Key Takeaways: Vuelta a España Stage 13

Breaking down how an extremely powerful sprint victory was set up with superior positioning and aided by mistakes from the competition in the final kilometer

Mads Pedersen won a difficult uphill sprint with an impressive surge of pace that saw him cross the finish line ahead of Bryan Coquard and Pascal Ackermann in the picturesque Andalusian town of Montilla. While it was technically a bunch sprint win, the steep uphill gradient and Pedersen’s turn of speed made the win appear to be closer to an extremely la…