Philipsen Beats Pedersen To Win Stage 19 Of Vuelta

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Belgium's Jasper Philipsen punches nan aerial successful ceremony of his shape victory

ByTimothy Abraham

BBC Sport journalist

Belgium's Jasper Philipsen won an uphill bunch sprint to return shape 19 of nan Vuelta a Espana arsenic Jonas Vingegaard accrued his lead successful nan wide classification.

Philipsen notched up his 3rd shape triumph of nan title arsenic he out-sprinted Denmark's Mads Pedersen astatine nan decorativeness of nan 161.9km comparatively level way from Rueda to Guijuelo.

Pedersen, nan leader of nan points classification, went early but Philipsen pulled distant to triumph by a motorcycle magnitude pinch Orluis Aular of Venezuela finishing third.

Great Britain's Ben Turner and Ethan Vernon vanished 5th and eighth respectively.

"It was a really, really reliable finish. After 11 days not going this deep, it hurts," Alpecin-Deceuninck's Philipsen said.

"With this team, we effort to support nan winning travel going and we will effort to support it going connected Sunday. But it's going to beryllium difficult because it's been a reliable 3 weeks."

Vingegaard extended his lead connected Portugal's Joao Almeida to 44 seconds successful nan wide classification arsenic nan Dane claimed 4 prize seconds astatine nan intermediate sprint successful Salamanca 60km from nan finish.

Briton Tom Pidcock is 2 minutes 43 seconds down Vingegaard successful nan wide standings successful third.

Cycling's 3rd Grand Tour has been affected by pro-Palestinian protests but Friday's shape passed disconnected without incident.

Saturday's 165.6km shape from Robledo de Chavela to Bola del Mundo is nan last upland shape of nan race, and nan last chance for Almeida to effort to overhaul Vinegaard.