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September 12, 2025
80th La Vuelta Ciclista a España 2025 🇪🇸 (2.UWT) ME – Stage 19 – Rueda – Guijuelo : 161,9 km
The 2025 Vuelta a España is a three-week cycling race taking place in Italy,
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September 12, 2025
80th La Vuelta Ciclista a España 2025 🇪🇸 (2.UWT) ME – Stage 19 – Rueda – Guijuelo : 161,9 km
The 2025 Vuelta a España is a three-week cycling race taking place in Italy, France, Andorra and Spain. It started on 23 August in Turin, and will finish on 14 September in Madrid. Twenty-three teams are participating in the race.
Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) showed he is the best sprinter in the 2025 Vuelta a España yet again with a long and sustained sprint to the line. The Belgian has now won three stages, with a final chance in Madrid on Sunday.
Alpecin-Deceuninck let other teams control the sprint to Guijuelo and then hit the front in the final kilometre. Philipsen only opened his sprint inside the final 200 metres after a late rise in the road.
Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) went earlier and down the middle of the road but the Dane lacked the power to match Philipsen high-speed sprint. Pedersen was second and so virtually wrapped-up the points competition, with Orluis Aular (Movistar) third.
Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) finished safely in the peloton but had surprised GC rival João Almeida and his UAE Team Emirates-XRG squad by taking four bonus seconds at the intermediate sprint.
The Dane now leads Almeida by 44 seconds before Saturday’s decisive mountain stage to Bola del Mundo. Tom Pidcock (Q36.5) is third overall at 2:43.
Philipsen admitted he went deep to win the sprint.
“After 11 days of not going so deep, it hurts,” he said. “We knew what it was going to be like. The team did amazing timing and an amazing pull in the last kilometres. Then it was a final kilometre all out.
“I was suffering on the wheel, but then I saw the finish line and so pushed through. Of course, we try to keep the winning flow going. They’re really experienced and the best at the job, so we hope to repeat it on Sunday because it’s been a tough three weeks.”
How it unfolded
With a flat stage profile and the final mountain stage to Bola del Mondo on Saturday, Friday’s 161.9km 19th stage from Rueda to Giujuelo was widely expected to be a transition and sprint stage. Only crosswinds could shake up the racing.
Jakub Otruba (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Victor Guernalec (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) were the first riders to attack and the first to get away, as the peloton let them go. There appeared to be a ‘school’s out’ sentiment in the peloton as the finish in Madrid neared.
Alpecin-Deceuninck for Philipsen and Lotto for Elia Viviani picked up the chase when the gap reached 2:00, but there was little desire to race. Indeed, Guernalec sat up with 140km to go, leaving Otruba out front.
Otruba’s lead grew to four minutes but then gradually fell as the stage entered the final 100km. He ploughed a lonely, solo furrow as he rode through the exposed fields of central Spain on often straight, exposed roads. Only the sniff of a crosswind awoke the peloton and helped the kilometres tick down a little faster.
The intermediate sprint in Salamanca, with 59km to race, finally sparked some racing in the peloton and a surprise GC rider sprint. Otruba took maximum points and the ten-bonus seconds.
Behind Pedersen and the sprinters were expected to fight for second place and other points. Surprisingly, or perhaps not, Visma-Lease a Bike were on the front protecting Vingegaard, and then suddenly he jumped away to win the bunch sprint to take four bonus seconds. UAE apparently took the wrong side of a roundabout and lost position before the sprint.
Suddenly, Almeida was at 44 seconds in the general classification after gifting four precious seconds. Almeida’s shake of the head indicated he was not happy.
The peloton surged when the crosswinds blew outside Salamanca, but then eased again, allowing Mario Aparicio and Sergio Geovani Chumil of Burgos-BH to jump away to form a cheeky two-up attack. They gained a gap, but were caught when the peloton accelerated again.
After UAE’s Salamanca debacle, Visma attacked and provoked Almeida again with 35km to go, with Vingegaard jumping in an echelon attack. The move did not last long, but Jay Vine was forced to make a huge effort to close the gap.
Fortunately, the wind was not strong enough to spark other attacks, and the rolling roads made for fast but controlled racing. Riders were packed into the left half of the road as the wind came from their right. But they stayed together for a fast ride into Guijuelo, northwest of Madrid. Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Wanty) crashed alone with 25km to go, a sign for everyone to stay vigilant.
The riders reached Guijuelo from the north and then covered a loop around the town, before the rising sprint returning to the centre from the south.
The change in direction raised the speed as riders and lead-out trains fought for position near the front of the peloton. Ineos Grenadiers were up front early and then gathered on the front in force once again. Michał Kwiatkowski dragged the Ineos out front with two kilometres to go and then Filippo Ganna did even more for Ben Turner.
