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The 2021 Vuelta a España was a three-week cycling race which took place in Spain between 14 August and 5 September 2021. It was the 76th edition of the Vuelta a España and the third and final grand tour of the 2021 men's road cycling season. The race departed from Burgos and finished in Santiago de Compostela.[1]

The race was won by Primož Roglič of Шаблон:Ct, his third consecutive victory in the race. He became only the third rider to win the race in three successive years. He won by 4' 42", the largest margin of victory since Alex Zülle won by 5' 07" in 1997.[2] He first took the red jersey on the first stage time trial before relinquishing the jersey to breakaway riders on two occasions. Roglič proceeded to win three more stages, stage 11 to Valdepeñas de Jaén, stage 17 to Lagos de Covadonga, and the final day's time trial in Santiago de Compostela, on his way to overall victory. In second place was Enric Mas of Шаблон:Ct, who put in a consistent performance in the mountains throughout the race to become Roglič's closest rival. Jack Haig of Шаблон:Ct took the final step on the podium, finishing 7' 40" behind Roglič. Haig began the Vuelta as a domestique for Mikel Landa, but after Landa's struggles and eventual abandon, Haig became the team's leader. He moved up to third in the penultimate stage after successfully distancing the previous third-placed rider, Miguel Ángel López, with just over Шаблон:Convert on the stage. Haig then held on to third in the final day time trial, even extending his gap over fourth-placed Adam Yates (Шаблон:Ct).

In the race's other classifications, Fabio Jakobsen of Шаблон:Ct took the points classification, winning three sprint stages along the way. Michael Storer of Шаблон:Ct won the mountains classification. He won two stages from the breakaway before taking the lead in the competition in the final two mountain stages. The young rider classification was won by Gino Mäder of Шаблон:Ct, who performed consistently in the mountains while serving as a domestique for first Landa and then Haig. He took the white jersey after following the decisive split in the GC group on the penultimate stage, allowing him to move up to fifth overall ahead of Egan Bernal (Шаблон:Ct) in sixth place. Шаблон:Ct won the team classification while Шаблон:Ct's Magnus Cort, who won three stages, was given the overall combativity award.[3]

Teams

Шаблон:Main Twenty-three teams participated in the 2021 Vuelta a España. All nineteen UCI WorldTeams were obliged to participate. Four UCI ProTeams also participated: Шаблон:Ct was automatically invited as the best-performing ProTeam in 2020, and the other three wildcard teams were selected by the Amaury Sport Organisation. Usually, only twenty-two teams would participate in the race, but the Union Cycliste Internationale allowed grand tour organizers to invite one extra wildcard team in 2021 to account for hardship created by the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]Шаблон:Sfn

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Pre-race favourites

Two-time defending champion Primož Roglič (Шаблон:Ct) was considered the pre-race favourite, closely followed by 2021 Giro d'Italia overall winner Egan Bernal (Шаблон:Ct). Bernal's team mate and last year’s runner-up Richard Carapaz (Шаблон:Ct), was seen as one of their main challengers, alongside fellow team mate Adam Yates, Mikel Landa (Шаблон:Ct) and 2020 podium finisher Hugh Carthy (Шаблон:Ct). Other riders considered as contenders included Шаблон:Ct duo Miguel Ángel López and Enric Mas, Aleksandr Vlasov (Шаблон:Ct) and Pavel Sivakov (Шаблон:Ct).[6]

Riders believed to be the main contenders for victories on the sprint stages were Fabio Jakobsen (Шаблон:Ct), Arnaud Démare (Шаблон:Ct), Jasper Philipsen (Шаблон:Ct) and Michael Matthews (Шаблон:Ct).[7]

Route and stages

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Vuelta organisers unveiled the route for the 2021 edition on 11 February 2021. Unusually, the race took place entirely within Spain, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 route included one new major mountain pass, the Шаблон:Interlanguage link, for the finish of stage 18.[8] This edition of the Vuelta was the first since 2014 to finish outside Madrid. As in 2014, the final stage was an individual time trial in Santiago de Compostela.[9]

