Stage 20

The road

At the start

Bola del Mundo decides it

Forty-four seconds is all that separates Jonas Vingegaard from João Almeida, and there is one mountain left. It is La Bola del Mundo above Madrid — the last 12.3 kilometres finishing on bare concrete ramps steeper than anything on the Angliru — after 4,100 metres of climbing to get there. Whether the stage reaches the summit at all is the other question this race keeps having to ask.

How it was won

1. 1135 km to go

   Ineos animate the break

   On the final mountain stage a break goes, Ganna and Bernal animating the early move.

2. 250 km to go

   Over Navacerrada

   Over the Alto de Navacerrada the GC group tightens, UAE controlling the tempo for Almeida.

3. 312 km to go

   Onto the Bola del Mundo

   At the foot of the brutal Bola del Mundo, 12.3km ramping to bare concrete, the leaders are down to five.

4. 41 km to go

   Vingegaard seals it

   Vingegaard attacks inside the final 1.5km on the savage concrete ramps and goes clear of Almeida, sealing the Vuelta with one last mountaintop statement.

5. 5At the line

   Vingegaard wins the queen stage

   Vingegaard wins atop the Bola del Mundo to clinch the overall; Sepp Kuss takes second.

The result