Overview
- Jasper Philipsen won stage 19 in a mass sprint to Guijuelo, his third victory of this Vuelta.
- Jonas Vingegaard gained four bonus seconds at an intermediate sprint and now leads João Almeida by about 44 seconds before the Bola del Mundo summit finish.
- Organizers plan reinforced security with roughly 400 additional officers for Saturday’s mountain stage and about 1,100 for Sunday’s Madrid finale.
- The individual time trial in Valladolid was cut to 12.2 km for security reasons, with Filippo Ganna taking the stage as Vingegaard’s advantage narrowed from 50 to 40 seconds that day.
- Israel–Premier Tech has removed visible ‘Israel’ branding and will race as IPT at upcoming Canadian events, while former pros Jan Ullrich and Rick Zabel criticized the Vuelta’s handling of the protests.