Jonas Vingegaard claimed a Stage 9 victory in the Vuelta a España 2025 on Sunday with a strong finish that helped him eat away at Torstein Traen's lead in the General Classification.

The Danish star, favorite to win the Grand Tour, also earned nearly half a minute on his likely closest contender, Team UAE's Joao Almeida.

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Visma-Lease a Bike's Vingegaard had said he and his team were saving their legs for the second and third weeks, but he took two minutes out of Traen and trails by just 37 seconds overall.

It took a long time for the day's break to form on the hilly 195.5-kilometer ride from Alfaro to the Valdezcaray ski resort, with several attacks quickly reeled in.

Five riders, including Michal Kwiatkowski, eventually carved out a two-and-a-half-minute lead on the peloton, though there were no GC contenders in the break.

They were swallowed up as they reached the day's only categorized climb to finish the race.

Two-time Tour de France winner Vingegaard went solo with 10 kilometers remaining, chased by Almeida and Briton Tom Pidcock.

Traen crossed the line under two minutes behind Vingegaard and retains the red jersey. Almeida is third overall, one minute, 15 seconds behind Traen, while Pidcock is fourth after one of his best climbing performances.

"I felt super great today, and then on the last climb, I also felt really good, and I (asked) my team if they could speed up, and they did, so I tried," Vingegaard said. "They did super well. That was amazing teamwork, and I was really happy that I could finish it off. I couldn't do it without them...

"Maybe I didn't do my homework good enough, because I thought it was closer to the finish when I attacked, and I was a bit surprised when I saw the 10-kilometer banner... but at that moment, I had the gap, and I had to keep going."

Monday is a rest day for the riders before a largely flat Stage 10 on Tuesday, which stretches 175 kilometers from Sendaviva natural park to the ski resort in Larra-Belagua.

Vuelta a España 2025 Stage 9 Results – Top 25

1. Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) – 04:32:10 (B10)
2. Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) – 04:32:34 (B6)
3. João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates XRG) – 04:32:34 (B4)
4. Felix Gall (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) – 04:33:12
5. Raúl García Pierna (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) – 04:33:56
6. Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates XRG) – 04:33:56
7. Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) – 04:33:56
8. Mikel Beloki (EF Education-EasyPost) – 04:33:56
9. Jai Hindley (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe) – 04:33:56
10. Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS Astana Team) – 04:33:56
11. Harold López Granizo (XDS Astana Team) – 04:33:56
12. Matteo Jorgenson (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) – 04:33:56
13. Matthew Riccitello (Israel - Premier Tech) – 04:33:56
14. Ben O'Connor (Team Jayco AlUla) – 04:33:56
15. Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers) – 04:33:56
16. Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe) – 04:33:56
17. Torstein Træen (Bahrain Victorious) – 04:33:56
18. Robin Debruyne (Alpecin-Deceuninck) – 04:34:02
19. Jordi Lecerf (Soudal Quick-Step) – 04:34:02
20. Felix Großschartner (UAE Team Emirates XRG) – 04:34:02
21. Victor Langellotti (INEOS Grenadiers) – 04:34:04
22. Archie Balderstone Roumens (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) – 04:34:07
23. Javier Guardeño Roma (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) – 04:34:07
24. Gabriel Martínez Huertas (Team Picnic PostNL) – 04:34:07
25. Louis Meintjes (Intermarché - Wanty) – 04:34:07

Vuelta a España 2025 Overall Standings – Top 25 After Stage 9

1. Torstein Træen (Bahrain Victorious) – 33:35:46
2. Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) – 33:36:23
3. João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates XRG) – 33:37:01
4. Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) – 33:37:21
5. Felix Gall (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) – 33:38:00
6. Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) – 33:38:28
7. Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS Astana Team) – 33:38:33
8. Matteo Jorgenson (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) – 33:38:35
9. Jai Hindley (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe) – 33:38:39
10. Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe) – 33:38:39
11. Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers) – 33:38:41
12. Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates XRG) – 33:38:50
13. Matthew Riccitello (Israel - Premier Tech) – 33:39:06
14. Raúl García Pierna (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) – 33:39:25
15. Ben O'Connor (Team Jayco AlUla) – 33:39:39
16. Sepp Kuss (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) – 33:39:46
17. Jordi Lecerf (Soudal Quick-Step) – 33:40:07
18. Harold López Granizo (XDS Astana Team) – 33:42:16
19. Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) – 33:42:34
20. Jefferson Cepeda (Movistar Team) – 33:43:22
21. Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious) – 33:43:30
22. Louis Meintjes (Intermarché - Wanty) – 33:43:44
23. Sebastián Chumil González (Burgos-Burpellet-BH) – 33:44:22
24. Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step) – 33:45:09
25. Harold Tejada (XDS Astana Team) – 33:46:30

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