2024 Vuelta a España Stage 17 Results & Recap
Stage 17 of the 2024 Vuelta a España is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Groves Sprints to Victory on Stage 17
Despite a late attack by Mauro Schmid, Max Poole and Victor Campenaerts, stage 17 ended in a sprint. Kaden Groves took the win ahead of Pavel Bittner and Vito Braet, while Ben O'Connor retained the lead in the general classification.
“It was quite a tough day," Groves said. "It started dry, and then the finish was wet, so it made it quite dangerous as well. My team was so strong. Thankfully, they had a super day to help control with Kern Pharma and DSM. It wasn’t easy. We only caught the attackers in the final kilometre so it was a super team. [The late attacks] were not so unexpected. There are only a few sprint stages in this race, and the rest are mountain stages, so the intermediate riders really have to try on days like today. But the team was super motivated to control attackers all day and to repay them with victory number 3 is pretty special.”
Jonas Gregaard, Thomas Champion, Xabier Isasa and Thibault Guernalec attacked early on. The peloton keeps chasing for a while, but the gap eventually extends to 5 minutes.
Champion was dropped from the lead group within the last 15 kilometres.\nWith Max Poole on his wheel, Mauro Schmid jumped to the other attackers with 2.4 kilometres remaining.
Victor Campenaerts powered across to the two, but the late attack didn't pay off.
The three were caught and Kaden Groves sprinted to triumph.
The GC remains unchanged with Ben O'Connor in the red jersey.
"It's always good to see another fellow Aussie win," O'Connor said. "That's four Aussie wins so far…Good day for Aussie cycling! It was a bit wet, not too hard, a little treacherous on the descents, but it wasn't too complicated in the end. We've done a lot of riding so far in this race, so it was good for the boys to have a bit of a break; it was much needed. Tomorrow, break management will probably have to be a lot more proactive, but it should normally be an easier finish."\n
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