2024 Vuelta a España

79th edition: Aug 17 - Sep 8, 2024
Stage 19: September 6

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Friday, September 6: Stage 19, Logroño - Alto de Moncalvillo, 164.8 km

Stage 19 map & profiles | Stage 19 photos

Primoz Roglic wins the stage in commanding fashion and now leads the GC. Photo: Sprint Cycling.

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Rated ascents:

• Km 94.3: Puerto de Pradilla, 5.2 km @ 4.8%. Cat 3
• Km 173.2: Alto de Moncalvillo, 8.6 km @ 8.9%. Cat. 1

Weather at the town of Sotés, on the route, 12 kms from the finish, at 1:30 PM, local time: 16C (61F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a 3% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage 19 report.

Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) put the hammer down on the brutal slopes up the Alto de Moncavillo to take it all on day 19 of La Vuelta 24. The Slovenian 3-time winner of the Spanish Grand Tour claimed his 15th stage win in the event (including a previous victory atop Moncalvillo in 2020), the third this year, as well as La Roja, the 40th in his stellar record. Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) is now 2nd overall, with a gap of 1’54’’, ahead of Enric Mas (Movistar), who trails by 2’20’’. The final week-end promises hard battles with a queen stage towards Picon Blanco on Saturday, ahead of the closing ITT in Madrid.

A selfie on the start line.

The race:
The riders of La Vuelta 24 head to the last battles, with two mountain showdowns and the closing ITT in Madrid. Today’s stage, from Logroño to Alto de Moncalvillo (173.2km) features 2,550m of elevation and a brutal finish: 8.6km at 8.9%, with gradients up to 16%.

Roglic’s teammates control
Attackers want to make the most of this terrain, as there are less and less opportunities. Edward Planckaert (Alpecin Deceuninck), Fran Miholjevic (Bahrain Victorious) and Vito Braet (Intermarché-Wanty) attack at km 38. Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates) and Simone Petilli (Intermarché-Wanty) set off in pursuit.

The stage starts in the city of Logroño.

The 5 attackers get together around km 43. Eduardo Sepulveda (Lotto Dstny) tries to join them but he’s unsuccessful. The peloton trail by 5’17’’ at km 57. Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe take the reins of the bunch to try and set Primoz Roglic for the stage win on a climb he ruled in 2020.

Roglic takes off
The gap is down to 2 minutes as the riders enter the last 50 kilometres. Braet waits for the bunch. His companions are reeled in at the bottom of the climb up Alto de Moncalvillo.

Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe set a brutal pace from the beginning of the ascent. With 6 kilometres to go, Dani Martinez, Aleksandr Vlasov and Primoz Roglic open a gap. The Slovenian continues solo into the last 5 kilometres.

Does not play well with others. With about 5 kms to go on the final climb Primoz Roglic goes solo off the front.

Enric Mas (Movistar) sets off in pursuit but he’s caught in the final kilometre by David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) and Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek), who cross the line with a gap of 46’’. Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) loses 1’49’’ and La Roja.

Primoz Roglic wins the stage and takes over the GC lead.

Complete results:

Stage 19 photos

164.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.092 km/hr

1	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	3hr 54min 55sec
2	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	@ 46sec
3	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
4	Enric Mas	Movistar	0:50
5	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	0:57
6	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	1:01
8	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
9	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	1:03
10	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:23
11	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	1:30
12	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:49
13	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
14	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
15	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
16	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	2:15
17	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
18	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	2:29
19	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:37
20	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:44
21	Clément Berthet	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:51
22	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	2:59
23	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
24	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:28
25	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
26	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	s.t.
27	Robert Gesink	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3:45
28	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	4:03
29	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	4:23
30	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:40
31	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates	5:00
32	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	6:17
33	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	7:08
34	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	7:26
35	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
36	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	7:41
37	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
38	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	7:54
39	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	9:04
40	Santiago Umba	Astana Qazaqstan	9:39
41	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	s.t.
42	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
43	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
44	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
45	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	11:53
46	Victor Lafay	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
47	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
48	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
49	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
50	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
51	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
52	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
53	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
54	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
55	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
56	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
57	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
58	Martijn Tusveld	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
59	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
60	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
61	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
62	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
63	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
64	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
65	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
66	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto Dstny	12:09
67	Attila Valter	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	12:52
68	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	13:23
69	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	13:44
70	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	14:45
71	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	s.t.
72	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
73	Pau Miquel	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
74	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
75	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
76	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
77	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
78	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	14:59
79	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	s.t.
80	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
81	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
82	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
83	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
84	Laurens Huys	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
85	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
86	Mauro Schmid	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
87	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
88	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	15:05
89	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	15:15
90	Carlos Canal	Movistar	s.t.
91	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
92	Riley Sheehan	Israel-Premier Tech	15:35
93	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
94	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
95	Max Poole	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
96	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
97	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
98	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
99	William Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
100	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
101	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
102	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
103	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	15:39
104	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
105	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
106	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	16:05
107	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	16:22
108	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	s.t.
109	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	16:43
110	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
111	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
112	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	17:01
113	Antonio Soto	Equipo Kern Pharma	17:18
114	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
115	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	17:23
116	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	17:43
117	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	17:53
118	Felix Gall	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
119	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	18:19
120	Julius van den Berg	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	18:34
121	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
122	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	18:58
123	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
124	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
125	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
126	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
127	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
128	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	19:11
129	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	19:15
130	Nicolas Vinokurov	Astana Qazaqstan	19:22
131	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
132	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	19:23
133	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	19:59
134	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	20:26
135	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
136	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
137	Ide Schelling	Astana Qazaqstan	21:10
138	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	21:41
139	Patrick Gamper	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.

 

GC after stage 19:

• GC leader: Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe)
• Mountains classification leader: Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates)
• Points classification leader: Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Best young rider: Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek)
• Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emirates

