Stage 21
Madrid
- Sunday 17 September 2023
- 99.2 km
- 854 m climbed
- Won by Kaden Groves
The road
At the start
Madrid, and a domestique in red
Sepp Kuss rides into Madrid to win the Vuelta a España, 17 seconds ahead of Jonas Vingegaard and 1:08 ahead of Primož Roglič — the two Grand Tour champions who came here to lead this team finishing second and third behind the man who works for them. Today is 99 kilometres and a circuit in the city centre. Kaden Groves has the green jersey and would like one more.
How it was won
- 36 km to go
Evenepoel enlivens the parade
Refusing to soft-pedal, Evenepoel attacks with 36km to go and drags a six-man break clear on the Madrid circuit, five of them already stage winners.
- At the line
Madrid
Kaden Groves out-kicks Ganna to win in green; Sepp Kuss is crowned only the second American ever to win the Vuelta, Jumbo-Visma sweeping the entire podium.
The result
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaden Groves | Alpecin - Deceuninck | 2:24:13 |
| 2 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | +0:00 |
| 3 | Nico Denz | BORA - hansgrohe | +0:00 |
The route on real terrain, every moment pinned to the kilometre it happened on — and the GPX to ride it yourself.