"Belgium's Jasper Philipsen sprinted clear at the end of stage 19 to seal his third win at this year's Vuelta a Espana on Friday while Jonas Vingegaard added four seconds to his overall advantage over Jono Almeida. After 160km of relatively flat riding in west central Spain, Alpecin-Deceuninck's Philipsen burst to the front near the finish and never looked like being caught."
"Visma-Lease a Bike's Vingegaard finished safely in the bunch after picking up an unexpected four bonus seconds at the intermediate sprint in Salamanca, 60km from the finish, when Almeida was caught napping. With Almeida's UAE Team Emirates-XRG failing to notice his move, Vingegaard pounced to lead the peloton across the intermediate sprint line behind Jakub Otruba, who spent half the race alone after an early solo breakaway."
"It was a really tough finish and after 11 days not going this deep it hurts, Philipsen told TNT Sports. The final 250m was more flat but before that the team did amazing. I was struggling in the middle but I pushed through and when I saw the finish line it was really nice. We will try to repeat on Sunday. It's been a tough three weeks."
Jasper Philipsen claimed his third Vuelta stage win by launching a decisive sprint at the end of stage 19 after 160km of mostly flat terrain. Mads Pedersen finished second and Orluis Aular took third. Jonas Vingegaard gained an unexpected four bonus seconds at an intermediate sprint in Salamanca when Jono Almeida's team failed to respond, preserving and slightly extending his overall lead despite losing time in the time trial. Saturday's penultimate stage features over 4,000m of climbing, representing Almeida's last realistic opportunity to challenge Vingegaard before the final day.
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