"Filippo Ganna tore through the final third of Thursday's shortened individual time trial to win stage 18 of the Vuelta a Espana in Valladolid, and third-placed Joao Almeida gained 10 seconds on the overall leader, Jonas Vingegaard. Ganna, the Italian time-trial specialist, repeated his success of two years ago in the same city but had an agonisingly long wait after the Ineos Grenadiers rider was fifth out of the gate, setting a time of 13 minutes."
"With the aim of ensuring greater protection for the stage after the disruptions caused by pro-Palestinian protesters during this year's race, the organisers of La Vuelta decided to shorten the route to 12.2km instead of the scheduled 27.2km. Obviously, with the news of the change in the parcours last night it was a bit strange, but I tried to do all the best today, Ganna said. I hope it's enough, we cross the fingers."
Filippo Ganna won stage 18 of the Vuelta a España in Valladolid in a shortened individual time trial, covering the course in 13 minutes. Organisers cut the route from 27.2km to 12.2km to increase protection after disruptions caused by pro-Palestinian protesters. Jay Vine finished one second behind Ganna to take second place. Joao Almeida placed third, seven seconds behind Vine, and gained 10 seconds on overall leader Jonas Vingegaard, reducing his deficit to 40 seconds. Ganna previously won the same city time trial two years ago and faced a long wait as an early starter.
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