Vuelta a España: Wout Poels denies Remco Evenepoel victory on stage 20

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Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious) claimed stage 20 of the Vuelta a España from a reduced-group sprint, narrowly beating Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) to the line with a well-timed bike throw in Guadarrama.

Poels jumped first in the sprint and found separation from the other four remaining escapees of the day’s breakaway before the final corner and despite…