Tour de France champion Vingegaard remains second overall but closed the gap on Kuss.

Last year’s champion Remco Evenepoel, three-time Vuelta champion Primoz Roglic and back-to-back Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard could not be split.

Roglic’s team-mate Sepp Kuss took the overall lead of the race.

Eddie Dunbar finished seventh in the overall standings.

The Slovenian’s hopes of a fourth successive victory have come to an end.

Roglic clawed back 15 seconds in the race for the Vuelta’s red jersey.

Mads Pedersen claimed second place on a stage for the third time.

The Slovenian rider, who finished runner up in 2020, laid out his reasons on the Jumbo-Visma team Twitter account.

Irish pair Sam Bennett and Ryan Mullen finished well out of contention.

Meanwhile, Irish pair Ryan Mullen and Sam Bennett finished 84th and 85th respectively.

The Slovenian becomes the third rider to have one the Spanish Tour three times.

Defending champion Roglic leads this Vuelta by two minutes 38 seconds from Movistar rider Enric Mas.

The 33-year-old Italian was able to pace himself up the final 13km ascent due to a lead of around five minutes over the red jersey group at the foot of the climb.

Magnus Cort Nielsen clung on impressively to beat Roglic by a bike length and take the stage.

The Slovenian was the last man of 184 riders down the start ramp.

‘It doesn’t make sense to continue,’ Roglic said ahead of Sunday’s ninth stage.

Ireland’s Sam Bennett finishes second in points classification after his two stage wins.

Ireland’s Sam Bennett came to a standstill on the final climb.

The Jumbo-Visma rider takes over the yellow and green jerseys, but Bennett wears the latter again tomorrow.

Dan Martin finished fourth in the overall classification, Ireland’s best result since Sean Kelly won the race in 1988.

Ireland’s Dan Martin is set to finish fourth tomorrow.

Defending champion Primoz Roglic extended his overall lead, while Sam Bennett finished 100th today.

Sam Bennett finished in 103rd place and is 146th in the general classification.

David Gaudu pulled away from Spaniard Marc Soler of Movistar in the final metres.

The Slovenian’s third win in this year’s race earned him a 10 seconds bonus.

Martin is third overall while Sam Bennett is also flying the flag in Spain.

German rider Lennard Kamna won the Tour de France’s medium mountain stage today.

Jumbo-Visma’s Primoz Roglic retained the overall lead while Sam Bennett strengthen his grip on the Green Jersey.

Nairo Quintana jumped from sixth to second in the general classification as Philippe Gilbert took his second stage win of the 2019 Vuelta.

Primoz Roglic kept Alejandro Valverde at arm’s length in the charge for La Roja.

The former world champion forged clear of a 15-man breakaway.

Roglic overtook Nairo Quintana as the overall leader on Tuesday.

The 25-year-old edged ahead of Primoz Roglic in the standings after breaking from the chief contenders on the Giro’s toughest hill yet.

The win leaves Roglic in second place in the overall standings behind overnight leader Valerio Conti of Italy,

The Italian finished the rolling 238km stage from Cassino to San Giovanni Rotondo in 5hr 45mins.