Hello and welcome to our live coverage of stage 20 of the Vu❀elta a España!

We've got a huge stage ahead of us today on the penultimate day of the Spanish grand tour - 181 kilometres and five intermediate climbs, finishing on a 10.3 km climb before a false flat run🎃-in to t♌he finish.

We have 7.3km of neutral before♏ the actual sಞtart. 

And we're off! We have a false flat🦋 until the start of Puerto de N🦩avacerrada (Cat.1)

Robert Stannard (ADC) is off the front 🃏on his own at the moment.

There's a group of riders chasing including Richard Carapaz (IGD), Marc Solerꩵ (UAD), Mikel Bizkarra (EUS), Nans Peters (ACT), Ben Turner (IGD), Julius Van Den Berg (EFE) and Luís Mas (MOV).

And we're all bac🅠k together with new attacks to come. 

Clément Champoussin (ACT), Xandro Meurisse (ADC), Daniel Navarro (BBH), Rubén Fernández (COF), Simon Guglielmi (A⛄RK), Robert Stannard (ADC) and Joan Bou (EUS) are our new leaders.

The bunch is easing off.

Jonathan Caicedo (EFE) and Jul𒁃ien Bernard (TFS) are chasing. Movistar conti♚nues to attack out of the peloton.

There's about 4km until the base of the Pu꧙erto de Navacerrada and attacks are still flyin🥂g. Movistar are super active. 

Clément Champoussin (ACT), Xandro Meurisse (ADC), Daniel Navarro (BBH), Rubén Fernández (COF), Simon G🌠uglielmi (ARK), Robert Stannard (ADC) a🐎nd Joan Bou (EUS) are still leading as the climb starts. 

It's been a fast start ඣand the pace isn't easing up.♚ 

Joan Bou (EUS) has dropped ouꦐt of the break. 

Ilan van Wilder and Louis Vervaeke are trying to control the peloton, but the attac🧸ks keep coming.🔥 

There are a number of Astana and Movistar riders attacking, 💮and Quickstep wants to calm it down. But they aren't doing a great job of it at the moment. The 😼attacks are relentless. 

Richard Carapaz (IGD), Thibaut Pinot (G👍FC), Sébastien Reichenbach (GFC), Hugh Carthy (EFE), Marc Soler (UAD), Gregor Mühlberger (MOV) and Jonathan Caicedo (EFE) are in the third chase group.

The at🍸tacks keep coming. The teams are throwing everything at Evenepoel right now.&nbꦰsp;

33km in to the stage

Clément Cham𒉰poussin (ACT) is dropped from the front group. 

Now Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) make a move out of the GC groﷺup.

Xandro Meurisse (♎ADC), Daniel 💧Navarro (BBH), Rubén Fernández (COF), Simon Guglielmi (ARK) and Robert Stannard (ADC) are still off the front. The peloton is non existent. The first climb has decimated everyone. 

A break of 12 has formed behind the leaders: Louis Meintjes (I🌠WG), Richard Carapaz (IGD), Thibaut Pinot (GFC), Gino Mäder (TBV), David De La Cruz (AST), Sébastien Reichenbach (GFC), Hugh Carthy (EFE), Mikel Bizkarra (EUS), Clément Champoussin (ACT), Gregor Mühlberger (MOV), Rohan Dennis (TJV) and Joan Bou (EUS).

They're 40 seconds apart. 

So now we have a group of 21 chasers. 

The peloton is sitting at 2'40" with 127km to go.

The peloton is moving over for a nature break.

The gap has𒁏 grown to 6 minutes after the first climb. 

Weౠ still have a group of🌳 six off the front with a large pack of 21 riders 35 seconds behind in the chase. 

Simon Guglielmi (ARK) has💛 attacked out of the chase. 

T൲he bunch is led by BORA Hansgrohe an🌸d Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team. 

Results at Puerto de Navacerrada (Cat. 1):

1. Stannard, 10 pts
2. Meurisse, 6 pts
3. Fernandez, 4 pts
4. Navarro, 2 pts
5. Guglielmi, 1 pt

Marc Soler (UAD) and Robert Stannard (ADC) are the new leaders approaching 100km to go. 

Marc Soler (UAD) and Robert Stannard (ADCℱ) have a minute ahead of the large chase gro♈up.

BORA Hans🌼grohe continues to set 𓆉pace in the peloton.

95km to go

Marc Soler (UAD) and Robert Stanna🎀rd (ADC) have started the next climb with a minute and a half advantage. 

The leaders are cl♉imbing u♋p Puerto de Navafría. 

Bora continutes to drive ahead of the 🦂peloton. 

Mäder and Mühlberger have attacked out of the large chase group, and j🐠oin Pinot, 1'35'' behind Soler and Stannard.

85km to go

Stannard gets over the top of the climb first and picks up the 🦋max points. 

The peloton is at five minutes behind theꦿ leaders. 

Dario Cataldo (Trek-Segaf🦂redo): “In Navacerrada, I have good memories from that day we won the Vuelta. We were pretty close, six seconds with Tom Dumoulin. Today, for sure someone wants to try to do something similar, to go all in this stage. The difference is that Evenepoel has a pretty big gap compared to the others. It will be pretty hard but they will try, not only for Enric [Mas], also for Lopez who fights for the podium.”