Stage characteristics and winners[10][11]Шаблон:Sfn
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 14 August Burgos to Burgos Шаблон:Convert Файл:Time Trial.svg Individual time trial Шаблон:Flagathlete
2 15 August Caleruega to Burgos Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Flat stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
3 16 August Santo Domingo de Silos to Espinosa de los MonterosPicón Blanco Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Mountain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
4 17 August El Burgo de Osma to Molina de Aragón Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Flat stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
5 18 August Tarancón to Albacete Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Flat stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
6 19 August Requena to Alto de Cullera Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mediummountainstage.svg Medium-mountain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
7 20 August Gandía to Balcón de Alicante Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Mountain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
8 21 August Santa Pola to La Manga del Mar Menor Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Flat stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
9 22 August Puerto Lumbreras to Alto de Velefique Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Mountain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
23 August Almería Rest day
10 24 August Roquetas de Mar to Rincón de la Victoria Шаблон:Convert Файл:Hillystage.svg Hilly stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
11 25 August Antequera to Valdepeñas de Jaén Шаблон:Convert Файл:Hillystage.svg Hilly stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
12 26 August Jaén to Córdoba Шаблон:Convert Файл:Hillystage.svg Hilly stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
13 27 August Belmez to Villanueva de la Serena Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Flat stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
14 28 August Don Benito to Pico Villuercas Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Mountain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
15 29 August Navalmoral de la Mata to El Barraco Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Mountain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
30 August Santander Rest day
16 31 August Laredo to Santa Cruz de Bezana Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Flat stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
17 1 September Unquera to Lagos de Covadonga Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Mountain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
18 2 September Salas to Шаблон:Interlanguage link Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Mountain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
19 3 September Tapia to Monforte de Lemos Шаблон:Convert Файл:Hillystage.svg Hilly stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
20 4 September Sanxenxo to Mos (Castro de Herville) Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Mountain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
21 5 September Padrón to Santiago de Compostela Шаблон:Convert Файл:Time Trial.svg Individual time trial Шаблон:Flagathlete
Total Шаблон:Convert

Race overview

First week

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Primož Roglič, pictured on stage 5

The Vuelta began with a short individual time trial in Burgos. Alex Aranburu (Шаблон:Ct) sat in the hot seat for the majority of the day after he set a time of 8' 38". Several riders threatened Aranburu's time, but only Primož Roglič (Шаблон:Ct), the last rider off the start ramp and the defending champion, was able to best him. Roglič set a time of 8' 32", six seconds quicker than Aranburu, to take the first red jersey of the race.[12] The next stage featured a flat route with an opportunity for the sprinters to take the win. With Шаблон:Convert to go, a crash caught out several GC contenders, including Adam Yates (Шаблон:Ct), Hugh Carthy (Шаблон:Ct), and David de la Cruz (Шаблон:Ct), with all three losing 30 seconds to a minute by the finish. In the sprint to the line, Jasper Philipsen (Шаблон:Ct) outsprinted Fabio Jakobsen (Шаблон:Ct) to take the win and the lead in the points classification while Roglič retained the red jersey.[13]

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Rein Taaramäe in the red jersey after stage 4

The third stage featured the first summit finish of the race, with the riders finishing atop the climb of Picón Blanco. An eight-man breakaway was allowed to build a maximum advantage of nine minutes, with Шаблон:Ct content to relinquish the red jersey to a breakaway rider. On the final climb, Joe Dombrowski (Шаблон:Ct), Rein Taaramäe (Шаблон:Ct), and Kenny Elissonde (Шаблон:Ct) emerged as the strongest riders from the break. Further up the climb, Taaramäe dropped his companions to win the stage, taking the red jersey and the mountains classification's blue polka-dot jersey in the process. The headwind on the climb discouraged riders in the GC group from attacking, and no one was able to build a substantial gap. Near the finish, Enric Mas (Шаблон:Ct) accelerated from the group, gaining three seconds on a seven-man group of favorites. Several contenders, including Carthy, Romain Bardet (Шаблон:Ct), and Aleksandr Vlasov (Шаблон:Ct), lost almost half a minute. Recently crowned Olympic road race champion Richard Carapaz (Шаблон:Ct) finished a minute behind the main GC group and was also docked 20 seconds for taking an unauthorized feed.[14]

