"We have a big protest at three kilometres before the line. We will decide the stage winner and take times at eight kilometres before the line, the race directors announced on Radio Vuelta. The race had entered the final 15km, with Bernal for Ineos Grenadiers and Spain's Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step) out in front; the Colombian won the sprint to the new finish line, with Brieuc Rolland, riding for Groupama-FDJ, coming in third."
"Landa and Bernal were part of a 17-man breakaway group early in the stage, and the pair had dropped everyone else by the time the announcement came, and Bernal, a former Tour de France and Giro d'Italia winner, claimed his first Vuelta stage win. The peloton had been content to allow the riders up ahead to stay away, but on the penultimate climb the main bunch began to split, with the general classification contenders forming their own group."
Pro-Palestinian protesters blocked the road near Castro de Herville, forcing stage 16 of the Vuelta a España to finish 8km early with times taken at the eight-kilometre mark. Egan Bernal won the shortened stage in a sprint from a break that included Mikel Landa; Brieuc Rolland finished third. Landa and Bernal had been part of a 17-rider breakaway that had dropped others before the decision. Jonas Vingegaard retained the red jersey despite puncturing and finishing 15th almost six minutes behind. Vingegaard leads Joao Almeida by 48 seconds, with Tom Pidcock third more than two and a half minutes back. Stage 11 previously had no winner.
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