Stage 17 of the Vuelta a España brought another summit finish and with it yet another victory for the breakaway as Rigoberto Urán followed Jay Vine, Richard Carapaz, and Thymen Arensman to claim a mountain stage triumph.
Urán’s victory, his first at a Grand Tour since 2017, came after a huge battle among the breakaway on the summit finish, with Lawson Craddock (BikeExchange-Jayco) caught in the final kilometre before a Jesùs Herrada (Cofidis) attack looked to seal the win at 850 metres to go.
The Colombian managed to catch the stage 7 winner, though, passing him inside the final 200 metres to take a thrilling win. Quentin Pacher (Groupama-FDJ) took second just behind, while Herrada was third.
Back in the peloton, Remco Evenepoel (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) defended his overall lead with ease despite an attack by Enric Mas (Movistar) on the closing slopes. The favourites all finished together at over five minutes down, barring João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates), who had jumped away to steal a few seconds.
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