The second week of the Vuelta a España ended with one of the best stages of the race. The stage featured very hot conditions, but that did not prevent intense competition.
Ivo, again present in the day's escape, managed to finish the stage in the top 10, demonstrating consistency throughout the competition. His performance in the escape has been one of the stories of the race.
The Visma team played a fundamental role in controlling the race to put Wout Van Aert in the ideal position. The Belgian ultimately fulfilled the team's plan and won the sprint, thus returning to success.
The title "The Belgian sun shone again in the heat" is a reference to Van Aert's victory, whose origins are from Belgium, and to the fact that his country was represented brilliantly in the middle of the high temperatures of the Vuelta.
