Evenepoel, more leader after winning a crucial battle against Enric Mas in Alto de Piornal

New step forward provided by the Belgian Remco Evenepoel to achieve success in 77th edition of the Vuelta. In the first of three finals that remained in the race for Enrique More Moving his pawns and trying to put the leader on the ropes, Evenepoel not only responded to the various attacks from the Balearic Islands without blinking too much, but also increased his advantage over the leader of the general standings of six seconds. Smells like a champion.

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There is little to blame for phone training and lower in his ranks. Mas sped up the race up to three times in the final kilometer of the final climb to Alto del Piornalthinking that with speed changes they can reduce the performance of a Remco which continues to be stronger than vinegar, but he not only found the prize he was looking for, but he had to watch from a good position how Evenepoel won the game in the last meters to win his second stage in the Vuelta and scratch a few more seconds in front of the board.

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gone. The Outstanding Disciple Eddy Mercx cI was steadily walking towards a successful Sunday walk on the way to Madrid after a period more than disputed and marked from the beginning by many crashes that left the youth Carlos Rodríguez held and caused the Australian to abandon Jay Vine. A shame. The corridor of Alpinelived in Gironawas one of the revelations of the race after winning two stages and becoming leader of the mountain, a throne now occupied by the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz.

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On one of the longest days of this Vuelta, 192 kilometers, there was a merciless fight from the first to the last kilometer, with several points of interest and runners involved, with a big breakaway of 42 runners who had a little more. than nine minutes or the bold tactics of team uaewhere the Portuguese joao almeidawho started 6th overall, picked up the pace and was well supported by his teammates (with Mark Soler again plethoric) tried to be the star, get some positions and get close to the podium.

Before this movement Evenepoel remained calm, Almeida was just over seven minutes away, and this was the Astana by Michelangelo Lopez took the shot. The race went full speed ahead and the breakaway gradually broke down on a tough day, with a vertical drop of 3,680 meters and three climbs to Alto del Piornal, First class. And it is in the last ascent that some of the great moments of Lap.

But he tried ad nauseam

Ahead, but by a small margin, is the Dutch Robert Gesinkthe first race leader aspiring to win the stage and dedicate the victory to his teammate primoz roglic in Jumbo-Vismathat didn’t come out yesterday. Enrique More he tried up to three times, but his tire was repeatedly stuck by a Evenepoel that remained, although the Belgian with 7.5 kilometers away tried to leave Enric sitting, then relying on Charles Verona to dry this motion. Mas tried it again in the last kilometer, it accelerated for the third time, carrying a Evenepoel who waited for his moment and let himself go. They arrived in the blink of an eye at the height of a loser Gesink and it is only necessary to wait for the moment when the leader will emerge at full speed from the rear wheel of the Mas to achieve victory.

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Class success and strength achieved by Remco Evenepoelwhich cements him at the top of the general classification, against a Enrique More solid in second position but that can’t find the magic formula to beat the leader. He has two more chances left.