Stage 19 of La Vuelta a España is 177.1 kilometres and after a long break the sprinters look set to have the final say.
STAGE 18 WRAP
Stage 18 went as we expected to the breakaway with Jumbo-Visma adopting a defensive strategy to ensure that Sepp Kuss stayed in the Red Jersey. Remco Evenepoel made the breakaway and ended up riding clear on his own to win the stage by 4 minutes 44 seconds from Damiano Caruso with Andreas Kron completing the podium.
There were very few shots fired amongst the General Classification riders and it is a case of “as you were” in the Red Jersey race.
JERSEY UPDATE
Sepp Kuss is now 1/20 to win the Vuelta and barring accident all of the jerseys look to have been decided. Jumbo-Visma are over half an hour clear in the Team Classification, Kaden Groves leads Remco Evenepoel by 36 points in the Green Jersey race and Evenepoel wrapped up the King of the Mountains Jersey on Stage 18. Ayuso is 3 minutes 37 clear of Uijtdebroeks in the Young Jersey competition.
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THE ROUTE
As mentioned it is pretty much a straight route, but it will be interesting to see what kind of break goes clear. We are at the stage of a Grand Tour where there are tired legs and there may just be a few riders who fancy their chances of thwarting the sprinters. At the same time though sprinters having dragged their weary bodies over the climb only to have chances like this taken away and it is hard to see anything other than a bunch sprint finish.
STAGE 19 BETTING – Click here to bet
Kaden Groves 12/10
Juan Sebastian Molano 7/2
Alberto Dainese 6/1
Filippo Ganna 9/1
Marijn Van Den Berg 20/1
Edward Theuns 22/1
28/1 an better the balance
PREDICTION
Kaden Groves has been the fastest man in the race and he probably should have won more than the two stages he has, but his positioning in the final run in hasn’t always been great. He looked very strong in the mountains and I can’t look past him here at odds of 12/10 especially given the insurance of getting your money back for second place with World Sports Betting.
Suggested Bet: Kaden Groves win at 12/10
Note: All prices correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
