(Sports Correspondent: Imran Sohail)
Jay Vine Claims Second Stage Win at Vuelta a España 2025 as Vingegaard Regains Red Jersey
Australian rider Jay Vine produced a brilliant performance on Tuesday to claim his second stage victory of this year’s Vuelta a España, while Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard regained the overall race lead.
Riding for UAE Team Emirates-XRG, Vine attacked on the final climb to the Larra-Belagua ski resort, pulling clear of Spain’s Pablo Castrillo. The 29-year-old crossed the line 35 seconds ahead of Castrillo, securing his fourth career Vuelta stage win.
Vingegaard, representing Team Visma-Lease a Bike, finished in the main group of contenders just over a minute behind Vine, reclaiming the iconic red leader’s jersey from Norway’s Torstein Traeen, who struggled on the final ascent.
Vine on His Victory
“Winning is so, so hard, and it’s such an incredible feeling when it happens,” Vine said after his triumph. “I don’t think I’ll ever get used to it because it’s unbelievably difficult.”
Vine, last year’s King of the Mountains, now leads the race for the polka dot jersey once again. He also won this year’s first mountain stage earlier in the race.
General Classification Updates
After Stage 10, Vingegaard leads the standings with a 26-second advantage over Traeen, while Vine’s teammate Joao Almeida sits third, just 38 seconds back. Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock, who finished fifth on the stage, remains in fourth overall.
Stage 10 Top 5 Results
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Jay Vine (Australia/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) – 3h 56m 24s
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Pablo Castrillo (Spain/Movistar) +35s
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Javier Romo (Spain/Movistar) +1m 04s
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Archie Ryan (Ireland/EF Education-Easy Post) +1m 05s
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Tom Pidcock (Great Britain/Q36.5 Pro Cycling) same time
General Classification After Stage 10
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Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark/Visma-Lease a Bike) – 37h 33m 52s
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Torstein Traeen (Norway/Bahrain Victorious) +26s
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Joao Almeida (Portugal/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +38s
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Tom Pidcock (Great Britain/Q36.5 Pro Cycling) +58s
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Felix Gall (Austria/Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) +2m 03s
What’s Next?
Riders now turn their focus to Stage 11 on Wednesday, a 157.4km medium mountain stage starting and finishing in Bilbao, where more shifts in the general classification are expected.
