Kaden Groves outsprinted Wout van Aert to win Stage 14 of the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday, the Australian's second victory of this year's race as his compatriot Ben O'Connor maintained his overall lead.
The longest stage of the race, a 200.5km ride from Villafranca Del Bierzo to Villablino, came down to a bunch sprint, and it was the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider who held off Van Aert who was looking for his fourth stage win.
New Zealand's Corbin Strong (Israel-Premier Tech) came in third, making it a repeat of stage two, when Groves had held off Van Aert for the win.
O'Connor (Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale) retained the red leader's jersey, with a gap of one minute 21 seconds over Slovenia's Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe).
Ireland's Eddie Dunbar of Team Jayco Alula is 18th overall in the general classification, 11:19 off O'Connor's overall lead, and 21st in the points standings, while EF Education-Easypost's Darren Rafferty is 81st in the general.
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