Jasper Philipsen of Alpecin-Deceuninck won the opening stage of the Vuelta a España in Turin and assumed the race leader's red jersey. His teammates delivered an effective lead-out, positioning him to hold off challengers, with Ethan Vernon second and Orluis Aular third. Favorite Mads Pedersen was caught out of position and failed to finish in the top 10. Philipsen described the win as a welcome reward, praised the execution of the lead-out by Jonas and Edward, and referenced his disappointment after crashing out of the Tour, noting limited sprint opportunities at this Vuelta.
Winning is always a nice feeling, and definitely when there is a reward like the red jersey, of course it's a nice present," Philipsen said.
We managed to do our lead-out the way we wanted to - with Jonas and Edward in the final kilometre they executed perfect. I saw 175 metes to go and had to start sprinting. I'm really happy it worked out for us.
After my crash in the Tour, I was really disappointed to be out - we worked really long for it and it was a major goal. It was a setback - you have to find new goals. This was a nice goal, but I knew we only had one chance because there aren't many opportunities for a sprinter like me at this Vuelta.
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