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Kenny Elissonde being awarded the red jersey after stage 5

The fourth stage was mostly flat with a slight uphill ramp to the finish line, though the sprinters were still expected to contend for the stage win. At Шаблон:Convert from the line, Taaramäe, the race leader, crashed, but with the accident occurring inside the final Шаблон:Convert, he was credited with the same time as the peloton and was able to retain the race lead. In the final sprint, Jakobsen outsprinted Arnaud Démare (Шаблон:Ct) for the win to take the lead in the points classification and the green jersey from Philipsen.[15][16] The fifth stage featured another chance for the sprinters with a flat course to Albacete. With Шаблон:Convert to go, a large crash brought down most of the peloton, including Bardet and Taaramäe, but all riders who crashed managed to continue riding. In the sprint, Philipsen outsprinted Jakobsen to take his second stage win of the race; in doing so, Philipsen took back the green jersey. Taaramäe finished two minutes down, thus putting second-placed Elissonde into the red jersey, while Bardet finished 12 minutes down, dropping him out of GC contention.[17]

The sixth stage featured the second uphill finish of the race atop the Шаблон:Convert-climb of Alto de la Montaña de Cullera. With Шаблон:Convert to go, crosswinds temporarily split the peloton into echelons, but the peloton eventually reformed ahead of the final climb. The lead quintet began the climb with a lead of only 20 seconds, with Magnus Cort (Шаблон:Ct) dropping his breakaway companions inside the final kilometre. With Шаблон:Convert left, Roglič kicked clear and bridged up to Cort at the line, but Cort held on for the stage win. Most of the other contenders finished up to 27 seconds behind while Carthy lost almost three minutes. With Elissonde losing four and a half minutes, Roglič took the red jersey back.[18]

The seventh stage featured six categorized climbs, including a summit finish atop Balcón de Alicante. After a furious fight for the break, 29 riders broke clear, with the peloton content to let the break battle for the stage win. The fight for the win came down to four riders: Michael Storer (Шаблон:Ct), Pavel Sivakov (Шаблон:Ct), Carlos Verona (Шаблон:Ct), and Andreas Kron (Шаблон:Ct). Verona made the first attack with Шаблон:Convert to go but Storer made the decisive move with Шаблон:Convert to go and soloed to the stage win. In the GC group, Carthy struggled on the first climb before eventually abandoning. On the fourth climb, the Puerto El Collao, Alejandro Valverde (Шаблон:Ct) launched an attack with Carapaz and Yates. On the descent, Valverde crashed heavily on a bend, and though he was initially able to continue riding, he was eventually forced to abandon due to his injuries; it was later revealed that he had fractured his collarbone.[19] Carapaz, Roglič, and Miguel Ángel López (Шаблон:Ct) also made an attack but they were caught. On the final climb, Yates put in a few attacks that split the GC group, bringing with him Roglič, Mas, López, De La Cruz, Egan Bernal (Шаблон:Ct), and Louis Meintjes (Шаблон:Ct) to the finish. Vlasov lost 13 seconds while other contenders lost around half a minute. In the GC, Roglič narrowly held on to his red jersey by eight seconds over Felix Großschartner (Шаблон:Ct), who was in the break.[20] The next stage was another opportunity for the sprinters. After the day's main breakaway trio was caught with around Шаблон:Convert to go, Шаблон:Ct attempted to split the peloton into echelons, but the peloton eventually regrouped for the sprint finish. After a late attack from Jetse Bol (Шаблон:Ct) was reeled back in, Jakobsen outsprinted Alberto Dainese (Шаблон:Ct) to take his second stage win of the race.[21]

