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It was the second time a stage was cut short because of the protests at the three-week Grand Tour race in Spain.
The 2025 Vuelta a España begins on Saturday, August 23 and runs through Sunday, September 14.
The decision was made before Saturday’s 14th stage amid a difficult week for the team. It has faced protests before and during the race days, as well as pressure from both race officials and Spanish authorities.
Police had to be called in to contain the protesters, many of them carrying Palestine flags and pro-Palestine signs.
Jay Vine, of UAE Emirates, dropped the rest of a small breakaway group and stayed in front all the way up the final six miles to the category-one summit finish at the Pal in Andorra. He crossed the line in four hours, 12 minutes.
Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome will undergo surgery after “a serious training crash” that saw the British cyclist airlifted to a hospital in France.
In the overall standings, Vingegaard now has an 8-second lead over Spanish rider Juan Ayuso and Joao Almeida of Portugal, who both ride for UAE.
British rider Ben Turner won the stage in a sprint finish for his first victory at a Grand Tour, while French rider David Gaudu replaced Jonas Vingegaard in the red jersey.
David Gaudu took a clever inside line at the tight final turn of an uphill sprint to win stage three of the Spanish Vuelta, and Jonas Vingegaard retained the leader’s red jersey.
Jonas Vingegaard won the Tour de France in 2022 and 2023 but has found himself continually finishing behind Tadej Pogačar ever since recovering from a gruesome crash during the Tour of Basque Country in Spain in April 2024.
