Like two days ago in the Pico Jano pass, the Australian pedaled the whole breakaway on the misty 19% slopes of the Collau Fancuaya to seek a second success in this 2022 edition, with 43 seconds of ahead of Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates) and Rein Taaramae (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert) at the finish.

"Halfway up the slope, I followed the attack of the breakaway, I looked behind me and there was no longer anyone in my wheel. Winning two stages gives me confidence. I knew what I had to do. Today I just had fun on the bike," Vine said after the race.

Unknown to the general public a few days ago, the Alpecin team rider is establishing himself as one of the best climbers of this Tour of Spain.

At the same time, he endorses the blue polka dot jersey to the detriment of Victor Langellotti (Burgos BH), forced to retire on Saturday.

The Monegasque suffered a broken collarbone and a concussion after a fall and was taken to a hospital.

Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), 4th on the line and member of the breakaway of ten riders (including six former Vuelta stage winners), showed himself to be enterprising but was unable to follow the Vine train.

authoritarian Evenepoel

Solid for his first test as a red jersey, Remco Evenepoel finished one minute and twenty seconds behind Vine.

He settled as a boss in the sprint his other opponents for the general classification, namely Enric Mas (Movistar) and Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma).

"It was a perfect day. I did everything not to waste time. The team was fabulous, they controlled the race well. They pushed me to get this result", explained the Belgian 22 years old on arrival.

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Two days after his tour de force in the Pico Jano pass, the 22-year-old "little cannibal" was once again able to rely on the work of his Quick-Step teammates, including the French Rémi Cavagna and Julian Alaphilippe.

Evenepoel now has a 28-second lead over Enric Mas and 1 minute and 1 second over three-time defending champion Primoz Roglic.

Second overall at the start of the stage, Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ) conceded more than 10 minutes at the top of the Col des Asturies.

Mads Pedersen, 2019 world champion, hung on all day over the passes in the breakaway to garner 20 points in the intermediate sprint and put on the green jersey at the expense of Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe).

On Sunday, the peloton tackles a new steep mountain stage between Villaviciosa and the Praeres climb (1st category), short but explosive (4 km and slopes up to 25%), where Briton Simon won. Yates in 2018.

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