Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) soared to a solo victory on an explosive opening day of the Vuelta a Murcia.
High winds in southeastern Spain forced the stage to be shortened by half, and then blew it to pieces in the less than two hours of racing that remained.
Tom Pidcock (Pinarello Q36.5) gave chase on the climb from a ‘peloton’ that had been decimated to just a dozen riders, but Soler had started it with over a minute in hand – too much even for Pidcock’s skills on the steep descent towards the finish.
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