Vuelta a España stage 15: Pablo Castrillo holds off Vlasov to claim second stage win on Cuitu Negru

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Pablo Castrillo (Equipo Kern Pharma) scored his second mountain stage victory of the week at the Vuelta a España, coming out on top in a two-up battle against Aleksandr Vlasov) at the end of a thrilling final kilometre up Cuitu Negru on stage 15.

The Spaniard had gone solo from the breakaway 3km from the finish line and looked set for a second solo stage victory before Vlasov managed to get back across the gap in the final kilometre of the climb.