Fellow Australian Ben O’Connor maintains his five-second lead in the overall standings
Australia's Kaden Groves on his way to winning stage 17 of the Vuelta a Espana between Arnuero and Santander. Photograph: Ander Gillenea/AFP via Getty ImagesCzech rider Pavel Bittner and Belgium’s Vito Braet came second and third in a mass sprint finish on very wet streets in the port city of Santander, which hosted a Vuelta finish for the first time in over 20 years and a stage departure for the first time in a decade.
“It was quite a tough day. It started dry and then the finish was wet so it made it quite dangerous as well,” Groves told reporters.“There are only a few sprint stages in this race and the rest are mountain stages so the intermediate riders really have to try on days like today.” The peloton cut into the lead as they passed through the city centre and caught up within the leaders in the last kilometre.
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