On stage nine, the peloton faced a mountainous route with a summit finish atop the special category Alto de Velefique. The break was finally formed after almost Шаблон:Convert, with 11 riders going off the front. With Шаблон:Convert to go, Damiano Caruso (Шаблон:Ct) dropped his breakaway companions on the Alto Collado Venta Luisa. He gradually built his lead over the chasing remnants of the breakaway before holding off the GC contenders to win the stage. In the GC group, Mikel Landa (Шаблон:Ct) was dropped at the bottom of the Velefique, eventually losing five minutes on the day. Yates put in a few digs on the climb, with Roglič and Mas the only riders able to stay with him during his last attack. Roglič and Mas eventually dropped Yates before working together to extend their lead, with Roglič sprinting to take second place, one second ahead of Mas, to extend his lead. A chase group composed of Yates, López, Bernal, and Jack Haig (Шаблон:Ct) formed behind, with Bernal unable to follow the pace. The chasers finished 39 seconds down on Roglič while Bernal finished with Giulio Ciccone (Шаблон:Ct) and Gino Mäder (Шаблон:Ct) at more than a minute down. Mas was the only rider within a minute of Roglič heading into the first rest day.[22]

Second week

The first stage after the rest day began with gently undulating terrain before the riders tackled the second-category Puerto de Almáchar, which crested with Шаблон:Convert left before the descent and a flat run-in to the finish. With the peloton content to let the break battle for the stage win, 31 riders finally broke away after more than Шаблон:Convert. On the Puerto de Almáchar, Michael Storer (Шаблон:Ct) dropped his breakaway companions on his way to another solo stage win. In the GC group, race leader Primož Roglič (Шаблон:Ct), attacked on the climb's steepest section and crested the climb with a margin of around 20 seconds over a chase group composed of Jack Haig (Шаблон:Ct) and the Шаблон:Ct duo of Enric Mas and Miguel Ángel López. However, Roglič crashed on the descent, and though he was able to get back up quickly and relatively unscathed, he relinquished his gap and was quickly caught by the chasing trio. Aleksandr Vlasov (Шаблон:Ct), Felix Großschartner (Шаблон:Ct), and Roglič's teammate, Sepp Kuss, bridged up to the quartet, with the seven riders crossing the line at almost 12 minutes down. A group containing the Шаблон:Ct duo of Egan Bernal and Adam Yates crossed a further 37 seconds in arrears. Odd Christian Eiking (Шаблон:Ct), who was part of the break and started the day just over nine minutes behind Roglič, moved into the race lead and took over the red jersey, while fellow breakaway member Guillaume Martin (Шаблон:Ct) moved up into second at almost one minute in arrears.[23]

The eleventh stage featured a return to the steep uphill finish in Valdepeñas de Jaén. A break of five was established after Шаблон:Convert, eventually leading by as much as two minutes. Magnus Cort (Шаблон:Ct) dropped his breakaway companions on the Puerto de Locubín before reaching the final kilometre with a lead of just under 20 seconds; he would eventually be caught with Шаблон:Convert left. In the final sprint, Roglič powered away from Mas to take his second stage win of the race. Eiking crossed the line at 11 seconds down to retain the red jersey.[24] The next stage featured a hilly course with another large fight for the break. Eight riders broke clear after Шаблон:Convert but Шаблон:Ct kept their lead at a minute and a half. With Шаблон:Convert to go, a crash took down several riders in the peloton, including Roglič and Yates, but all riders eventually got back up and returned to the peloton. On the last climb of the day, the break was caught before Giulio Ciccone (Шаблон:Ct), Jay Vine (Шаблон:Ct), Romain Bardet (Шаблон:Ct), and Sergio Henao (Шаблон:Ct) pulled away from the peloton. The quartet was eventually caught in the final kilometre. In the sprint to the line, Jens Keukeleire (Шаблон:Ct) led out his sprinter, Cort, who took his second stage of the race.[25]

