Vingegaard wins stage nine to narrow gap on leader

In a solo attack, Jonas Vingegaard narrowed Torstein Traeen’s lead over the final stage of the Vuelta a Espana to just 37 seconds.

In the race from Alfaro to Valdezcaray ski resort, Traeen took two minutes off the lead, clinching his third stage victory.

Tom Pidcock, 28, and Joao Almeida, 28, both attempted to stay with the British star, but they were 24 seconds off the pace and placed second.

Bike rider Vingegaard described how amazing I felt today and how amazing I felt after the final climb.

My team-mates helped me with my request to accelerate, and they did a great job. I’m delighted that I was able to finish it off thanks to fantastic teamwork.

1. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN/Team Visma-Lease a Bike) 4 hrs 32 mins 10 secs

2. Tim Pidcock (GBR/Pro Cycling Team) + 24 secs

3. Same time as Joao Almeida (POR/UAE Team Emirates-XRG).

4. Felix Gall (AUT/Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) + 1 minute 2 secs

5. Raul Garca (ESP/ Arkea-B&amp, B Hotels) + 1 minute 46 seconds

6. At the same time, Marc Soler (ESP/U.S. Team Emirates – XRG)

7. Giulio Ciccone (ITA/Lidl-Trek) at the same time

8. Same time as Marcel Beloki (ESP/EF Education – EasyPost).

9. Same time as Jai Hindley (AUS/Red Bull – BORA).

1. Torstein Traeen (NOR/Bahrain Victorious) 33 hrs 35 min 46 secs

2. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN/Team Visma-Lease a Bike) + 37secs

3. Joao Almeida (POR/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) + 1 minute 15 seconds

4. Tom Pidcock (GBR/Pro Cycling Team) + 1 min 35 secs

5. Felix Gall (AUT/Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) + 2 minutes, 14 secs

6. Giulio Ciccone (ITA/Lidl-Trek) + 2 minutes, 42 seconds

7. Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA/XDS Astana Team) + 2 minutes, 47 seconds

8. Matteo Jorgenson (USA/Team Visma-Lease a Bike) + 2 minutes, 49 seconds

9. Jai Hindley (AUS/Red Bull-BORA hansgrohe) + 2 minutes 53 secs