3,092.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.303 km/hr

1	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	76hr 43min 36sec
2	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	@ 1min 54sec
3	Enric Mas	Movistar	2:20
4	Richard Carapaz	EF Education-EasyPost	2:54
5	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	4:33
6	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	4:47
7	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	4:55
8	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	5:55
9	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	6:40
10	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates	7:39
11	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	10:51
12	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	11:44
13	Edward Dunbar	Jayco-AlUla	13:31
14	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	15:56
15	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	19:06
16	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	23:35
17	Guillaume Martin	Cofidis	24:40
18	José Félix Parra	Equipo Kern Pharma	41:33
19	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	42:43
20	Steven Kruijswijk	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	51:15
21	Clément Berthet	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	57:12
22	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	57:16
23	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	1:01:23
24	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	1:03:01
25	Attila Valter	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:11:52
26	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	1:12:02
27	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	1:12:54
28	Mikel Bizkarra	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:16:47
29	Sam Oomen	Lidl-Trek	1:24:02
30	Max Poole	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:25:11
31	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	1:31:27
32	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	1:32:05
33	Einer Rubio	Movistar	1:34:00
34	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	1:34:17
35	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	1:37:13
36	Felix Gall	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:37:40
37	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	1:38:20
38	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:38:39
39	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	1:40:57
40	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	1:41:48
41	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:47:16
42	Daniel Martinez	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	1:49:17
43	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	1:50:51
44	Isaac del Toro	UAE Team Emirates	1:51:10
45	Simon Guglielmi	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:53:40
46	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	1:55:38
47	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:56:54
48	Gotzon Martín	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:59:14
49	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	2:00:09
50	William Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	2:04:55
51	Roger Adrià	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	2:06:26
52	Gianmarco Garofoli	Astana Qazaqstan	2:06:28
53	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:08:30
54	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:09:16
55	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	2:09:40
56	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	2:13:25
57	Robert Gesink	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	2:13:51
58	Martijn Tusveld	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2:15:42
59	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	2:16:19
60	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	2:21:57
61	Tao Geoghegan Hart	Lidl-Trek	2:22:49
62	Mathias Vacek	Lidl-Trek	2:23:25
63	Pablo Castrillo	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:31:08
64	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates	2:31:52
65	Pau Miquel	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:33:54
66	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	2:34:41
67	Luis Angel Mate	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:35:48
68	Mauro Schmid	Jayco-AlUla	2:35:54
69	James Knox	Soudal Quick-Step	2:36:16
70	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:38:37
71	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2:40:07
72	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	2:42:49
73	Carlos Canal	Movistar	2:43:36
74	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	2:45:47
75	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	2:48:24
76	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	2:51:42
77	Joan Bou	Euskaltel-Euskadi	2:56:06
78	Laurens Huys	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	2:56:11
79	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto Dstny	2:56:48
80	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:57:08
81	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2:59:50
82	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	3:05:51
83	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	3:08:10
84	Unai Iribar	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:08:51
85	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	3:10:34
86	Jesus Herrada	Cofidis	3:10:44
87	Lukasz Owsian	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	3:11:30
88	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	3:12:45
89	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	3:13:31
90	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	3:13:41
91	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto Dstny	3:15:35
92	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	3:16:33
93	Brandon Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	3:21:43
94	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	3:22:24
95	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	3:23:16
96	Juri Hollmann	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:28:41
97	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	3:29:18
98	Felix Engelhardt	Jayco-AlUla	3:31:13
99	Xabier Isasa	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:32:21
100	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	3:32:46
101	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:35:37
102	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	3:35:44
103	Santiago Umba	Astana Qazaqstan	3:36:23
104	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	3:37:34
105	Jorge Gutiérrez	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:37:53
106	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:39:06
107	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	3:39:08
108	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3:40:23
109	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	3:40:59
110	Victor Lafay	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	3:41:01
111	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:46:53
112	Geoffrey Bouchard	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	3:49:55
113	Sylvain Moniquet	Lotto Dstny	3:52:07
114	Pavel Bittner	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	3:52:44
115	Jorge Arcas	Movistar	3:53:22
116	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	3:55:21
117	Antonio Soto	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:00:45
118	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:00:55
119	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	4:01:13
120	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	4:01:29
121	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4:02:02
122	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	4:05:15
123	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Groupama-FDJ	4:06:51
124	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Wanty	4:07:13
125	Txomin Juaristi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	4:11:33
126	Patrick Gamper	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:13:20
127	Riley Sheehan	Israel-Premier Tech	4:14:26
128	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	4:17:50
129	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	4:18:10
130	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:19:24
131	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	4:21:25
132	Nicolas Vinokurov	Astana Qazaqstan	4:23:39
133	Julius van den Berg	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	4:25:40
134	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:26:21
135	Enzo Leijnse	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	4:31:19
136	Thibault Guernalec	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	4:33:45
137	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	4:38:25
138	Ide Schelling	Astana Qazaqstan	4:39:18
139	Tim Naberman	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	4:41:45

 

Stage 19 map & profiles:

Stage 19 map

Stage 19 profile

Stage 19's final climb, the Alto de Moncalvillo

Stage 19 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Starting ceremonies. Team Israel-Premier Tech is presented.

Early in the stage.

Sam Oomen gets a new wheel.

Ben O'Connor on the day's final climb, the Moncalvillo. The race is riding away from him.

Matthew Ricitello would finish 11th, one place ahead of O'Connor.

Florian Lipowitz riding to 10th place in the stage.

9th-place Richard Carapaz

Enric Mas was fourth

Second-place David Gaudu has ridden consistantly well this Vuelta.

Primoz Roglic has left everyone behind. A red jersey awaits him at the finish.

Sepp Kuss finishes 8th.

Primoz Roglic has just dropped more than a hundred of the finest endurance athletes on the planet.

Ben O'Connor lost only 1min 49sec to a Roglic on fire, but that was more than enough to cost him ownership of the red jersey.

Primoz Roglic takes the red jersey into the final weekend of the 2024 Vuelta a España.