When Jonas Vingegaard attacked late on stage 9 of the Vuelta a España, it made for one of the race's most dramatic finales of recent years – but the Visma-Lease a Bike rider's explosive move and its consequences were far from being the only interesting plot line of the day.
For one thing, the presence of Ireland's Archie Ryan in the five-rider early break on the stage quietly added another important chapter to how EF Education-EasyPost and some of cycling's next generation of riders are tackling this year's Vuelta, even if Ryan finally was not able to imitate his compatriot Sean Kelly in the 1988 race and go all the way to take another win for Ireland at Valdezcaray.
