La Vuelta 2022 Stage 17 as it happened: Uran wins from breakaway to rise into the top 10

No change between Remco and Enric Mas, who crossed the line together to preserve their 2'01" gap. Juan Ayuso conceded two seconds but stays in third place at 4'51". Carlos Rodriguez and Miguel Angel Lopez conceded four seconds to Evenepoel and Mas but stay in fourth and fifth at 5'20" and 5'33". Joao Almeida is sixth but is now 6'51" down. Rigo Uran rises three places to ninth at 9'33".

The Colombian's first ever stage win in La Vuelta means the 35-year-old joins the elite club of riders with stage wins in all three of cycling's Grand Tours. It's his first win of the season and it also sees him rise into the top 10. It's fair to say his manager at EF Education-EasyPost is rather speechless following that...

1. Rigoberto Uran
2. Quentin Pacher
3. Jesus Herrada +2
4. Marc Soler +15
5. Kenny Elissonde +26
6. Clement Champoussin +29
7. Alessandro De Marchi +46
8. Bob Jungels +55
9. Elie Gesbert +1:09
10. Lawson Craddock +1:30

The Portuguese crosses the line just over five minutes down on Uran, the stage winner, and around 10 seconds ahead of Evenepoel, Mas and the others.

Evenepoel closes it down with Mas and Rodriguez, then the others return to the fold. Almeida will take some seconds off them but nothing huge.

Meanwhile, in the GC race it's Enric Mas who has tried to shrug off everyone else on this climb. Evenepoel closed down his attack and there's been a small regrouping before Joao Almeida kicks clear. Ayuso and Rodriguez and Lopez all in this group, along with Hindley and Pinot I think.

The Colombian from EF Education-EasyPost rides clear and holds on to take a memorable win ahead of Quentin Pacher and Jesus Herrada! What a dog fight that was. Beautiful racing from the escapees there.

It's going to be a two-horse race here as the Colombian closes in on the Spaniard. Soler and Pacher haven't given up behind, either.

Uran, Herrada, Soler and Champoussin have caught Craddock, with Pacher there too. And now Champoussin puts in a huge attack from behind! Herrada closes it down as Uran and Soler dig deep... What a finish this is!

There's no cohesion in the chase with individual riders making big accelerations but blowing each other up. Pacher, Herrada and Uran eventually join forces and they start to eat into Craddock's lead... as they hit the steepest part of the climb.

Soler, Elissonde and Herrada have joined the chaser - and it's Soler who is now the driving force in the pursuit of Craddock, who is digging deep and holding on. What a ride this is from the American.

The Frenchmen have traded places in the chasing trio as Craddock rounds a steep bend and hits the final three kilometres of this climb. He will be caught soon.

Uran, Gesbert and Champoussin have combined in pursuit of Craddock, whose lead is down to a slender 10 seconds.

The red jersey has two Quick-Step team-mates and he's right on the front of this main pack to make sure he's not caught out by any potential attacks from Mas, Ayuso, Rodriguez and Lopez.

And the American now has 25 seconds as the break fractures behind. One of the Arkea riders - Gesbert? - has gone clear with Uran in pursuit of Craddock, while Wright is already well off the back.

The teams of the riders battling it out for the podium positions behind Remco Evenepoel have flocked to the front as the peloton starts this final climb. They have reduced the gap to seven minutes on the break, which still trails the American lone leader by 15 seconds.

Craddock still leads as he continues up this final Cat.2 ascent, which is 10.3km long at an average gradient of 5%. It takes a while before the gradient actually ramps up and the first section of this climb is quite mild.

The American's lead is slender as he approaches the final climb, which rises in numerous tiers up towards the Monasterio de Tentudia. Movistar, meanwhile, are setting the tempo on the front of the chasing peloton, which is now 7'37" down.

The Bahrain Victorious rider returned to the fold and simply carried on past the breakaway, forcing Marc Soler to jump on to his wheel. Rigo Uran is also alert to the danger and that sparks a response from the others. It looks like Wright is paving the way for team-mate Gino Mader, who has had a quiet race but may simply have been keeping his powder dry for a day like this.