The 2025 Vuelta a Espana continued Tuesday with stage 10 – a 175.3-kilometer ride from Parque de la Naturaleza Sendaviva to El Ferial Larra Belagua, where Remco Evenepoel won a stage in 2023. The stage would start in false-flat and hilly terrain, before the stage would conclude with an uphill battle to the summit of a Category 1 climb. Pro cycling analysts here at Roadcycling.com and elsewhere anticipated riders such as Jonas Vingegaard, Joao Almeida, Giulio Ciccone and Egan Bernal to try to advance in the general classification as the Vuelta entered its second week.

Caper van Uden had used the first rest day of this year’s Vuelta Espana to abandon the race. His seven remaining Picnic-PostNL teammates would have to do without his sprinting skills in the remaining part of the race. The rest day had also brought news about Juan Ayuso leaving UAE Team Emirates after this season, and he and his team had very different versions of the story and what had happened between the parties involved.

Torstein Traeen was leading the general classification of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana before today’s stage 10. The Norwegian rider from Bahrain-Victorious would be proudly wearing the red jersey in stage 10. Vingegaard was 37 seconds behind the GC leader, while Joao Almeida was 01:15 minutes behind the leader. Tom Pidcock was fourth, Felix Gall fifth, and Giulio Ciccone sixth. Egan Bernal had dropped to eleventh and Ben O’Connor was fifteenth.

Stage 10 started under overcast skies in Parque de la Naturaleza Sendaviva in the Navarre region. Sendaviva Nature Park combines adventure with nature for visitors of all ages and is home to more than 800 animals, including many exotic species. Today, however, the eyes of all spectators were on the professional cyclists, who lined up at the start line of the stage – most of them eager to commence the battles of week two of La Vuelta.

While multiple attacks were launched by few riders at a time, it would, however, take a while before a larger and more viable breakaway group got established. No breakaway attempts had been successful after fifty kilometers of fast racing, and it appeared the general classification teams were eager to show their dominance in the stage and fulfill their objectives.

Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates) attacked with Movistar’s Javier Romo and Jardi van der Lee of Team EF Education-EasyPost. 110 kilometers of the stage remained, and the strong trio quickly formed a lead of twenty seconds. The main peloton, however, proved stronger than the breakaway optimists. The attack had been neutralized with 98 kilometers to the finish line.

Other riders tried their luck in the following kilometers, and the racing speed was very high while the riders in the peloton tackled the hills and false-flat sections that brought them closer to the climax in the Category 1 climb of the stage finale.

Mikel Xabier Azparren launched a powerful attack with 74 kilometers to the finish line. The Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team rider was joined by Fausto Masnada and Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Ineos-Grenadiers-TotalEnergies). Pier-Andre Cote also joined the fun. Following yesterday’s Juan Ayuso-related dispute, UAE Team Emirates also appeared to have major objectives in the stage and launched Mikkel Bjerg and Jay Vine. Many other riders were interested in gaining an early advantage and also joined the front group, which soon featured approximately thirty riders.

The breakaway got reshuffled on Alto de Las Coronas and Vine and Romo joined forces on the descent that followed. 42 kilometers of stage 10 remained, and the front trio had a lead three minutes over the main peloton. Other riders from the original breakaway group were chasing in between the groups.

Seven other riders caught up with Jay Vine and Javier Romo in the false-flat section that followed the downhill section. The front group now featured Vine, Romo, Pablo Castrillo (Movistar Team), Julien Bernard (Lidl-Trek), Archie Ryan (EF Education-EasyPost), Nicola Conci, Xabier Mikel Azparren (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team), Abel Balderstone (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA), and Alec Segaert of Team Lotto-Caps. Meanwhile, riders from Bahrain-Victorious were trying to control the race from the main peloton group in support of their general classification leader Torstein Traen. They were 03:20 minutes behind with 27 kilometers of fast racing left in the saddle.

Segaert attacked solo from the front group with eighteen kilometers to the finish line at the mountain summit. The Lotto-Caps rider was chasing the first stage victory for his team in this year’s Vuelta a Espana. The Belgian rider had fought his way to a lead of forty seconds with eleven kilometers left.

Segaert and the other breakaway riders entered the climb, which would take the riders to the finish line and decide who would win the stage. It appeared likely the winner would be found from within the breakaway groups as the main peloton was now 02:30 minutes behind with just eight kilometers left of stage 10.

Segaert got reeled in by Pablo Castrillo with 7.5-kilometers left. Castrillo passed the Belgian rider and continued solo. Meanwhile further back, Mikkel Bjerg and other riders from UAE Team Emirates moved to the front of the main peloton and set a fast pace for Joao Almeida. Team Visma-Lease a Bike were on high alert for team captain Jonas Vingegaard. Only eleven riders remained in the general classification favorites group.

Almeida launched an attack from the GC group with more than six kilometers left but did not open a gap. Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) and Felix Gall (Decathlon-AG2R) had been dropped from the GC group.

Castrillo had been joined by Vine, and they were now forming a front duo with 5.5 kilometers to the finish line. Vine had already taken a solo stage win in this year’s Vuelta Espana and now left Spanish rider Castrillo behind. It appeared Vine and UAE Team Emirates were on their way to another stage win.

Almeida accelerated from the GC favorites group. Vingegaard, Tom Pidcock, and Matteo Jorgenson responded. GC leader Torstein Traen had been dropped and was now at risk of failing to defend his GC lead in the stage.

With 2.5 kilometers remaining, Vine was solo in front with a lead of 27 seconds over Castrillo. Romo and Ryan were now 45 seconds behind, while the GC favorites group featured eight riders and was 01:25 minutes back. Torstein Traen was 02:29 minutes behind frontman Vine.

Jay Vine continued all the way to the summit, and the Australian rider crossed the finish line as winner of stage 10 of the 2025 Vuelta a Espana. A Very impressive solo effort from the UAE Team Emirates rider. Pablo Castrillo reached the finish line 35 seconds later and secured a well-deserved second place finish for Movistar Team. Javier Romo completed the stage podium ahead of Archie Ryan. The GC favorites group sprinted across the finish line shortly later.

“I never get used to the feeling of winning. Winning is oh so hard and it is such an incredible feeling when it happens, so I don’t think I’ll ever get used to winning,” stage winner Jay Vine explained to Roadcycling.com shortly after the finish.

“I made my moves early in the stage and just tried to follow the groups. I received great support from Mikkel Bjerg. Who brought me forward. We kept jumping for another 45 minutes. That was the hardest part of the race until I reached the final climb. I got rid of Archie Ryan and then Castrillo and then I won,” Vine continued.

Jonas Vingegaard leads the general classification in La Vuelta following stage 10. Norway’s Torstein Traen is now in second place, 26 seconds behind the Dane. Joao Almeida is in third place, 38 seconds behind Vingegaard. Tom Pidcock is fourth, Felix Gall is fifth, while Giulio Ciccone is sixth.

Wednesday’s stage 11 of Vuelta a Espana 2025 will be a 157.4-kilometer ride in mountainous terrain on a route from Bilbao and back. The stage route will feature seven categorized climbs, of which five will be Category 3 climbs and two will be Category 2 climbs. The stage profile invites breakaway hopefuls to a battle, and the stage may be won from a breakaway and possibly by a fast rider, such as Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), who is able to perform relatively well on less aggressive climbs or secure an advantage early in a stage.

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