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PIORNAL, Spain : Remco Evenpoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) hailed a "perfect day" at the Vuelta a Espana as he tightened his grip on the leader's red jersey by winning stage 18 with a late sprint to the top of the Alto de Piornal on Thursday.
Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) won in red after a thrilling finish to Stage 18 at La Vuelta saw the Belgian towed into the finale by rival Enric Mas (Movistar) before the pair cruelly leapfrogged Robert Gesink (Jumbo-Visma). Despite a huge 42-man breakaway allowed up the road, Evenepoel and Mas overhauled the last survivor, Gesink, in the final 500 metres after a thrilling game of cat-and-mouse between the two remaining big GC hitters.
Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) hit out at a fan for demanding a signed jersey in the immediate aftermath of Stage 17 at La Vuelta. Footage showed the Belgian refusing to approach a man and a child behind a barrier at Monasterio de Tentudia, instead preferring to continue with his warm-down. It prompted a frustrated reaction from the man, who grabbed the replica red jersey from the child and flung it in Evenepoel’s direction.
Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) is just four days away from landing the red jersey on a permanent basis — if he can survive them. The Belgian snuffed out attacks from Enric Mas (Movistar) on Stage 17 at La Vuelta as he preserved his 2'01" lead in the general classification — with only a catastrophic collapse, or an unexpected Mas surge, capable of stopping him from standing on the top step in Madrid. Ad So what's in store on Thursday's run from Trujillo to Alto del Piornal? Vuelta a EspañaMas needs to put Evenepoel on 'back foot… sooner rather than later' — Blythe14 HOURS AGO Three different ways up the Piornal crown this tricky stage which should prove a key battle for the GC contenders.
MONASTERIO DE TENTUDIA, Spain: Rigoberto Uran won stage 17 of the Vuelta a Espana on Wednesday after a swashbuckling high-altitude struggle to a mountaintop monastery in Extremadura as defending champion Primoz Roglic withdrew injured.
Rigoberto Uran held off Quentin Pacher and Jesus Herrada in a thrilling sprint finish to win stage 17 of the Vuelta a Espana as overall leader Remco Evenepoel maintained his advantage and edged closer to a maiden Grand Tour title.
And then there were two. Primoz Roglic’s withdrawal from La Vuelta following his dramatic crash on the home straight of Stage 16 means Movistar’s Enric Mas remains the only real threat between Remco Evenepoel and the top step of the podium in Madrid on Sunday. Mas has ridden a solid if unspectacular fifth Vuelta.
Enric Mas (Movistar) needs to put Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) on the «back foot… sooner rather than later» if he is to have any hope of carting off the red jersey at La Vuelta, according to Eurosport expert Adam Blythe. Mas was bumped into second in the general classification following the unfortunate exit of Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma). Roglic abandoned ahead of Stage 17 after sustaining big injuries in a bizarre crash on Tuesday.