OFFICIAL Stage 10 Results: Casper van Uden ABANDONS!
Laurens De Jong
Hello, Vuelta a España Gamers!
STAGE Grade: C+
I rate today’s stage a C+. You have to like cycling a lot to enjoy stages like this. There was decent scenery, Junior Lecerf went up the GC and Lorenzo Fortunato went the other way, there was a slight amount of team tactics, and that’s about it.
Route: 3/5 GC: 1/5 Tactics: 3/5 Sprint: 0/5 Surprises: 1/5
The one time this month that UAE Team Emirates – XRG worked together as a team, and I don’t really think they needed to. They had two riders in the breakaway, Jay Vine and Mikkel Bjerg. Awesome. Vine can eat Bjerg’s lunch and then start on his own and win the stage with a hand tied behind his back.
The breakaway was huge, but largely non-threatening. Question: which team should do the work in the breakaway?
By tradition, and a little bit by necessity, the leader’s team. Bahrain – Victorious did do a lot of the work today. They want to protect the red jersey for as long as they can. Of note: when Torsten Træen was dropped by the group Vingegaard, Jack Haig rode his butt off to protect him as long as possible. In the end, he came up 26 seconds short. Not a lot, with a little luck he could have still been in the red jersey.
If I were any other team, I would let Team Visma – Lease-a-Bike do all the rest of the work. Visma has made it clear they plan to do as little as possible for as long as possible. Therefore: force their hand. Blackmail them. Why go along with their plan?
UAE had a different idea, for whatever reason. On the final climb they were going all out, setting up a João Almeida attack. Juan Ayuso, of all people, rode harder for someone not named Juan Ayuso than he has his entire life. He dropped Wilco Kelderman, he dropped Ben Tullett. Visma pawns never getting a chance to be sacrificed, wiped from the board by an unleashed Ayuso.
Imagine if he would do that when it mattered! Because here, today, it didn’t matter at all. Even when Mikkel Bjerg came back from the lead group and took over Ayuso’s job, the net result was still: they were pulling the three remaining Visma riders with them.
Jonas Vingegaard, Sepp Kuss, Matteo Jorgenson. Freewheeling behind João Almeida.
Best case scenario, how much time can Almeida gain on Vingegaard? A year ago, Remco Evenepoel was in the leader’s jersey, cracked, and lost thirty-three minutes. That was a year ago, a hundred years ago. Today, Vingegaard is not going to crack. He’s not going to lose even a minute. Almeida attacked on the steepest part of the climb.
For a few minutes, the stage was exciting. Nearly all at once, Vine attacked, Træen was battling for his red jersey, and Almeida attacked. Perfectly timed, Tom Pidcock had to ride through the gutter to counter the acceleration.
Yes, it was entertaining. But in the end all UAE did was helping Visma’s strategy to do as little as possible. Astounding.
For the record, Kuss did get dropped by Almeida. But not Vingegaard, and not even Jorgenson. In fact, when Almeida had to pull the plug, Jorgenson took over in one fluid move. All the way to the top, five kilometers, Jorgenson pulled that group.
All the way to the finish. The group finished like this: third, Javier Romo, fourth, Ryan Archie, fifth, the TV motorcycle, sixth, Tom Pidcock. The TV motorcycle was there because there was no detour for the caravan. There usually is, a few hundred meters before the finish, all the cars and motorcycles are detoured away from the course. Even at the summit of L’Angliru on Thursday. But not today. That motorcycle rider should have used their brain, though, just because there’s no detour doesn’t mean you should let Tom Pidcock draft to sixth place in the stage. Cycling is a team sport, but that’s never what I meant.
Team Josh* has three riders that nobody else has. We’ve spotlighted two already, and today we look at the third: Javier Romo. I had never head of Romo, but he finished third today after being very active in the breakaway. In fact, he was awarded the combativity prize. An additional two points for Team Josh that nobody else scored!
This is Romo’s second year with Movistar. He won a stage in the Tour Down Under earlier this year. Solo, after dropping Jhonatan Narváez and Finn Fisher-Black on a punchy climb five kilometers from the finish. Romo can race, he can absolutely race.
