Tour of Spain: Groves dominates Vuelta sprints - Evenepoel collects seconds

Australian Kaden Groves dominates the sprints at the 78th Tour of Spain. Similar to his team-mate Jasper Philipsen at the Tour de France, the 24-year-old professional cyclist dominates the mass finishes at the Vuelta.

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Tour of Spain 2023: Kaden Groves wins on stage 5

Groves won the fifth stage over 186.2 kilometres from Morella to Burriana. Second and third place went to the Italian hour world record holder Filippo Ganna and the Belgian Dries van Gestel. No German riders made it into the top ten.

Meanwhile, Belgian time trial world champion and last year's winner Remco Evenepoel has extended his lead in the overall standings. The young star surprised the competition by taking six bonus seconds at the intermediate sprint. Evenepoel is now eleven seconds ahead of the Spaniard Enric Mas. The Danish Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard is 37 seconds back in fourth place.

Second mountain finish at the Tour of Spain

On Thursday, stage hunter Lennard Kämna may have another chance when the second mountain finish is on the programme. The 183.1 kilometre long sixth stage from La Vall d'Uixó to the Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre will finish with a climb up the almost 2000 metre high Pico del Buitre.

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