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Van Aert Takes Vuelta Stage Win, Mas Retains Overall Lead
Van Aert attacked late from a 9-rider lead group and delivered Visma-Lease a Bike's fourth stage win, while Brennan helped control the chase.
On Friday, Belgian cyclist Wout van Aert won stage 13 of the Vuelta a España, defeating Valentin Paret-Peintre in a two-up sprint after the 193km race from Almuñécar to Loja.
Classified as a 'medium mountains' stage with 3,400m elevation, the route featured the Venta de la Cebada, Alto del Legionario, and Puerto de Granada climbs, where a massive 40-man breakaway formed early.
Teammate Matthew Brennan closed down attacks in the finale, allowing Van Aert to launch the winning move with 3.6km remaining and deliver Visma-Lease a Bike's fourth stage victory.
Red jersey holder Enric Mas finished safely in the peloton three minutes later, retaining his overall race lead of one minute and 45 seconds over Primoz Roglic, who remained second.
"I had it a little bit in my mind," Van Aert said. The win came two years after he abandoned his debut Vuelta following a season-ending knee injury.
Loja (Granada), 4 Sep (EFE).- On a suffocating day of transition, the Belgian Wout Van Aert (Visma Lease a Bike) showed his enormous qualities of classomaniac to prevail in the thirteenth stage disputed between Almuñécar and Loja, 192.8 km, in which he maintained the red leotard of leader the Spanish Enric Mas. Dressed with [...] The entry Van Aert imposes the law of the classicomaniac and Mas a day more red was first published in HolaNews.