Other than that, his third place today was the best result yet in his career. He’s 26. He joined an early breakaway on another punchy climb, an uncategorized 3.9 kilometers at 4.6%, following Jay Vine’s wheel. They were caught, but later he joined a breakaway group that grew to thirty riders. From that group he attacked on the first of just two categorized climbs of the day — 7.5 kilometers at 4.7%. He came over the top solo and was caught by Jay Vine on the descent.
A few stragglers joined and the new breakaway was eight riders strong. Alec Segaert attacked from that group, and it was again Romo who took the initiative to catch him. In the process dropping three more riders.
Romo can race, he can absolutely race. He couldn’t follow Vine, or Pablo Castrillo, but he outclassed the rest. At the finish line, he outsprinted fellow breakaway rider Archie Ryan to stay one second ahead of the group Vingegaard.
Note that he could have sat up and finish in the same time as that group. Albeit in twelfth place, or whatever. Romo came her to race, and he raced himself to a podium in the 2025 Vuelta a España. Well done, Romo, well done Team Josh*.
Watch the final kilometer HERE.
Watch the official La Vuelta highlights HERE.
Watch the extended NBC Sports highlights HERE.
Read the TNT Sports report HERE.
Casper van Uden was selected by Team Charles, Team Dominic, and Team Grace. He had scored 19 points so far. Outside of an unexpected stage win in Madrid next week, he wouldn't scored much more than that. Not a big loss for these teams at this point in the 2025 Vuelta a España.
With help from Felix Gall, Team Ansel took first place today. Tied for most riders in the Top-25 (ten), they move into second place again. Closely behind them were Team Josh. Most points from the stage (thanks to Javier Romo). They go to fifth in the standings.
Third place was for leaders Team Hugo, also with ten riders in the Top-25. Right behind them were Team Grace, who climb to sixth in the standings.
Team Charles in fifth, with most points from classifications. They drop down to third. Closely behind thm were a gaggle of four teams: Team Samuel in sixth, still ninth overall; Team Tadej in seventh, dropping down to sixth; Team Dominic in eighth, they remain fourth; and Team Amalia in ninth, that drops them down to eighth overall.
Team Sam followed in tenth, just ahead of Team Will. Twelfth was for Team Sylvia and Team Liz were thirteenth. These four teams remain where they were in the standings.
Wednesday’s race goes from Bilbao to Bilbao. That means two things. One: we’re in the Basque Country. Glorious hills abound, and glorious cycling. Two: we’ll have at least one loop. It took me forever to understand the roadbook. We’ll loop from Bilbao to the coast and then back, loop back around Bilbao to come back where we started but in the opposite direction. Then do another loop, repeating one climb but then going in a different way until finally crossing the finish line where we all started 164 kilometers ago. Phew! The Vuelta organizers love loops like this. And it’s fun for the people in Bilbao. They get to see the peloton three times.
Nobody can predict the winner of this stage. The computers say Jonas Vingegaard, but I don’t believe that for one second. Why would he, and how could he. Some say Tom Pidcock, but I don’t believe that for one minute. He’s too close to Vingegaard in the general classification. Vingegaard is going to have to shadow Pidcock and if he does that, he might as well win the stage. Which I don’t believe for a second.
I’ve heard Matteo Jorgenson. I hope not! Visma is here to do as little as possible. The winner tomorrow will ride near the front for a long time. Drain his energy. Anyone but Jorgenson!
Some say Mikel Landa. I’d like to believe that, but he’s not shown any strength. On paper he can do it, but so far he’s not shown that he can.
One more name: Marco Frigo. Why not? Second in Cerler. Embattled by protesters. Motivation galore. He’d be punching far above his weight, but why not Frigo.
