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PIORNAL, SPAIN: Mads Pedersen surged away from his sprint rivals on Friday to take the 19th stage, his third victory in the last seven Vuelta a Espana stages, while race leader Remco Evenepoel finished comfortably in the pack.
:Denmark's Mads Pedersen dominated a bunch sprint to win stage 19 of the Vuelta a Espana in style on Friday - his third victory at this year's race.
Denmark's Mads Pedersen dominated a bunch sprint to win stage 19 of the Vuelta a Espana in style on Friday - his third victory at the race this year. Overall race leader Remco Evenepoel finished safely in the peloton to maintain his two minutes seven seconds advantage over Spaniard Enric Mas.
Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) ensured that Stage 19 stuck to the script by winning from a reduced bunch sprint in the streets of Talavera de la Reina on a day where La Vuelta paid tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II. Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious) took second place and fellow Briton Ben Turner (Ineos Grenadiers) took fourth place in the short but sharp 138.3km stage in central Spain, which was preceded by a minute’s silence to commemorate the Queen.
Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) has blamed Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious) for the crash that ended his Vuelta. The Slovenian was involved in a bizarre crash after colliding with Wright at the end of Tuesday’s Stage 17 as he fought for victory and bonus seconds. Ad Roglic had led a select group of five riders into the home straight as he sought to gain time on Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) in the red jersey, but hit the deck as his speedier rivals swept past.
Jay Vine (Alpecin-Deceuninck) became the latest rider to withdraw from La Vuelta after crashing on Stage 18. The Zwift convert was caught up in a big incident with 171km remaining of the run from Trujillo to Alto de Piornal. The green jersey of Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) and podium hopeful Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) were also involved.
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.
One question raged after Stage 16 at La Vuelta: did Remco Evenepoel really have a puncture? A crazy finale to what was dubbed a ‘flat’ stage by organisers saw Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) pull up with a mechanical, 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 in event of a fall, puncture or mechanical – while up the road, Roglic somehow contrived to crash just metres from the finish. as he squabbled for victory and bonus seconds.