00:00Hola a todos, bienvenidos a la etapa 10 de La Vuelta a España.
00:05On to stage 10 of La Vuelta.
00:07The riders had a chance to recharge their batteries in yesterday's rest day before
00:11heading into what promises to be an intense second week.
00:15Today could be one for the breakaway with almost 3,000 metres of climbing.
00:19Spanish champion Marcel Camprubi, who got away on stage 9, says it's unpredictable.
00:28Absolutely, it'll be tough going today.
00:30Even if it doesn't look like it on paper, it's tough, with constant ups and downs and wide roads.
00:36It won't be easy to control the breakaway.
00:38And the air is very dry after coming from humid conditions.
00:41I think anything's possible.
00:44At UAE, life goes on without Tade Pigaccia,
00:47and the objective will be the same between now and the final stage in Granada.
00:51Yeah, we're going to try and win as many stages as possible,
00:55and, yeah, we'll have to pick our days.
00:58We have good riders for different types of terrain that are coming up in the next two weeks,
01:03so we'll really try and be strategic about the days we choose with certain riders
01:07and trying to maximise our chances.
01:11UNOX Mobility have been lively at this Vuelta,
01:13with Andreas Leknesund and Tobias Johannesson taking a 1-2 on stage 7.
01:17Today, they could try to set up Magnus Cort, who won his first two stages here ten years ago.
01:24We came here with the ambitions and hope for chasing stages,
01:29and, yeah, we already won one, and I think there will still be opportunities left.
01:35So, yeah, we are fighting, and I'm very happy with what we've got so far.
01:39Well, one team won't be targeting the break today, and that's Wisma Lisebeik.
01:43The Dutch squad keen to set up Matthew Brennan or Wout van Aert for a false flat finish.
01:49Yeah, I think as a team we have the aim to control this stage.
01:53It's a hard one, but it should be a finish that suits us.
01:57So, yeah, it's always tricky if all the other teams have other ideas,
02:02but our objective is to control the race.
02:06I always love to go in a breakaway, but you have to try and maximise your chances,
02:11and, yeah, we think we have more chances if we have a controlled situation.
02:16Stage ten is nearly 185 kilometres between Alcaraz and Elche de la Sierra.
02:21There are three cap three climbs, but it's going to be up and down all day long,
02:26and there'll no doubt be some tired legs after the rest day.
02:29With a slightly uphill finish, it's not going to be an easy day for the pure sprinters.
02:43It took a little over 20 kilometres for the breakaway to form with seven riders.
02:48Even if the pace wasn't super high, the peloton were keeping them close at around a minute and a half.
02:54The leaders on to the second climb of the day,
02:56but none of them had any particular interest in the polka dot jersey.
03:00Several of the teams in the break have been trying since the start in Monaco,
03:04some with more success than others.
03:06Jascha Suttalin was up there for J.K. Alula,
03:09with Sinoué Fernandes in his third break of the race for Burgos,
03:12Frederic de Varshanes for UNO-X,
03:14Michael Gogol for Alpersin,
03:16Fabian Weiss for Tudor and Enzo Pelaini for Groupama,
03:19and finally Ivan Kobo for Kern Farmer,
03:22who have won stages in recent years,
03:23but have struggled to make an impact on this edition.
03:27We're always up for a fight and always aiming for the breakaway,
03:30so let's hope it goes our way today,
03:32that we have a big break and we can make it all the way to the finish line.
03:36We'll see how it goes.
03:40Well, with 80km left,
03:42the break's chances were looking pretty slim.
03:44Two teams in the peloton were clearly bent on making this a sprint.
03:48Visma Lisabike for Brennan or for Van Aert,
03:50and Kofidis for Brian Cocker, who won on Saturday.
03:54The gap did slightly increase as they wound their way on towards the intermediate sprint.
03:58That would come around 60km from the finish,
04:00but it would take something special to deny the sprinters.
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04:32We're running with Tudor,
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04:33no major contest for those points or bonus seconds.
04:38The pace increasing as the riders began to approach the final, with the average speed
04:43creeping above 44 kilometres an hour. The day's last climb was the Puerto de Socovos,
04:48almost 10 kilometres at 3.5%, so perhaps not steep enough to make big differences.
04:54It did however thin out the brake, with 7 becoming 5 as Fernandes and Sutilin were dropped.
05:00The gap now just over a minute.
05:04Well, Valentin Paredpantre then attacks from the bunch, with birthday boy Eddie Dunbar
05:09on the wheel. The now 30-year-old Irishman opening up a small gap, but he didn't go far.
05:15Gogol, Kobo, Pelenni and De Varshanes leading the break to the summit. The gap was down to
05:20just 30 seconds, with Brennan covering attacks in the peloton. Van Aert would be the one sprinting
05:25for Wisma.
05:30Gogol kicking things on. It's an undulating final 20 kilometres of stage 10 of La Vuelta.
05:36Four riders in the breakaway with a slender advantage, with plenty of action at the head
05:41of the peloton, with riders attacking.
05:45The escapees were brought back one by one, with Austrian champion Gogol being named the
05:50day's most combative rider. The last man standing from the break was De Varshanes, winner at the
05:55Giro this year, who was briefly joined by Inigo Elosegi of Kern Farmer, but they too were swallowed
06:01up on a high-speed run into the finish.
06:06Walter Calzone also tried his luck, but Brennan dragged the bunch back across.
06:14Heading under the flamme ruse, Yevgeny Fedorov and Xabier Asparan went for it. We've learned in the past few
06:20days that the Spaniard loves a late attack. The sprinters scrambling to close the gap. Could Fedorov and Asparan hold
06:27them off?
06:29Look at Yevgeny Fedorov, driving things. Xabier Mikhail Asparan now starts to launch. Now he opens the sprint.
06:37The bus rider going for glory on Grand Tour stage. And Group Armour, FDJ United, take a magnificent victory in
06:46Elche de la Sierra.
06:51What a moment for Bastien Tranchant, taking his first Grand Tour victory and his first at World Tour level.
06:57in his maiden Vuelta. The 24-year-old Frenchman securing just his third career success after a stage of the
07:04Tour of Burgos in 2022 and Troubre-Léon in 2025.
07:11I launched my sprint and I just finished it. I finished on the line, but I wasn't sure if there
07:16were some guys in front or not, so I did not put my hands in the air.
07:22But that's crazy. I can't believe it. The last two days were really hard for me. Today I was good.
07:33I said to Guillaume, go full gas until you die. I take the win. It's crazy.
07:43Tranchant taking a superb win for Group Armour, FDJ United, ahead of Magnus Court, Thibaut Nace and Watt Van Aert.
07:50Romale completed the top five with Asparan 6 after his late attack. No change in the general classification.
07:57Henrik Maas is still in the red jersey by a minute and 18 seconds from Primoz Roglic.
08:05Van Aert didn't get the win today, but he did increase his lead in the green jersey competition to 67
08:10points.
08:10Romale up to second ahead of Matthew Brennan.
08:17Santiago Buotraga remains in polka dots and the defence of that jersey will resume in earnest on Thursday.
08:25And Oscar Onley retains his commanding lead in the youth classification.
08:29The sprinters should have another chance tomorrow with a somewhat easier outing.
08:33Join us for that on Wednesday.
08:35And thanks for watching.