Ahead of two consecutive mountainous stages, the thirteenth stage provided another opportunity for the sprinters. With Шаблон:Convert to go, crosswinds split the peloton but it regrouped ahead of the finale. In the technical final few kilometres, Шаблон:Ct took to the front and set a fast pace, which ended up causing several gaps and dropping their sprinter, Fabio Jakobsen. The team then turned to usual lead-out man Florian Sénéchal, who held off Matteo Trentin (Шаблон:Ct) to win his first Grand Tour stage.[26]

The fourteenth stage was the first of those mountainous stages, with a summit finish at Pico Villuercas. An 18-man break built up an advantage of 14 minutes as they battled for the win. Vine, Daniel Navarro (Шаблон:Ct), and Sep Vanmarcke (Шаблон:Ct), who were in the break, crashed in separate incidents but were able to continue, with Vine and Navarro getting back to the break. Bardet emerged as the strongest from the break, dropping everyone on the final climb to win the stage and take the lead in the mountains classification. His closest chasers were Vine and Jesús Herrada (Шаблон:Ct) at 44 seconds down. In the GC group, the headwind on the final climb and the pace set by Шаблон:Ct dissuaded attacks from the contenders. However, Miguel Ángel López's attack with Шаблон:Convert to go was the first serious attempt, and he built an advantage of more than 10 seconds before being chased by Roglič in the final kilometre. Roglič was immediately followed by Mas, Bernal, and Haig, with the quartet coming to within four seconds of catching López at the finish. Eiking lost 20 seconds but stayed in the red jersey for another day.[27]

On the fifteenth stage, the riders tackled four climbs before a short descent to the finish in El Barraco ahead of the second rest day. Another furious fight for the break ended with three riders, Maxim Van Gils (Шаблон:Ct), Fabio Aru (Шаблон:Ct), and Rafał Majka (Шаблон:Ct), breaking away on the first climb while another chase group of attackers formed behind. Van Gils soon dropped back to the chase group, and with Шаблон:Convert to go, Majka dropped Aru to solo off the front. The Pole maintained his advantage to the finish to win the stage. His closest pursuer was Steven Kruijswijk (Шаблон:Ct), who finished almost a minute and a half down. Meanwhile, the GC group remained relatively quiet before Yates animated the group with several attacks on the last climb, with his last attack giving him a 15-second advantage over the other contenders at the finish line. Eiking finished with the other contenders to keep the red jersey heading into the second rest day.[28]

Third week

The third week began with a flat stage, possibly offering the last chance for the pure sprinters to win. A few kilometres after the stage started, a crash took down some riders, splitting the peloton in the process; all those who crashed would eventually get back up. Giulio Ciccone (Шаблон:Ct) was forced to abandon the race while Enric Mas (Шаблон:Ct) and Guillaume Martin (Шаблон:Ct) were among those who went down. A five-man break built a two-minute lead while Harm Vanhoucke (Шаблон:Ct) bridged up front on the only categorized climb of the day. Stan Dewulf (Шаблон:Ct), the last remnant of the break, was caught with Шаблон:Convert to go. In the final sprint, Fabio Jakobsen (Шаблон:Ct) won his third stage of the race. Odd Christian Eiking (Шаблон:Ct) kept the red jersey ahead of the two big mountain stages.[29]