Standings after stage 10:
|
Rank |
Name |
Points |
WAS |
MOVES |
|
1 |
Team Hugo* |
1833 |
1 |
0 |
|
2 |
Team Ansel* |
1817 |
3 |
1 |
|
3 |
Team Charles* |
1788 |
2 |
-1 |
|
4 |
Team Dominic* |
1715 |
4 |
0 |
|
5 |
Team Josh* |
1708 |
7 |
2 |
|
6 |
Team Grace* |
1677 |
8 |
2 |
|
Team Tadej* |
1677 |
5 |
-1 |
|
|
8 |
Team Amalia* |
1661 |
6 |
-2 |
|
9 |
Team Samuel* |
1612 |
9 |
0 |
|
10 |
Team Sam* |
1254 |
10 |
0 |
|
11 |
Team Will* |
1182 |
11 |
0 |
|
12 |
Team Liz* |
1121 |
12 |
0 |
|
13 |
Team Sylvia* |
1076 |
13 |
0 |
Standings after stage 10 (including adults):
|
Rank |
Name |
Points |
WAS |
MOVES |
|
1 |
Team Kari |
1905 |
1 |
0 |
|
2 |
Team Kent |
1875 |
2 |
0 |
|
3 |
Team Craig |
1859 |
3 |
0 |
|
4 |
Team Hugo* |
1833 |
4 |
0 |
|
5 |
Team Ansel* |
1817 |
8 |
3 |
|
6 |
Team Adam |
1794 |
5 |
-1 |
|
7 |
Team Charles* |
1788 |
7 |
0 |
|
8 |
Team Feng |
1777 |
6 |
-2 |
|
9 |
Team Mitchinson |
1765 |
10 |
1 |
|
10 |
Team Corsa |
1750 |
9 |
-1 |
|
11 |
Team Chuck |
1723 |
12 |
1 |
|
12 |
Team Amelia |
1718 |
13 |
1 |
|
13 |
Team Dominic* |
1715 |
11 |
-2 |
|
14 |
Team Josh* |
1708 |
16 |
2 |
|
15 |
Team Grace* |
1677 |
17 |
2 |
|
Team Tadej* |
1677 |
14 |
-1 |
|
|
17 |
Team Amalia* |
1661 |
15 |
-2 |
|
18 |
Team Laurens |
1624 |
17 |
-1 |
|
19 |
Team Samuel* |
1612 |
19 |
0 |
|
20 |
Team Corey |
1586 |
21 |
1 |
|
21 |
Team Rob |
1566 |
20 |
-1 |
|
22 |
Team Joe |
1514 |
22 |
0 |
|
23 |
Team Wes |
1492 |
23 |
0 |
|
24 |
Team Julie |
1432 |
25 |
1 |
|
25 |
Team Jonwaine |
1412 |
26 |
1 |
|
26 |
Team John |
1395 |
24 |
-2 |
|
27 |
Team Sam* |
1254 |
27 |
0 |
|
28 |
Team JB |
1195 |
28 |
0 |
|
29 |
Team Will* |
1182 |
29 |
0 |
|
30 |
Team Liz* |
1121 |
31 |
1 |
|
31 |
Team Doug |
1114 |
30 |
-1 |
|
32 |
Team Sylvia* |
1076 |
32 |
0 |
|
33 |
Team Kate |
553 |
33 |
0 |
Complete breakdown of points from stage 10:
|
Name |
STAGE RESULTS |
PINK JERSEY |
PURPLE JERSEY |
BLUE JERSEY |
WHITE JERSEY |
POINTS/CLASS |
TOTAL |
PREVIOUS |
CUM. TOTAL |
|
Team Amalia* |
127 |
42 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
53 |
180 |
1481 |
1661 |
|
Team Ansel* |
176 |
43 |
11 |
8 |
0 |
62 |
238 |
1579 |
1817 |
|
Team Charles* |
140 |
45 |
11 |
3 |
5 |
64 |
204 |
1584 |
1788 |
|
Team Dominic* |
129 |
41 |
11 |
3 |
5 |
60 |
189 |
1526 |
1715 |
|
Team Grace* |
162 |
43 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
57 |
219 |
1458 |
1677 |
|
Team Hugo* |
164 |
37 |
11 |
8 |
0 |
56 |
220 |
1613 |
1833 |
|
Team Josh* |
179 |
37 |
11 |
8 |
0 |
58 |
237 |
1471 |
1708 |
|
Team Liz* |
91 |
24 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
40 |
131 |
990 |
1121 |
|
Team Sam* |
113 |
29 |
10 |
8 |
0 |
47 |
160 |
1094 |
1254 |
|
Team Samuel* |
142 |
38 |
14 |
5 |
0 |
57 |
199 |
1413 |
1612 |
|
