La Vuelta Ciclista a España 2024 Stage 11

August 28, 2024 Four categorized climbs are along the route that loops around Padrón for a total of 167 kilometers. The fight for the break was relentless with rider after rider trying their hand at getting off the front. Victor Campenaerts of Lotto-Dstny found himself alone off the front for a long time as groups formed and disintegrated behind him. He crossed the finish line to start another circuit with 98KM to go with a large chase group of around 35 riders at 10 seconds and the peloton at 30 seconds. Xandro Meurisse of Alpecin-Deceuninck attacked on the first passage of the Puerto Aguasanta and crested with a gap of 1 minute 10 seconds on the rest of the break. Meurisse was still solo with 62KM to go, holding the same lead on the chase group but extending to 6 minutes 30 seconds to the peloton. Israel-Premier Tech led the chase for the break up the Puerto Aguasanta for the second time but his gap was still strong at 1 minute 15 seconds with 48KM to go. The chase got more focused primarily from Marco Frigo, bringing Meurisse back with 32KM to go. Frigo continued to ride in the break until 15.5KM to go when Campenaerts attacked and set off the finale. A group of around 12 riders got away from the break but no Israel-Premier Tech riders were in it. The leaders had 10 seconds as they hit the final 3KM climb of Puerto Cruxeiras with 10.5KM to go. Carlos Verona of Lidl-Trek, Urko Berrade of Equipo-Kern Pharma, and Max Poole of DSM-Firmenich summitted the climb together but a large group of around 15 came together with just over 2KM to go. A swarm of riders went left and right then Eddie Dunbar of Jayco AlUla hit out at 600M at the perfect time. He survived to the line to take his first Grand Tour Stage win. Quinten Hermans of Alpecin-Deceuninck led the rest of the group home for second with Poole in for third. In the GC group, Redbull-Bora Hansgrohe drilled the bottom of the Puerto Cruxeiras and quickly put race leader Ben O'Connor under pressure. Primož Roglič and Enric Mas were soon by themselves but were joined by a select group for the descent as O'Connor was 30 seconds behind and isolated. The Roglič group came in 37 seconds ahead of O'Connor, now sitting 3 minutes 16 seconds behind the Australian.