Groves wins Vuelta stage 14 as O'Connor keeps lead

Australian rider Kaden Groves hit greenish jersey holder Wout van Aert successful an uphill decorativeness to triumph shape 14 of nan Vuelta a Espana, while wide leader Ben O'Connor maintained his advantage complete Primoz Roglic.

Belgian Van Aert, who heads nan Vuelta points classification from Groves, mislaid retired successful nan last sprint successful nan longest shape of nan race, a 200.5km mountainous way betwixt Villafranca del Bierzo and Villablino.

Roglic withstood precocious play arsenic he suffered a puncture which could person undone overmuch of the activity he did successful Friday's shape 13 to trim O'Connor's lead.

But team-mate Dani Martinez came to nan rescue, swapping bikes pinch nan Slovenian and allowing Roglic to dress up clip to guarantee he stayed 1 infinitesimal 21 seconds down O'Connor successful nan wide classification.

All nan riders successful wide contention vanished successful nan peloton, starring to nan standings seeing small change.

Sunday's action involves different mountainous route, pinch shape 15 being a 143km title from Infiesto to Cuitu Negru.

1. Kaden Groves (Aus/Alpecin-Deceuninck) 4hrs 21mins 34secs

2. Wout van Aert (Bel/Visma - Lease a Bike) Same time

3. Corbin Strong (NZ/Israel-Premier Tech)

4. Mathias Vacek (Cze/Lidl-Trek)

5. Pau Miquel Delgado (Spa/Equipo Kern Pharma)

6. Filippo Baroncini (Ita/UAE Team Emirates)

7. Simon Guglielmi (Fra/Arkea - B&B Hotels)

8. Arjen Livyns (Bel/Lotto Dstny)

9. Xabier Berasategi Garmendia (Spa/Euskaltel-Euskadi)

10. Carlos Canal (Spa/Movistar)

1. Ben O'Connor (Aus/Decathlon-AG2R-La Mondiale) 56hrs 31mins 49secs

2. Primoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull - BORA-hansgrohe) +1min 21secs

3. Enric Mas (Spa/Movistar) +3mins 01secs

4. Richard Carapaz (Ecu/EF Education-EasyPost) +3mins 13secs

5. Mikel Landa (Spa/Soudal - Quick-Step) +3mins 20secs

6. Carlos Rodríguez (Spa/Ineos Grenadiers) +4mins 12secs

7. Florian Lipowitz (Ger/Red Bull - Bora-hansgrohe) +4mins 29secs

8. Felix Gall (Aut/Decathlon - AG2R - La Mondiale) +4mins 42 secs

9. David Gaudu (Fra/Groupama - FDJ) +4mins 44secs

10. Adam Yates (GB/UAE Team Emirates) +5mins 17secs