The steep slopes of Les Praeres brought Louis Meintjes his first career Grand Tour stage victory, the South African pulling off a come-from-behind triumph on the Asturian climb at the Vuelta a España to solo to the win from the breakaway.
As the Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert climber soared to victory, further back down the climb race leader Remco Evenepoel stamped his authority on the race, the QuickStep-AlphaVinyl leaving behind all of his GC rivals and extending his overall lead heading into Monday’s rest day.
Evenepoel took fourth on the stage, with Samuele Battistella (Astana Qazaqstan) and Edoardo Zambanini (Bahrain Victorious) taking second and third from the break. The Belgian didn’t need those podium bonus seconds, though, having crossed the line 34…
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