Mikel Landa Climbs to Vuelta a España Stage 20 Victory as Enric Mas All-but Seals the Red Jersey
Landa earned his first Grand Tour stage victory in nine years after attacking from a 50-rider breakaway and finishing 49 seconds ahead.
- On Saturday, Mikel Landa of Team Soudal Quick-Step claimed victory on stage 20 of the Vuelta a España, securing his first Grand Tour stage win in nine years on the 186.8-kilometer Andalusian mountain route.
- Landa infiltrated a large breakaway before attacking at the foot of the 8km Collado del Alguacil climb, dropping rivals Tobias Halland Johannessen of Uno-X Mobility and Ramses Debruyne of Alpecin-Premier Tech to ride solo to the finish.
- Behind the breakaway, Enric Mas of Movistar defended his red jersey untroubled, while Sepp Kuss of Visma-Lease a Bike launched a long-range move that vaulted him from 11th overall into fifth place, gaining 8:45 on the leader.
- Mas enters Sunday's final stage holding a 2min 15sec advantage over Primoz Roglic of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, with Felix Gall of Decathlon CMA CGM 30 seconds further back in third place.
- Granada hosts the final stage on Sunday, a largely ceremonial 112-kilometer finish where Mas appears poised to secure his first Grand Tour victory since inheriting the red jersey after Pogacar's early crash.
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Escaped seven kilometers from the finish, the Spanish climber managed to sow his opponents in order to win. He took his second stage in the Vuelta, eleven years after the first.
The Spanish cyclist Mikel Landa (Sudal Quick-Step) won this Saturday at the 20th stage of Volta a Espalha, on the day his fellow countryman Enric Mas (Movistar) confirmed virtually the triumph in general, the first in a great Volta.
Mas on brink of Vuelta triumph as Landa claims stage 20
Movistar's Spanish rider Mas is set to win his first Grand Tour on Sunday when the race arrives in Granada in the final stage, a largely ceremonial procession, with the overwhelming favourite Tadej Pogacar crashing out in the eighth stage while leading overall. Mikel Landa claimed an impressive solo victory on Saturday, on stage 20's tricky 186.8 kilometre Andalusian mountain route from La Calahorra to Collado del Alguacil. Mas lost a few second…
He finished 15th on stage 20 of the Tour of Spain, ahead of Mas. Mikel Landa won the stage, but the Slovenian remains in second place in the overall standings.
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