Stefan KÜNG. 10 with honors. This fantastic rider really needed a big victory, a return to form for this exceptional cyclist, who has won two time trials this year: at the Tour of Poland and today. For the 32-year-old Swiss rider from the Tudor team, this is his second triumph at the Vuelta, his 32nd career victory. A significant win was exactly what this rider needed, someone who has always proven his worth. It was needed for him, it was needed for a team that is constantly growing, and it was needed for us who love this sport: Stefan is among the finest representatives of our cycling. He deserved it.

Callum THORNLEY. 9. Seventy days of racing for this young British rider from Red Bull, who today achieves his best seasonal placement: a second place that tells us how strong he is in time trials. His time is coming.

Joao ALMEIDA. 8. He gave everything to secure a good result and, ultimately, he succeeds. Third place is not a result to dismiss. It's a placement to build upon.

Primoz ROGLIC. 6. He gains only 33 seconds on Mas, too little to dream, too little to mark on the map where to attack the Spaniard. Today is a small step forward, but he knows well that the real step forward was taken by the rider who remained behind him.

Wout VAN AERT. 8. He never holds back, he tests himself, he measures his efforts, he continues his preparation, even today. A fifth place of outstanding quality; after all, the Belgian is a condensation of heart and talent.

Enric MAS. 10. He finishes 12th, but it's as if he had won, as if he had lifted a weight from his stomach, cleared troubling thoughts from his mind. Now slower speeds await him, at a steady pace. They point toward the sky, which he is ready to touch with a finger.

Oscar ONLEY. 7. A solid time trial, just enough to secure the white jersey for best young rider.

Felix GALL. 5. We knew that time trials are not his strength, but we hoped that for this occasion he could give his best: well, no.

Mattias SKJELMOSE. 5. The Danish rider from Lidl-Trek loses almost two minutes and is one of the few to drop a position in the general classification.

Sepp KUSS. 5. A suffering time trial: he loses a position and slips out of the top ten.

Harold TEJADA. 6.5. The Colombian from XDS Astana takes satisfaction in overtaking the American from Visma in the standings and enters the top ten.

Clement BERTHET. 6.5. He loses 1'19", finishing 20th, yet his time trial, not "monstrous" but solid, allows him to make a double jump in the general classification: now he's 7th. Not bad at all.