Vuelta: Remco Evenepoel’s tris, Sepp Kuss still leader

Vuelta: Remco Evenepoel’s tris, Sepp Kuss still leader

Third victory in this edition of the Spanish stage race and 50th overall in his career for Remco Evenepoel. The Belgian of Soudal Quick Step, world champion in 2022, won by a breakaway on the 18th stage of the Vuelta a Espana, from Pola de Allande to La Cruz de Linares, 179 km with four Gran Premi della Montagna più the final uphill finish at 845 meters.

Second with a huge gap, 4’44”, Damiano Caruso, third at 5’10” Danish Andreas Lorentz. The small group of the best, also featuring red jersey Sepp Kuss, è arrived with about 9’5” minutes gap. Evenepoel pulled away from Caruso and Britain’s David Max Poole, who then finished fourth, with 28 km to go on the climb of La Cruz de Linares, tackled a first time before the second, decisive climb, and no one saw him again except at the finish line.

U.S. Kuss slightly increased from 8 to 17 seconds his lead over his Jumbo Visma teammate, Dane Jonas Vingegaard, while Slovenian Primoz Roglic, also his teammate, è to 1’08”.