Jasper Philipsen dominated the opening stage of the Vuelta a España, powered by a precise Alpecin-Deceuninck leadout that left other sprinters behind. Philipsen takes the red jersey as overall leader and also tops the points classification on 50 points. Ethan Vernon finished runner-up and leads the youth classification, earning the white jersey. Pepijn Reinderink won the intermediate sprint from the breakaway and will wear the points jersey on stage 2 after gaining 20 points. Alessandro Verre collected maximum points on the day’s only categorized climb and now leads the mountains classification. All GC contenders finished with the same time and there were no abandons.
An imperious display by Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) saw him storm to victory on the opening stage of the Vuelta a España, as his leadout train delivered the Belgian rider perfectly and left every other sprinter in their wake. Having worn the maillot jaune after winning the opening stage of the Tour de France last month, Philipsen now adds the maillot rojo to his collection, as he moves into the overall lead of the race.
Ethan Vernon (Israel-Premier Tech) was the only rider to even get remotely close to Philipsen, as he finished runner-up on the stage and took the lead in the youth classification, giving him the maillot blanco. Philipsen also holds the maillot verde, as he leads the points classification on 50 points. However, the jersey set to be worn by Pepijn Reinderink (Soudal Quick-Step) on stage 2, as he won the intermediate sprint from the breakaway, giving him 20 points.
Meanwhile, Reinderink's breakaway companion Alessandro Verre (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) took maximum points on the sole categorised climb of the day, giving him the Maillot de Lunares, as he now leads the mountains classification ahead of Joel Nicolau (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Nicolas Vinokurov (XDS Astana). All of the GC contenders finished the stage on the same time and there were no abandons during stage.
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