	2:34:22
124	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	2:34:26
125	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2:34:51
126	Patrick Gamper	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:35:26
127	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:36:51
128	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:37:36
129	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Wanty	2:39:07
130	Antonio Soto	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:42:10
131	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar	2:42:35
132	Riley Sheehan	Israel-Premier Tech	2:43:21
133	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	2:43:41
134	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	2:49:02
135	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:49:39
136	Nicolas Vinokurov	Astana Qazaqstan	2:50:50
137	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	2:53:32
138	Julius van den Berg	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2:53:40
139	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2:54:41
140	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	2:55:46
141	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	2:55:51
142	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:59:00
143	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:59:12
144	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Wanty	2:59:17
145	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	2:59:32
146	Ide Schelling	Astana Qazaqstan	2:59:42
147	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	3:06:44
148	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	3:09:25
149	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	3:19:24