Vuelta a España
Filippo Ganna narrowly bests Jay Vine as João Almeida gains time on Jonas Vingegaard.
by Dane Cash Sep 11, 2025 More fromDane Cash + 
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Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) won the stage 18 time trial at the Vuelta a España by less than a second on Thursday, narrowly besting Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) in Valladolid. Ganna completed the flat 12.2 km course, which was shortened from an originally planned distance of 27.2 km, in 13 minutes flat. That made for a blistering average speed of 56 kilometers per hour.
Vine's teammate João Almeida finished third on the day, eight seconds behind Ganna –but 10 seconds ahead of race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike). Almeida is therefore just 40 seconds off the race lead with three stages to go.
[race_result id=23 stage_id=86362 count=5 gc=0 year=2025]
[race_result id=23 stage_id=86362 count=5 gc=5 year=2025]
How it happened
- Dan Hoole (Lidl-Trek) set a strong mark in the early goings that earned him at least a few minutes in the hot seat.
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