HUGE COMEBACK WIN 💥 | 2025 Men’s La Vuelta Stage 16 Race Highlights | TNT Sports Cycling

2025 Men’s La Vuelta Stage 16 Race Highlights.

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[Music] Welcome to highlights of stage 16 of the Valta Espña from Poo to Moscastro devier 167.9 ks and everybody looking pretty rested after the rest day. Jvine waving to the crowd. Almeida looking relaxed as is our red jersey wearer. Yonasfingo with his teammates smiles all around in the neutral zone. Julio Pelisari looking spritly for Red Bull Borans. So let’s have a look at what’s on the menu today. A hilly parkour certainly not mountainous but still 3,500 m of elevation approximately. And there is the profile. All of the climbing densely packed towards the back end including the hilltop finish at Castro de Eer. It was to be a very fast start and eventually a breakaway was to go clear. 50k an hour start. 17 riders going clear including Solia, Sepeda, Lander, Bernal, Quinn, Alonso, Jungles of Van Seven, Niko Denz and Andrea Bajioli. So big move that soon opened up a very big gap indeed. Kevin Varco also there. Now the first king of the mountains of the day. Well, that was just taken by Nico Dens. Yvingo meanwhile giving us his customary wave and kiss to the crowd. So a good day so far for the Dane. The gap went up to around 4 and a half minutes with 71 km to go. Team Vizmissa bike doing the chasing. Then on to one of the hardest climbs of the day, the Alto de Groa. It was Mikander setting the pace and Egan Banal, the Colombian road champion. One of two riders from the Inos Grenaders in the break making sure he was fueled up for what was going to be a hard finale. Coming towards the top of this climb, it was Mik Lander who accelerated clear taking the Colombian champion with him. Meanwhile, the chase was still being led by team Vizma Lisa Bike and five riders went clear over the top Denlander Banal Braz Alfonso and Briulong of Group FDR. Meanwhile, Mads Pison through the rain was keeping his powder dry for another day after that stage win just before the rest day of course. So, still the five riders out in front were pressing home their advantage. Engabanal will willing and eager. A little group were trying to get across though. Finley Pickering of Bahrain Victorious. The young British 22-year-old riding his debut Grand Tour went clear with Mark Solo, but they could not quite get across the gap as the gradients really started to rear their head. This was the Alto Delrad doubledigit gradients. Nico Dens just about maintaining forward motion as we hit nearly 20% and meanwhile it was Bahin victorious doing the chasing because Torson Trienne was possibly losing his place on the general classification top 10. Meanwhile, Mark Cer, after trying to get across the gap, rested up and was to drop back to look after Joah Almeida, his team leader. And the pressure that had been applied on the front, fractured the leading group, and there was about 12 or 15 riders left only. And the rider that did miss out, the big one was Felix Gaul. There was a bike change for our race leader, the Yonas Vingo, jumping on to the bike of teammate Ben Tullet. But thankfully for the Dane, he was soon back in the mix at the head of the race. Unfortunately, there was a puncture for Braz Alfonso. He was in the front at this point. Bad luck for the Frenchman Tom Pickock also forcing things on the descent of this climb. Now, due to protest over the situation in Palestine near the finish, the decision was taken by race organizers to finish the stage at the 8 km to go point where the stage win and the timings would be taken. And Bernal is ready to go around him. Lander’s there leading it out. It’s Bernnal who does get around him. Lander is there. Bernnal up here. Bernnal to the line and it is there. But can Lander come back on him? I don’t think he can. And what a moment for Egon Bernal. A grand tour stage winner yet again. A Bernal then taking his first world tour win since 2021. Meanwhile, the small clutch of riders that formed the main pelaton rolled home and a pragmatic approach there from Yonasfingo and Tom Pigcock as the demonstration continued near to the finish line. So confirmation of the win for Egan Banal of the Inos Grreners taking the win ahead of Miklander Brian in third. Nicoden’s in fourth. Then Brazalono Youngs Mark Pickering Quinn that’s your top 10. So difficult day for the riders. The main theme of course was them being kept safe by the organizers. No big change on the general classification. Yas Bingo still in red ahead of Almeida. Pick Hinley Pelazari leaping above Gaul and Lasserf dropping down one and Torston train moving in to ninth place. So a difficult day in the legs a shortened finish on to stage 17 and this is what lays ahead. It is in fact our first mountaintop finish of the final week of this Walter 143.2ks ending at the Alto DL Moridero. There’s the profile. 3,300 m of elevation. Sure to be some action on the general classification up that very difficult climb. 8.8Ks at 9.7%.