Vuelta 2022: Pedersen wins five up sprint, Roglic crashes, Evenepoel retains race lead

Primoz Roglic strikes inside the last 3 kilometres. Mads Pedersen, Pascal Ackermann, Danny van Poppel and Fred Wright go with him before the Slovene crashes hard with 50 metres to go. Meanwhile, Pedersen powers to victory. Remco Evenepoel stays in red, although Roglic gains 8 seconds. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 16th stage 2022 Vuelta

1. Mads Pedersen
2. Pascal Ackermann s.t.
3. Danny van Poppel s.t.
4. Fred Wright s.t.
5. Quentin Pacher + 0.08
6. Samuel Battistella s.t.
7. Cedric Beullens s.t.
8. Clément Russo s.t.
9. Jesús Ezquerra s.t.
10. Julius van den Berg s.t.

35. Primoz Roglic s.t. as first four riders
97. Remco Evenepoel s.t. as bunch

GC after stage 16

1. Remco Evenepoel (bel)
2. Primoz Roglic (slo) + 1.26
3. Enric Mas + 2.01 (spa)
4. Juan Aysuo (spa) + 4.49
5. Carlos Rodriguez (spa) + 5.16
6. Miguel Ángel López (col) + 5.24
7. João Almeida (por) + 7.00
8. Thymen Arensman (nld) + 7.05
9. Ben O’Connor (aus) + 8.57
10. Jai Hindley (aus) + 11.36

Race report
Two men jump away from the gun. Ander Okamika and Luis Angel Maté quickly open a gap of almost 4 minutes before the peloton takes control. The two attackers are reeled in with 14 kilometres to go.

The uneventful race explodes in a dramatic finale. Roglic strikes inside the last 3 kilometres. Moments later Evenepoel punctures. Pedersen, Ackermann, Van Poppel and Wright jump to Roglic’ wheel and the Slovene powers on. The sprinters overtake him when they enter the home straight. Roglic wants to continue in their slipstream and at that moment he crashes hard. Meanwhile, Pedersen sprints to a commanding victory.

Roglic crosses the line bleeding and is given the same time as his fellow attackers, while Evenepoel is given the time of the peloton, as he punctured inside the last 3 kilometres.

Another interesting read: route 16th stage 2022 Vuelta.