The seventeenth stage was the first of two consecutive mountain stages that was expected to be decisive in the GC battle, with a summit finish at the Lagos de Covadonga. On the second ascent of La Collada Llomena, the day's main breakaway was caught, while Eiking was dropped from the peloton. With Шаблон:Convert to go, Egan Bernal (Шаблон:Ct) launched an attack, followed immediately by Primož Roglič (Шаблон:Ct). Both riders gradually increased their advantage over a group containing the other contenders, which was being led by Шаблон:Ct. On the final climb up to the Lagos de Covadonga, Roglič dropped Bernal with Шаблон:Convert to go and soloed to his third stage win; in doing so, Roglič took over the red jersey. Towards the top, Bernal was caught by a six-man chase group, which contained Roglič's closest rivals. In the final kilometre, as Roglič was beginning his post-race descent, his teammate, Sepp Kuss, sprinted to lead home the chase group at 1' 35" behind, denying the other contenders from getting the six bonus seconds on offer for second place. In the GC, Roglič increased his advantage to almost two and a half minutes over Mas.[30]

The eigteenth stage featured the last major mountain stage, with the riders tackling the finishing climb of Altu d'El Gamoniteiru for the first time in Vuelta history. A 32-man break pulled away at the start of the stage while Шаблон:Ct controlled the pace in the peloton. Michael Storer (Шаблон:Ct) emerged as the strongest rider in the break, dropping his breakaway companions and embarking on a Шаблон:Convert solo break. The peloton gradually decreased his advantage before he was caught by David de la Cruz (Шаблон:Ct) on the Gamoniteiru. De la Cruz dropped Storer with Шаблон:Convert left, but he was soon caught by Miguel Ángel López (Шаблон:Ct), who attacked from a reduced group containing Roglič, Kuss, Mas, and Bernal. López dropped de la Cruz immediately before soloing to the stage win. Roglič outsprinted Mas and Bernal at the finish, gapping them by a few seconds. A quartet containing Jack Haig (Шаблон:Ct) finished 58 seconds behind. By finishing second, Roglič strengthened his hold on the red jersey.[31]

The nineteenth stage featured a hilly start, with three categorized climbs before a mostly flat finale. A 24-man break pulled away at the start of the day, but Шаблон:Ct and Шаблон:Ct only gave the break a maximum lead of two and a half minutes. With Шаблон:Convert left, a crash brought down several riders in the peloton. The biggest victim was Louis Meintjes (Шаблон:Ct), sitting in tenth on GC, as he was forced to abandon the race. Up front, seven riders were left in the break, with the peloton hovering at half a minute behind. However, the break worked well together to maintain their advantage to the finish. In the final sprint, Magnus Cort (Шаблон:Ct) sprinted past Quinn Simmons (Шаблон:Ct) and held off Rui Oliveira (Шаблон:Ct) to take his third stage win of the race. The only change in the top ten was de la Cruz climbing into tenth as a result of Meintjes' withdrawal.[32]

The penultimate stage featured five categorized climbs inside the final Шаблон:Convert. After Шаблон:Convert of racing, a 16-man group broke away from the peloton, building a lead of 11 and a half minutes before Шаблон:Ct began to chase. In the break, Storer took maximum points on the first three climbs to clinch the mountains classification. On the descent of Alto de Mougás, Ryan Gibbons (Шаблон:Ct) attacked from the break, building a lead of over a minute on the chase group. On the ascent of the same climb, Adam Yates (Шаблон:Ct) attacked the peloton twice. Only Roglič, Mas, Haig, and Gino Mäder (Шаблон:Ct) were able to follow him, with the group's lead ballooning to more than four minutes over the López and Bernal group. López would eventually abandon in the middle of the stage, despite the appeals of his teammates and directeur sportif.[33] The GC group caught the remnants of the break over the last two climbs. With Gibbons' lead at less than a minute, Yates and Mas launched some attacks on the final climb, catching and dropping Gibbons, but Roglič and Haig came back each time. Inside the final Шаблон:Convert, as the four riders stalled, Clément Champoussin (Шаблон:Ct) accelerated from behind and held on to win his first Grand Tour stage. Roglič finished second to retain the red jersey while Haig moved up to third. Yates moved up to fourth while Mäder climbed into the top five, taking the white jersey from Bernal in the process.[34]

