Tronchon Claims Surprise Vuelta Stage 10 Victory in Chaotic Sprint
Tronchon earned his first WorldTour win after the peloton caught late attackers and the stage ended in a tight sprint.
- On Tuesday, French rider Bastien Tronchon of Groupama-FDJ United won Stage 10 of The Vuelta in a photo finish, securing his maiden WorldTour victory after a 184.7 km hilly ride between Alcaraz and Elche de la Sierra.
- The Vuelta was upended Saturday when race leader Tadej Poga crashed out and fractured his left collarbone, an incident that gifted the red jersey to Enric Mas of Spain.
- During the final 20 meters, Tronchon surged past rivals Magnus Cort of Uno-X Mobility and Thibau Nys of Lidl-Trek as the peloton reeled in late breakaway attempts within five kilometers.
- Enric Mas of Movistar finished safely in the peloton, retaining his overall lead of 1 minute, 18 seconds ahead of 36-year-old Slovenian Primoz Roglic, who pursues a record fifth Vuelta title.
- Wednesday's Stage 11 offers a flat 153.8 km route from Cartagena to Lorca favoring sprinters, with the race concluding in Granada on Sept. 13.
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France's Tronchon sprints to Vuelta stage win and Mas retains lead gifted by Pogačar's crash
ELCHE DE LA SIERRA, Spain (AP) — French rider Bastien Tronchon got a career best result winning stage 10 of the Spanish Vuelta on Tuesday, and Enric Mas retained the leader’s red jersey he was gifted by Tadej Pogačar’s race-ending crash.
Tronchon claims surprise Vuelta stage 10 victory in chaotic sprint
Sept 1 : Bastien Tronchon of Groupama-FDJ United snatched victory in a photo finish on stage 10 of the Vuelta a Espana on Tuesday following a 184.7 km hilly ride through southern Spain. The pace quickened a kilometre before the finish line as Astana's Yevgeni Fedorov broke clear alongside Xabier Azparren of
Magnus Cort intervened in the final of the 10th stage, but had to watch Bastien Tronchon take a surprising victory.
Bastien Tronchon, a French cyclist from the Groupama-FDJ United, won Tuesday the 10th stage of the Tour of Spain in Elche de la Sierra. At the age of 24, he was ahead of the Danish rider Magnus Cort Nielsen and the Belgian rider Thibau...
Bastien Tronchon, 24, won this Tuesday on the 10th stage of the Vuelta at the end of a massive sprint. His first win on a big lap.
On the secondary and solitary road that leads to Elche de la Sierra, suddenly a sign in fluorine yellow. «Precautionary attention, lynx pass zone». A few kilometers further, the traffic sign never seen. A triangle of danger with the face of a lynx. Up to this point of fascinating and unknown Spain, Albacete deep on the border with Andalusia, steep mountains and wonderful landscapes, arrives the Vuelta a España with its itinerant scaffolds, every…
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