Filippo Ganna repeated his time trial success of two years ago in Valladolid
Italy's Filippo Ganna won a shortened individual time trial on stage 18 of the Vuelta a Espana as Britain's Tom Pidcock retained his third place in the overall standings.
UAE Team Emirates-XRG's Joao Almeida, who is second in the general classification, took 10 seconds off the advantage of overall race leader Jonas Vingegaard.
The stage was reduced from 27.2km to 12.2km to ensure "greater protection" for riders because of security concerns resulting from a series of pro-Palestinian protests during the three-week race.
Police numbers were also ramped up, with hundreds of protestors waving flags along the route and whistling riders from Israel-Premier Tech.