Thibaut Pinot (G🔯FC), Gino Mäder (TBV) anꦗd Gregor Mühlberger (MOV) are 55 seconds back, in the first chase.

There's about 12km before they start the next c꧟limb. 

The gap is holding at 5 minute🌌s to the peloton. 

The three cha﷽sers have ♛joined Soler and Stannard up at the front. 

Results of the second KOM:

Results at Puerto de Navafria (km 92.8):
1. Stannard, 5 pts
2. Soler, 3 pts
3. Mäder, 1 pt

The second chase group includes Louis Meintjes (IWG), Jan Polanc (UAD), Alejandro Valverde (MOV), Richard Carapaz (IGD), David De La Cruz (AST), Sébastien Reichenbach (GFC), Hugh Carthy (EFE), Sergio Higuita (BOH), Mikel Bizkarra (EUS), Clément Champoussin (ACT), Xandro Meurisse (ADC), Robert Gesink (TJV), Danie𓆏l Navarro (BBH), Vincenzo Nibali (AST), Raul García (EKP), Rubén Fernández (COF), Rohan Dennis (TJV), Jesús Herrada (COF), Simon Guglielmi (ARK),𓂃 Urko Berrade (EKP) and Joan Bou (EUS).

We're on the next climb now. When they hit the top of this one, thꦫere is no reprieve with any flat roads, 

Muhlberger isn't helping with the work at the front, He has his teamღ stil🐽l pulling at 4'15 with 58km to go.

There's 5km to go the top of the KOM.

57km to go

After three hours, the average speed is 40.3kph.

Carapaz, Valverde, Higuita, Mäder, Pinot, Muhlberger, Soler and St🌌annard have just been joined by the chase group, so now we ha♎ve a big group of 24 off the front again. 

🐽Soler is hanging out at the back of this large group. 

Ric🧔hard Carapaz (IGD) has made a move off the front. 

He's attacked off the front to pick up the KOM pꦿoints. 

Carapaz picks up fi🌠ve points🍒 and heads back into the group.

And nꦐow they're starting to climb up Puerto de La Morcu🔯era (Cat.1).

Guglielmi attacks out of the breakaway group. The gap to the peloto💙n is 3'30". 

43km to go

Things are splitting in the breakaway. Riders ar💯e all over the place as Movist😼ar puts more pressure on.

Louis Meintjes (IWG), Richard Carapaz (IGD) and Sergio Higuita (BOH) are the leaders, with Meintjes setting the tempo.&n൲bsp;

The bunch is eﷺxploding now. Riders are all over thisᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ climb. 

Carlo💫s Rodriguez has been dropped out of the peloton. Ineos is trying to pace him back up. Movistar is still driving. 

There's 3km to the top of the next KOM.

Mas launches his first attack and Evenepoel ꦆis straight on his wheel.

Now Ayuso attacks out of the GC group to put pressuಌre on Remco Evenepoel (QST). 

Remco Evenepoel (QST) loo💛ks like he's in total control, despite the attacks, 

Carapaz picks up 10 more🍨 points over the top of the🦹 KOM. 

Carapaz ha𒉰s secured his KOM jersey after that last climb. 

Louis Meintjes (IWG), Richard Carapaz (IGD) and Serg🎶io Higuita (BOH) have 30 seconds on their chasers. 

The leaders have 1km to the begin꧋ning to the final climb. 

17km to go

Puerto de Cotos is a Catಞ. 1 climb, and is 10km in length. It averages 6.9 percent.🍰 

The bunch is 1'35" back. UAE has four riders on ꦰthe front. Soler is driving the pace. 

Richard Carapaz (IGD) makes a move!

Sergio Higuita (BOH) joins Carapaz on th💃e front. 

Valverde 🎶is on the front of the peloton to set 🍷pace. 

Mi𝓀guel Ángel López (AST) attacks and at the same time that drops Valve💦rde. 

Rigoberto Ur&aacutꦍe;n (EFE) is dropped out of the GC g🔯roup.

10km to go

Meintjes is caught by the GC group that is just about 40 seconds behind the two꧃ leaders. 

And that gap 𓄧is down to just 10 seconds. The GC group is abouꦯt to catch the leaders.

Carapaz attacks to get the last KOM points. 

Carapaz is going all in now. He's got 10 seconds on Sergio♋♓ Higuita (BOH), who's about to be caught. 

5km to go

Carapaz is going for the stage win here. 

Thymen Arensman (DSM) is trying to get acr🌌oss to Carapaz. He's only 15 seconds behind. 

Not much longer! Just .5km to go. 

It looks like 🌜Carapaz is going to pull it off! 

That's number three for Richard Carapaz! 

Unofficial top 5:

1. Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers)
2. Thymen Arensman (Team DSM), 8''
3. Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates), +13''
4. Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe)
5. Enric Mas (Movistar)

Remc𓃲o Evenepoel (QST) is overcome with emotion and relief after he finishes, knowing he's successfully secured the overall win after this pressure fജilled stage. 

Remco Evenepoel (QST) will win the 2022 Vuelta a Espana overall after 💦💎tomorrow!

Tomorrow's stage of the Vuelta is the traditional ride into ဣthe city of Ma𓄧drid. It's completely flat and totals 96.7 km. It starts a little later at 5:10 p.m. CET.