Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step) has already made his first major run under his belt. The Belgian refereed the La Vuelta 2022 match in the mountains of Madridafter being attacked only by Enrique Mas (Movistar) at La Morcuera, in a stage scored by one of the great racing champions, the Ecuadorean Richard Karapaz (Ineos)in a new party for the hero of the mountain.
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The last great stage of La Vuelta left us orphaned by a great battle between Enric Mas and Remco Evenepoel, who was Reduced to an attack by the Spaniards answered without problems by the leader. The Mallorcans did not try again and Evenpool overcame his last big hurdle to win La Vuelta without major complications.
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Meanwhile, Richard Carabaz, the fighter since the beginning of the stage, has given us one more time A new cycling lesson with his third partial victory at the Vuelta And he ruled the mountain shirt that he will wear on Sunday on the podium in Madrid.
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Today also served to connect The great Vuelta of young Spaniards, Juan Ayuso (United Arab Emirates) and Carlos Rodriguez (Inios). The former defended a third place overall, and the latter, slashed by the consequences of a crash two days earlier, swept in and out of the pool of candidates to finally reach the finish line and finish sixth on his debut at La Vuelta.
Rigidity from start to finish
The penultimate stage hardened very soon, with The struggle to get to a good break from the first kilometers of the race, and with sharp knives on the first ascent of the day to Navacerrada. Of course, Mark Soller (UAE) joined the first group of premium riders along with five other riders. From behind, a large group of 20 units organized to chase him, with cyclists such as Carthy (EF), Pinot (Grupama), Mader (Bahrain), Valverde (Movistar) or Richard Carapaz himself.
Although no runners were put in front, Evenpoel’s Quick-Step allowed him to pass and the breakaway opened a gap with respect to the pluton, which although it was already walking a stretch of Navacerrada making Carlos Rodriguez suffer, it fueled her fight even La Morquera.
Thus, the stage’s attention settled on the fugitives, with A first attempt was made by Mark Soler and Robert Stannard (Alpecin), who were left in the lead. However, his adventure was not final, and after passing through Navarria and Canencia, the race caught on at La Morcuera.
Before that, Richard Carapaz pressed his rivals and left with Sergio Higuita (EF) and Luis Meintjes (Intermarchi). The trio made gains as their pursuers tried to organize themselves and the favorites temporarily while awaiting the first attack with Movistar in command. Verona’s speed limited the group a lot and Maas attacked three kilometers from the summit. It was a tough and persistent attack, but it couldn’t get Evenepoel off the hook.
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After his attempt, Mas turned to the group realizing that the race was for the Belgian, while Ayuso and Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) kept their duel private, slashing the breakaway advantage in climbing to Cotos. When all seemed lost to the fugitives, Richard Carapaz hurried over again and left Higuita, by that time, his only adventurous partner. The Ecuadorean crowned the crown single-handedly and polished his teeth to maintain his advantage in the flat seven kilometers that separated him from Navacerrada, as he raised his arms again and crowned his triplets at the Vuelta.
Evenepoel collapsed, after entering the finish line, releasing all the tension that had occurred Last week, he managed to maintain his top spot and achieve his first major win in a three-week tour. La Vuelta has a new owner.
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