Stage 17

The road

At the start

Five seconds, and a sprinters' day

Covadonga did not settle it either: Ben O'Connor came back on the valley road and holds red by five seconds from Primož Roglič. Wout van Aert is gone, into the hillside on a wet descent with a wrecked knee, and Kaden Groves inherits a green jersey he leads 182 points to 95. Today is the fast men's last chance — 141 kilometres to Santander, two category 2 climbs in the middle, flat roads to the coast after them.

How it was won

1. 13 km to go

   The break caught inside 3km

   A brave four-man move survives the rain-soaked mid-stage climbs and is only reeled in inside the final three kilometres into Santander.

2. 2At the line

   Groves' third win

   After late attacks force Alpecin to leave it late, Groves surges down the left for a third sprint win, sealing the green jersey he inherited when Van Aert crashed out.

The result