Mads Pederson makes it three beating Fred Wright to the line but Primoz gives Fred a whack blaming him for his exit. Grace Brown takes the chocolates in stage 3 of Ceratizit Challenge by LaVuelta.

The  rollercoaster Vuelta continues as Jay Vine had a chance to seal the King of the Mountains jersey at the Vuelta on stage 18, but a crash early in the stage forced him out of the race.  Carlos Rodriguez was hurt but will continue.  Remco stamps his authority on the GC claiming his second stage in the process.

Primoz Roglic shocked the Vuelta with his withdrawal prior to stage 17 eliminating a ding dong battle on GC with Remco Evenepoel. Rigoberto Uran produces a ride from the past to outride the breakaway as Lawson Craddock was valiant in defeat.

Roglic bites the dust in final 100 metres and Evenepoel punctures just inside the 3km. Conspiracy theories doubt Remco's flat.  Aussie hopes are deflated when Kaden Groves and Rob Stannard flat in finale.

Queen Stage to Sierra Nevada produces high drama. Jumbo attacks again, but Evenepoel limits the damage, Jay Vine, Ben O'Connor & Jai Hindley all go top 10 into the rarefied air at 2,500 metres.

Primoz Roglic has given cycling fans more reason to tune into the second half of the Vuelta as he narrows the gap on the GC after taking 48 seconds on Remco. It was always going to be a question about his ability to race the full three weeks and the signs are there that it will be a mega showdown leading into another tough stage to Sierra Nevada. Richard Carapaz wins again, we get the scoop from our man on the ground Luke Plapp.

Mads Pedersen crushes them all to win in Montilla but announces he will not be racing in Wollongong. BikeExchange Jayco again ride good tactical finale but it proved just too tough for Groves.

It was an eventful stage 12 as Remco Evenepoel survives a crash scare during the stage.  Richard Carapaz takes advantage of his breakaway opportunity and takes the stage, his first grand tour win in three years.

From despair to delight!!! Simon Yates is out with Covid but BikeExchange Jayco dug deep to put Kaden Groves in front and he delivers big time, winning stage 11.  Julian Alaphilippe also crashes out on the stage and we talk about the impact of Covid on the relegation zone battle in 2022. 

Remco Evenepoel doubles down on his dominance at the Vuelta with a commanding victory in the TT and extends his overall lead on the GC going into the second half of the Vuelta.  We also discuss the COVID situation as 15 riders had to abandon after testing positive including sprint champion Sam Bennett.