Second Stage Win For Vine As Vingegaard Regains Lead

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Australian rider Jay Vine celebrates winning nan tenth shape of nan Vuelta a Espana

Adwaidh Rajan

BBC Sport journalist

Australian Jay Vine secured his 2nd shape triumph of this year's Vuelta a Espana connected Tuesday arsenic Jonas Vingegaard regained nan wide lead.

After Movistar's Pablo Castrillo had attacked nan remaining members of nan breakaway connected nan last climb, he was reeled successful by Vine.

The 29-year-old UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider pulled clear of Spaniard Castrillo to triumph by 35 seconds successful nan Larra-Belagua skis edifice adjacent Spain's separator pinch France to unafraid nan 4th Vuelta shape triumph of his career.

Team Visma-Lease a Bike's Vingegaard vanished pinch a mini group of starring contenders conscionable complete a infinitesimal down nan victor to regain nan leader's reddish jersey from Torstein Traeen, who was dropped connected nan last climb.

"Winning is so, truthful hard, and it's specified an unthinkable emotion erstwhile it happens," Vine said.

"I don't deliberation I'll ever get utilized to winning, because it's conscionable unbelievably hard."

Vine, who won nan king of nan mountains classification past year, again leads nan title for nan polka dot jersey, having besides won this year's first upland stage connected Thursday.

Joao Almeida of UAE Team Emirates-XRG is 3rd successful nan wide rankings while Great Britain's Tom Pidcock, who vanished 5th connected Tuesday, is successful 4th spot successful nan wide classification.

Stage 11 connected Wednesday is simply a 157.4km mean upland stage, starting and finishing successful Bilbao.