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Today, after a fast 30km, the peloton have eased even more and the break leads by 8:30.
Bennett bumped Liepins hard with around five hundred metres to go and then again a second time before focusing on his sprint. He hit the front late due to a headwind but had the speed to cross the line first in Aguilar de Campoo.
Both Bennett and Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe) started their sprints at the same moment, with Jasper Philippsen (UAE Team Emirates) trying to find a way between them. However, Bennett edged ahead of his rivals, pointing at his team sponsor on the chest of his jersey in celebration.
Ackermann finished second with 22-year-old Belgian Gerben Thijssen (Lotto Soudal) third after coming off Bennet's wheel. But after carefully studying the video replay of the final kilometres, the jury relegated Bennett and gave the win to Ackermann.
The big story from yesterday's ninth stage was of course Sam Bennett's relegation in the sprint.
Bennett crossed the line first, thinking he had taken his 50th career victory and Deceuninck-QuickStep's 100th stage victory in Grand Tours, only for race officials to relegate him and declare Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe) the stage winner.
The race commissaires ruled that Bennett had been overly aggressive in the way he shoulder charged Emils Liepins (Trek-Segafredo) out of the way inside the final kilometre and awarded the victory to Ackermann.
The race is passing through the estuary of the Marismas de Santoña Natural Park but there is little time to enjoy the views.
The riders are back near the sea and the break of the day seems to have formed.
Jonathan Lastra (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Brent Van Moer (Lotto Soudal), Pim Lingthart (Total Direct Energie) and Alexander Molenaar (Burgos BH) lead the peloton by 3:30 now.
Puncture victim Michal Paluta (CCC) is still on his own, chasing at 1:30.
The elastic has snapped and the peloton has eased up.
This show the early speed.
🏁 Km 15 | Etapa 10 - Stage 10 | #LaVuelta20🇪🇸 Sigue la batalla en el pelotón al paso por Liendo🇬🇧 We have quite a battle for the breakaway! 💥👉https://t.co/zqaO4Bw62K pic.twitter.com/YihuAPYDNeOctober 30, 2020
Michal Paluta (CCC) suffered a puncture but is trying to chase back to the break. He needs to be quick because the peloton seems ready to ease up.
Mpore attacks are made and chased.
Jonathan Lastra (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) has joined the front group.
Rémi Cavagna (Deceuninck-Quick Step), Martin Salmon (Sunweb) and Victor Lafay (Cofidis) have joined Fred Wright (Bahrain-McLaren) and Quentin Jauregui (AG2R la Mondiale) are in pursuit too.
Deceuninck-QuickStep are chasing their 100th Grand Tour victory after missing out yesterday due to Bennett's relegation.
Their dominance in La Vuelta arguably began with one name: Paolo Bettini. The Italian rider, a two-time world champion, won five of the first seven stage victories of the Belgian team in La Vuelta.
The last one was in Suances in 2008. Bettini proved his world champion prowess in the coastal municipality’s steep slopes, finishing off his legendary victory tally with what would be his final triumph as a professional rider.
Having passed to the south of Santander, the course maintains its westward course to Mogro, then turns inland to pass through three-time world champion Oscar Freire’s hometown of Torrelavega, before turning west again to tackle the day’s main climbing test, the third-category Alto de San Cipriano.
The intermediate sprint lies just beyond at Cabezón de la Sal, where the course turns back towards the Cantabrian coast once more and the run-in to the finish in Suances, where two-time world champion Paolo Bettini was the winner on the Vuelta’s only previous visit in 2008.
The final two kilometres rise at an average of 5 per cent into the centre of Suances, the route weaving considerably from the 2km banner until a 90-degree left-hand turn at the 500-metre-to-go mark. This ascent shouldn’t trouble the sprinters and their lead-out trains overly, but positioning will be critical approaching and coming through that final turn.
A second consecutive stage that should favour the sprinters, stage 10 is spiced up with a few more traps and more than twice as much climbing, which will give the breakaway riders a little more hope of surviving all the way into the finish.
If the elements are favourable, this 185km stage should make for spectacular viewing as it winds its way westwards along the Cantabrian coast, bumping over headlands initially.
It begins in Castro Urdiales, which hasn’t featured on the Vuelta route since the 1958 edition. That year, Italy’s Guido Carlesi won the first half of a split stage into the town and France’s Jean Graczyk won the second half that ran from Castro Urdiales to Santander.
Quentin Jauregui (AG2R La Mondiale) and Jonathan Lastra (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) are trying to join them but the peloton is chasing too.
The attacks are coming thick and fast.
Michal Paluta (CCC), Brent Van Moer (Lotto Soudal), Pim Ligthart (Total Direct Energie) and Alexander Molenaar (Burgos-BH) are away.
This video shows the rolling roads the riders will face today.
#LaVuelta20🚴♂️Etap 10 | Castro Urdiales > Suances📏 185 km⏰16:15 TSİ📺Eurosport 1🎙 @berkemceylan ve @sarpergunsal pic.twitter.com/1aQhTt0nTuOctober 30, 2020
Venga! Venga!
As the CN blimp rises into the blue skies, the race director has waved the flag and the stage is underway.
Great place to start today’s stage 10 #LaVuelta20 #AstanaProTeam pic.twitter.com/MQKwILD6uOOctober 30, 2020
The sign-on podium and team parking was on the stunning sea front.
Can’t think of a more picturesque start than this at the #LaVuelta20 . So beautiful that our Boy from Brittany @alexisrenard_ - start missing home. We just went LIVE with a special look at our #FactorBikes : https://t.co/BDmNmifcyp pic.twitter.com/fbpRVfcDf7October 30, 2020
The riderd have left the start area and the stage will soon begin.
#LaVuelta209 stages down ✅9 to go ☑️The peloton is on the move on stage 10! pic.twitter.com/Kvi5r5SQd6October 30, 2020
The 185km stage 10 features just one cat-3 climb but the road tips and rolls on or near the coastline, making for a testing day in the saddle for the sprint teams hoping to win in Suances.
The finish should favour the strongest rather than the fastest riders in the bunch because the last kilometre has an average gradient of 4.5%.
The sun is shining in northern Spain for what should be a stunning stage in the hills and coast roads of Cantabria.
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