The peloton set off from Vegadeo for 167 kilometres of undulating roads towards the finish in Monforte de Lemos. The riders of Team Visma | Lease a Bike made no attempt to join the day’s breakaway.  

In the demanding opening phase, a large breakaway group of more than forty riders formed. Their maximum advantage grew to around fifteen minutes. In the peloton, Dylan van Baarle and Wilco Kelderman set the pace. Ultimately, the peloton crossed the line thirteen minutes after stage winner Pedersen. On the eve of the second rest day, Vingegaard still leads by 48 seconds over João Almeida.  

“So far, I’m satisfied with how the Vuelta is going,” said Vingegaard. “I’ve won two stages and I’ve been wearing the leader’s jersey for quite some time. Today we deliberately chose not to follow the breakaway, with an eye on what lies ahead in the final week. It might have looked easy, but it wasn’t. Once the breakaway had formed, our guys had to work hard to keep the gap within limits. Wilco and Dylan, in particular, spent many kilometres on the front of the peloton. The most important thing is that we came through this stage unscathed. I’m already looking forward to tomorrow’s rest day.”