Vuelta: Third stage win for Pedersen on stage 19 - Evenepoel defends red

Mads Pedersen has won his third stage at the Vuelta a Espana 2022. The Dane from Trek-Segafredo came out on top after 138.3 kilometres around Talavera de la Reina in the sprint of a large group. Second place went to Fred Wright (Bahrain-Victorious), with Gianni Vermeersch (Alpecin-Deceuninck) in third. The best German was Jonas Koch (Bora-Hansgrohe) in seventh place. Pedersen had already won the 13th and 16th stages.

Evenepoel stays in the red jersey

There were no shifts in the top ten in the overall standings. Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) finished in the first group at the same time as the winner and defended the red jersey.

• Stage result & the overall standings

Evenepoel goes into the final tough mountain stage on Saturday with a lead of 2:07 minutes over the Spaniard Enric Mas (Movistar).

Profile: This was the 19th stage of the Vuelta

The stages of the Vuelta in detail

• Stage 1
• Stage 2
• Stage 3
• Stage 4
• Stage 5
• Stage 6
• Stage 7
• Stage 8
• Stage 9
• Stage 10
• Stage 11
• Stage 12
• Stage 13
• Stage 14
• Stage 15
• Stage 16
• Stage 17
• Stage 18
• Stage 20
• Stage 21

Unlike in the Tour de France, the leader's jersey in the Vuelta is not yellow, but red. We have summarised which other leader's jerseys and special classifications there are in the Tour of Spain in our text on the rules.

• To the regulations

Numerous top cycling stars will be at the start of the 2022 Vuelta. TOUR has compiled an overview of the line-ups of the 23 teams.

• To the Vuelta start list

Tour of Spain for women

In addition to the men's race, there will also be another Vuelta for women in 2022, the Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta. It will take place from 7 to 11 September with a total of five stages.

The first stage starts in Marina de Cudeyo in Cantabria, with the final section finishing four days later in the Spanish capital Madrid.

• Women's Vuelta: Route & participating teams

History of the Vuelta

The men's Vuelta a Espana is back after the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France the third of the three major national tours (Grand Tours), which will be held in 2022. The Tour of Spain was held for the first time in 1935 and is therefore younger than its Italian and French counterparts.

Until the 1990s, the Vuelta traditionally took place in spring. The date was then moved to August or September. There was one exception in 2020, when the Vuelta was moved to October and November due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The record winner is the Spaniard Roberto Heras with four titles. Three Germans have won the race so far: Rudi Altig (1962), Rolf Wolfshohl (1965) and Jan Ullrich (1999).