As Ganna suffered, Alepcin-Deceuninck moved up to the front. It was a late but well-timed effort that delivered Philipsen to his third victory.
Results :
 ME - Stage 19 </strong> - Rueda - Guijuelo : 161,9 km
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The 2025 Vuelta a España is a three-week cycling race taking place in Italy, France, Andorra and Spain. It started on 23 August in Turin, and will finish on 14 September in Madrid. Twenty-three teams are participating in the race.
Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) showed he is the best sprinter in the 2025 Vuelta a España yet again with a long and sustained sprint to the line. The Belgian has now won three stages, with a final chance in Madrid on Sunday.
Alpecin-Deceuninck let other teams control the sprint to Guijuelo and then hit the front in the final kilometre. Philipsen only opened his sprint inside the final 200 metres after a late rise in the road.
Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) went earlier and down the middle of the road but the Dane lacked the power to match Philipsen high-speed sprint. Pedersen was second and so virtually wrapped-up the points competition, with Orluis Aular (Movistar) third.
Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) finished safely in the peloton but had surprised GC rival João Almeida and his UAE Team Emirates-XRG squad by taking four bonus seconds at the intermediate sprint.
The Dane now leads Almeida by 44 seconds before Saturday's decisive mountain stage to Bola del Mundo. Tom Pidcock (Q36.5) is third overall at 2:43.
Philipsen admitted he went deep to win the sprint.
"After 11 days of not going so deep, it hurts," he said. "We knew what it was going to be like. The team did amazing timing and an amazing pull in the last kilometres. Then it was a final kilometre all out.
"I was suffering on the wheel, but then I saw the finish line and so pushed through. Of course, we try to keep the winning flow going. They're really experienced and the best at the job, so we hope to repeat it on Sunday because it's been a tough three weeks."
<strong>How it unfolded</strong>
With a flat stage profile and the final mountain stage to Bola del Mondo on Saturday, Friday's 161.9km 19th stage from Rueda to Giujuelo was widely expected to be a transition and sprint stage. Only crosswinds could shake up the racing.
Jakub Otruba (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Victor Guernalec (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) were the first riders to attack and the first to get away, as the peloton let them go. There appeared to be a 'school's out' sentiment in the peloton as the finish in Madrid neared.
Alpecin-Deceuninck for Philipsen and Lotto for Elia Viviani picked up the chase when the gap reached 2:00, but there was little desire to race. Indeed, Guernalec sat up with 140km to go, leaving Otruba out front.
Otruba's lead grew to four minutes but then gradually fell as the stage entered the final 100km. He ploughed a lonely, solo furrow as he rode through the exposed fields of central Spain on often straight, exposed roads. Only the sniff of a crosswind awoke the peloton and helped the kilometres tick down a little faster.
The intermediate sprint in Salamanca, with 59km to race, finally sparked some racing in the peloton and a surprise GC rider sprint. Otruba took maximum points and the ten-bonus seconds.
Behind Pedersen and the sprinters were expected to fight for second place and other points. Surprisingly, or perhaps not, Visma-Lease a Bike were on the front protecting Vingegaard, and then suddenly he jumped away to win the bunch sprint to take four bonus seconds. UAE apparently took the wrong side of a roundabout and lost position before the sprint.
Suddenly, Almeida was at 44 seconds in the general classification after gifting four precious seconds. Almeida's shake of the head indicated he was not happy.
The peloton surged when the crosswinds blew outside Salamanca, but then eased again, allowing Mario Aparicio and Sergio Geovani Chumil of Burgos-BH to jump away to form a cheeky two-up attack. They gained a gap, but were caught when the peloton accelerated again.
After UAE's Salamanca debacle, Visma attacked and provoked Almeida again with 35km to go, with Vingegaard jumping in an echelon attack. The move did not last long, but Jay Vine was forced to make a huge effort to close the gap.
Fortunately, the wind was not strong enough to spark other attacks, and the rolling roads made for fast but controlled racing. Riders were packed into the left half of the road as the wind came from their right. But they stayed together for a fast ride into Guijuelo, northwest of Madrid. Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Wanty) crashed alone with 25km to go, a sign for everyone to stay vigilant.
The riders reached Guijuelo from the north and then covered a loop around the town, before the rising sprint returning to the centre from the south.
The change in direction raised the speed as riders and lead-out trains fought for position near the front of the peloton. Ineos Grenadiers were up front early and then gathered on the front in force once again. Michał Kwiatkowski dragged the Ineos out front with two kilometres to go and then Filippo Ganna did even more for Ben Turner.
As Ganna suffered, Alepcin-Deceuninck moved up to the front. It was a late but well-timed effort that delivered Philipsen to his third victory.
<strong>Results : </strong>
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