The final stage featured a Шаблон:Convert time trial from Padrón to Santiago de Compostela. Josef Černý (Шаблон:Ct), the first rider off the start ramp, set the first benchmark time after finishing with a time of 45' 18". Černý's time stood until Cort beat his time at the first two time checks before setting a time of 44' 16", just over a minute faster than Černý. He sat in the hot seat until Roglič, the last rider off the start ramp, took to the course. He was faster than Cort at the first two time checks. Despite almost taking a wrong turn at one point, Roglič set a time of 44' 02", beating Cort's time by 14 seconds to win his fourth stage of the race and confirm his third consecutive Vuelta win. Jakobsen, Storer, and Mäder finished the time trial safely to confirm their victories in the points, mountains, and young rider classifications, respectively. Шаблон:Ct won the team classification while Cort won the overall combativity award. 142 riders finished the race, 42 less than the number of riders who started the race.[3]

Classification leadership

The Vuelta a España had four individual classifications, for which jerseys were awarded daily to the leading rider, as well as a team competition. The primary classification was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded at the end of every stage apart from the individual time trials (stages 1 and 21). The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the leader of the general classification, and wore the red jersey. The leader of the general classification at the end of the race was considered the overall winner of the Vuelta a España.Шаблон:Sfn

The second classification was the points classification. Riders received points for finishing among the highest placed in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints during the stages. The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage's type. The leader was identified by a green jersey.Шаблон:Sfn

Mountains classification points
Category 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Cima Alberto Fernández 20 15 10 6 4 2
Special-category 15 10 6 4 2
First-category 10 6 4 2 1
Second-category 5 3 1
Third-category 3 2 1

The next classification was the mountains classification. Points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit of the most difficult climbs first. The climbs were categorized, in order of increasing difficulty, third-, second-, and first- and special-category. The leader wore a white jersey with blue polka dots.Шаблон:Sfn

The last of the individual classifications was the young rider classification, which was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage for each rider born on or after 1 January 1996. The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the leader of the young rider classification, and wore the white jersey.Шаблон:Sfn

There was also the team classification. After each stage, the times of the three highest finishers of each team were added together, and all the members of the leading team wore a red number bib on the following stage. The victory was awarded to the team with the lowest cumulative time at the end of the event.Шаблон:Sfn

In addition, there was one individual award: the combativity award. This award was given after each stage (excluding the individual time trial) to the rider "who displayed the most generous effort and best sporting spirit." The daily winner wore a yellow number bib the following stage. At the end of the Vuelta, a jury decided the top three riders for the "Most Combative Rider of La Vuelta", with a public vote deciding the victor.Шаблон:Sfn

Classification leadership by stage
Stage Winner General classification
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Points classification
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Mountains classification
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Young rider classification
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Team classification
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Combativity award
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1 Primož Roglič Primož Roglič Primož Roglič Sepp Kuss Andrea Bagioli Шаблон:Ct not awarded
2 Jasper Philipsen Jasper Philipsen Diego Rubio
3 Rein Taaramäe Rein Taaramäe Rein Taaramäe Egan Bernal Шаблон:Ct Julen Amezqueta
4 Fabio Jakobsen Fabio Jakobsen Ángel Madrazo
5 Jasper Philipsen Kenny Elissonde Jasper Philipsen Oier Lazkano
6 Magnus Cort Primož Roglič Шаблон:Ct Joan Bou
7 Michael Storer Pavel Sivakov Michael Storer
8 Fabio Jakobsen Fabio Jakobsen Aritz Bagües
9 Damiano Caruso Damiano Caruso Julen Amezqueta
10 Michael Storer Odd Christian Eiking Шаблон:Ct Matteo Trentin
11 Primož Roglič Jonathan Lastra
12 Magnus Cort Julen Amezqueta
13 Florian Sénéchal Álvaro Cuadros
14 Romain Bardet Romain Bardet Daniel Navarro
15 Rafał Majka Rafał Majka
16 Fabio Jakobsen Jetse Bol
17 Primož Roglič Primož Roglič Шаблон:Ct Egan Bernal
18 Miguel Ángel López Michael Storer Michael Storer
19 Magnus Cort Andreas Kron
20 Clément Champoussin Gino Mäder Ryan Gibbons
21 Primož Roglič not awarded
Final Шаблон:Font color Fabio Jakobsen Шаблон:Font color Gino Mäder Шаблон:Ct Magnus Cort
  • On stage 2, Alex Aranburu, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first-placed Primož Roglič wore the red jersey as the leader of the general classification.
  • On stages 4–5, Kenny Elissonde, who was second in the mountains classification, wore the blue polka-dot jersey, because first-placed Rein Taaramäe wore the red jersey as the leader of the general classification.

