Jonas Vingegaard solos to victory at Bola del Mundo summit and all but seal his first Vuelta title

Jonas Vingegaard cleared the last major hurdle in his quest to win a first Vuelta a España title when he won the critical mountain stage to the Bola del Mundo summit. The Visma-Lease a Bike attacked and dropped his key rivals 1,200 metres from the super-steep finish, and finished 11 seconds clear of teammate Sepp Kuss to extend his overall advantage to more than a minute ahead of Sunday’s final stage into Madrid.

Jai Hindley (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) took third, but was only just ahead of Tom Pidcock (Q36.5) and João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), who retained third and second place on GC, respectively.