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:Rigoberto Uran held off Quentin Pacher and Jesus Herrada in a thrilling sprint finish to win stage 17 of the Vuelta a Espana on Wednesday as overall leader Remco Evenepoel maintained his advantage and edged closer to a maiden Grand Tour title.
Colombia’s Rigoberto Uran (EF Education-EasyPost) completed his Grand Tour stage grand slam with a brilliant victory at the Monasterio de Tenudio in Stage 17 of La Vuelta. The 35-year-old was part of a strong 13-man breakaway that went the distance, Uran capping off his brilliant day by rising to ninth place in the general classification.
Remco Evenepoel has moved to quash any doubts over his puncture suffered during Stage 16 of the Vuelta a Espana. A crazy finale to the stage saw Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) apparently suffer a mechanical as the race headed uphill, just moments after red jersey rival Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) had dropped a sensational attack with 2.7km remaining. Ad Evenepoel cut a relaxed figure given he was inside the final 3km – the safety net to get the same time as the peloton.
Primoz Roglic's hopes of a fourth successive victory in the Vuelta are over after injuries from a fall saw him withdraw from the race prior to the 17th stage.
:Mads Pedersen won a thrilling sprint at the end of stage 16 at the Vuelta a Espana as overall contender Primoz Roglic's hopes of dislodging leader Remco Evenepoel were hit by a heavy crash metres from the line on Tuesday.
MADRID: Thymen Arensman rode away from the remains of a breakaway to win on the tough climb up the Sierra Nevada on Sunday while Remco Evenepoel lost more of his Vuelta lead.
Remco Evenepoel has revealed he «still feels stiff muscles” from his crash on Stage 12 at La Vuelta and is “really happy” to have a rest day on Monday. Evenepoel, of Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, lost just 15 seconds to Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) on Sunday's queen stage of La Vuelta after a difficult day 24 hours earlier during which he had cracked on the climb into Sierra de la Pandera, with his injuries hampering his form. Ad He will now take a 1’34” lead going into the final week as he looks to hold off Roglic and Enric Mas (Movistar), who is 2’01” behind the Belgian.
Team DSM rider Thymen Arensman won his first Grand Tour stage on stage 15 of Vuelta a Espana on Sunday, a 153km mountain ride from Martos to Sierra Nevada, as Remco Evenepoel fought hard to retain his red jersey.