Altitude build-up helps Kaden Groves hit sprint jackpot at Vuelta a España

Vuelta a Espana: Kaden Groves of Australia and Team Alpecin-Deceuninck celebrates at podium as stage 4 winner
Vuelta a Espana: Kaden Groves of Australia and Team Alpecin-Deceuninck celebrates at podium as stage 4 winner (Image credit: Getty Images)

Altitude camps are well-known for their benefits for climbers and all-rounders in cycling, but as Kaden Groves showed in the Vuelta a España on Tuesday, spells in the mountains do not harm sprinters' chances either.

After his teammate Robbe Ghys crashed in the final corner of stage 4 to Tarragona, the Australian still had enough power to blast past UAE Team Emirates sprinter Juan Sebastian Molano on a nasty uphill grind to the finish line and claim the second Vuelta stage win of his career.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.