Final classification standings

LegendШаблон:Sfn
A red jersey. Denotes the winner of the general classification A white jersey. Denotes the winner of the young rider classification
A green jersey. Denotes the winner of the points classification A white jersey with a red number bib. Denotes the winner of the team classification
A blue polka dot jersey. Denotes the winner of the mountains classification A white jersey with a yellow number bib. Denotes the winner of the combativity award

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)[35][36]
Rank Rider Team Time
1 Шаблон:Flagathlete A red jersey. Шаблон:Ct 83h 55' 29"
2 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 4' 42"
3 Шаблон:Flagathlete A white jersey with a red number bib. Шаблон:Ct + 7' 40"
4 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 9' 06"
5 Шаблон:Flagathlete A white jersey.A white jersey with a red number bib. Шаблон:Ct + 11' 33"
6 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 13' 27"
7 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 18' 33"
8 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 18' 55"
9 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 20' 27"
10 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 22' 22"

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Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)[35][36]
Rank Rider Team Points
1 Шаблон:Flagathlete A green jersey. Шаблон:Ct 250
2 Шаблон:Flagathlete A red jersey. Шаблон:Ct 199
3 Шаблон:Flagathlete A white jersey with a yellow number bib. Шаблон:Ct 161
4 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct 145
5 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct 120
6 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct 120
7 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct 114
8 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct 101
9 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct 96
10 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct 91

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Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)[35][36]
Rank Rider Team Points
1 Шаблон:Flagathlete A blue polka dot jersey. Шаблон:Ct 80
2 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct 61
3 Шаблон:Flagathlete A red jersey. Шаблон:Ct 51
4 Шаблон:Flagathlete A white jersey with a red number bib. Шаблон:Ct 33
5 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct 33
6 Шаблон:Flagathlete A white jersey with a red number bib. Шаблон:Ct 23
7 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct 19
8 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct 17
9 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct 16
10 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct 16

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Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)[35][36]
Rank Rider Team Time
1 Шаблон:Flagathlete A white jersey.A white jersey with a red number bib. Шаблон:Ct 84h 07' 02"
2 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 1' 54"
3 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 19' 48"
4 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 40' 59"
5 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 45' 56"
6 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 1h 10' 33"
7 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 1h 47' 21"
8 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 1h 53' 14"
9 Шаблон:Flagathlete Шаблон:Ct + 1h 59' 06"
10 Шаблон:Flagathlete A blue polka dot jersey. Шаблон:Ct + 2h 11' 12"

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Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)[35][36]
Rank Team Time
1 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Ct A white jersey with a red number bib. 252h 19' 35"
2 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Ct + 7' 26"
3 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Ct + 32' 18"
4 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Ct + 1h 05' 10"
5 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Ct + 1h 15' 05"
6 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Ct + 1h 17' 16"
7 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Ct + 1h 43' 04"
8 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Ct + 2h 15' 39"
9 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Ct + 2h 38' 20"
10 Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Ct + 2h 59' 49"

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References

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Sources

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External links

Шаблон:Cycling stage recaps Шаблон:Vuelta a España Шаблон:2021 UCI World Tour