At the beginning of the second week of the Vuelta a España, I thought that Jonas Vingegaard was in the perfect position to secure overall success.
With Torstein Træen and Bahrain Victorious having taken some of the responsibility for leading the race, no podium duties for a while and a stage win in the bag, his stress levels were as low as they possibly could have been in a Grand Tour. Three hilltop finishes with the Angliru as the main attraction the middle of this Vuelta looked like a chance for order to be restored and the foundations of a race winning lead established by the Dane.
