"The Belgian cyclist Mads Pedersen sprinted to victory in stage 15 of the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday as Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard retained the overall lead in the 167.8km ride from Vegadeo. Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), the points classification leader, attacked in the last two kilometres, beating Orluis Aular (Movistar) and Marco Frigo (Israel Premier Tech) in a photo finish at Monforte de Lemos."
"A 16.5km category-one climb to Puerto de la Garganta tested riders early in the stage, as Jakub Otruba made an early attack but was overtaken at the summit by Jay Vine. Two chasing groups that had broken from the peloton soon caught up with Vine and Otruba, forming a pack of over 40 riders at the front, with the peloton trailing by over three minutes."
"Vine and Louis Vervaeke soon attacked to become the new leading duo, while the peloton, which included Vingegaard, Almeida and Pidcock, did not react as they fell nine minutes and 40 seconds behind the leaders going into the last 100km. The Lidl-Trek riders Julien Bernard and Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier led a chasing group along with Javier Romo, reducing their gap with the leaders to around two minutes and 20 seconds as they neared the final 50km of the stage."
Mads Pedersen sprinted to victory in stage 15 of the Vuelta a España, winning a photo finish at Monforte de Lemos over Orluis Aular and Marco Frigo. Jonas Vingegaard retained the overall lead, with Joao Almeida 48 seconds back and Tom Pidcock 2 minutes 38 seconds behind. The 167.8km stage included a 16.5km category-one climb to Puerto de la Garganta where Jay Vine reached the summit first. Multiple chasing groups formed a lead pack of over 40 riders while the peloton trailed by minutes. Lidl-Trek reduced gaps, Javier Romo crashed after a spectator incident, and Pedersen joined a late chasing attack as seven riders broke away into the final 30km.
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