photo credits @ La Vuelta
Green jersey holder Mads Pedersen ended his wait for a stage win the Vuelta a España today, with a superb controlled sprint on Stage 15. The Danish star came to the front with a nine-man breakaway in the closing moments and saw off his rivals to cross the line unchallenged. There was little action in the general classification battle with a rest day coming on Monday.
Pedersen was part of a nine-rider breakaway that led the way in the closing stages after a semi-mountainous 167.9km run from Vegadeo to Monforte de Lemos.
Earlier, Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Louis Vervaeke (Soudal-QuickStep) were in a two-man breakaway for much of the day but were caught with eight kilometers to go.
In the end, Pedersen managed to hold off his rivals with a controlled sprint to finish lengths clear, leaving him enough time to celebrate before he reached the line ahead of Orluis Aular (Movistar) and Marco Frigo (Israel Premier Tech) in a photo finish.
Meanwhile, Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) did not attempt to chase down the leaders and sat in the peloton, along with Joao Almeida and Tom Pidcock, his closest rivals in the race for the red jersey. The peloton finished 13 minutes and 31 seconds behind Pedersen.
As a result, Almeida remains in second pace in the general classification, sitting 48 seconds behind Vingegaard, while Pidcock remained third, trailing the leader by two minutes and 38 seconds.
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