Team Sylvia* |
107 |
27 |
3 |
8 |
0 |
38 |
145 |
931 |
1076 |
|
Team Tadej* |
130 |
39 |
11 |
3 |
9 |
62 |
192 |
1485 |
1677 |
|
Team Will* |
115 |
38 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
44 |
159 |
1023 |
1182 |
Complete breakdown of points from stage 10 (including adults):
|
128 |
41 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
55 |
183 |
1611 |
1794 |
|
|
Team Amalia* |
127 |
42 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
53 |
180 |
1481 |
1661 |
|
Team Amelia |
170 |
35 |
11 |
8 |
5 |
59 |
229 |
1489 |
1718 |
|
Team Ansel* |
176 |
43 |
11 |
8 |
0 |
62 |
238 |
1579 |
1817 |
|
Team Charles* |
140 |
45 |
11 |
3 |
5 |
64 |
204 |
1584 |
1788 |
|
Team Chuck |
158 |
34 |
10 |
8 |
5 |
57 |
215 |
1508 |
1723 |
|
Team Corey |
173 |
37 |
4 |
8 |
0 |
49 |
222 |
1364 |
1586 |
|
Team Corsa |
127 |
43 |
11 |
3 |
0 |
57 |
184 |
1566 |
1750 |
|
Team Craig |
174 |
40 |
11 |
3 |
9 |
63 |
237 |
1622 |
1859 |
|
Team Dominic* |
129 |
41 |
11 |
3 |
5 |
60 |
189 |
1526 |
1715 |
|
Team Doug |
80 |
27 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
37 |
117 |
997 |
1114 |
|
Team Feng |
135 |
43 |
11 |
3 |
0 |
57 |
192 |
1585 |
1777 |
|
Team Grace* |
162 |
43 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
57 |
219 |
1458 |
1677 |
|
Team Hugo* |
164 |
37 |
11 |
8 |
0 |
56 |
220 |
1613 |
1833 |
|
Team JB |
117 |
37 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
41 |
158 |
1037 |
1195 |
|
Team Joe |
121 |
33 |
11 |
5 |
0 |
49 |
170 |
1344 |
1514 |
|
Team John |
86 |
29 |
14 |
3 |
0 |
46 |
132 |
1263 |
1395 |
|
Team Jonwaine |
134 |
30 |
10 |
8 |
0 |
48 |
182 |
1230 |
1412 |
|
Team Josh* |
179 |
37 |
11 |
8 |
0 |
58 |
237 |
1471 |
1708 |
|
Team Julie |
139 |
31 |
14 |
5 |
5 |
55 |
194 |
1238 |
1432 |
|
Team Kari |
161 |
46 |
11 |
5 |
9 |
71 |
232 |
1673 |
1905 |
|
Team Kate |
68 |
14 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
16 |
84 |
469 |
553 |
|
Team Kent |
177 |
42 |
11 |
8 |
9 |
70 |
247 |
1628 |
1875 |
|
Team Laurens |
112 |
35 |
11 |
3 |
5 |
54 |
166 |
1458 |
1624 |
|
Team Liz* |
91 |
24 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
40 |
131 |
990 |
1121 |
|
Team Mitchinson |
162 |
43 |
11 |
8 |
0 |
62 |
224 |
1541 |
1765 |
|
Team Rob |
114 |
34 |
11 |
3 |
4 |
52 |
166 |
1400 |
1566 |
|
Team Sam* |
113 |
29 |
10 |
8 |
0 |
47 |
160 |
1094 |
1254 |
|
Team Samuel* |
142 |
38 |
14 |
5 |
0 |
57 |
199 |
1413 |
1612 |
|
Team Sylvia* |
107 |
27 |
3 |
8 |
0 |
38 |
145 |
931 |
1076 |
|
Team Tadej* |
130 |
39 |
11 |
3 |
9 |
62 |
192 |
1485 |
1677 |
|
Team Wes |
141 |
34 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
48 |
189 |
1303 |
1492 |
|
Team Will* |
115 |
38 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
44 |
159 |
1023 |
1182 |
-Laurens.