La Vuelta a Espana: Jonas Vingegaard storms to Stage 16 victory, takes back more time on Sepp Kuss and Primoz Roglic

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) stormed to victory on Stage 16 of La Vuelta a Espana, taking back more time on team-mates Sepp Kuss and Primoz Roglic in the process.

Kuss remains in the red jersey but only by 29 seconds after another fascinating day of Jumbo-Visma tactics.

The day began in earnest when the breakaway was caught with about 10km to go.

Matters escalated further when the bunch hit the final climb, a fierce 4.8km ramp up to the finish in Bejes.

The GC teams sought to keep their men out of trouble, whilst others eyed a stage win with opportunities to do so in this year’s final Grand Tour running out.

But it was Vingegaard who jumped off the front to solo to his win and give his team an even stronger grip on this Vuelta.

Vingegaard barely celebrated on the line in a likely nod to team-mate Nathan Van Hooydonck, who was involved in a traffic accident in Belgium on Tuesday.

Wednesday sees the riders hit the Alto de L’Angliru, one of the most brutal climbs in cycling, as part of a 124.5km parcours which begins in Ribadesella.