Vuelta - 18. Stage: Lopez wins king's stage in the fog

Miguel Ángel López Moreno (birthed February 4, 1994) is a Colombian cyclist that currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.In 2016, López won his first Globe Trip phase race at the Tour de Suisse as well as attained his first grand tour stage victory the adhering to period on Phase 11 of the Vuelta a España, followed by an additional victory on Phase 15. He was the total winner of the Tour Colombia and also the Volta a Catalunya in 2019. In 2020, he won the Queen stage of the Excursion de France.

At the day win of the Colombian's Miguel Angel Lopez after 162.2 km with the brutally heavy final rise to the Altu d'El Gamoniteiru, the 31-year-old time-catching Olympic champion came in two rank and continued to expand his lead.

In the dense fog, Jumbo-Visma captain Roglic reached the target for 14 seconds to Lopez and pulled out for eight seconds ahead of his sharpest counterparty Enric Mas (Spain / both Movistar), which became the third. In the overall standings, the defending champion leads after the last heavy mountain stage with 2:30 in front of Mas, Lopez (2:53) is third.

At the final climbing area of ​​the day over 14.8 km and 1400 meters in an average of 9.8 percent gradient (17 percent in the top), Lopez had attacked about four kilometers in front of the highest point. Roglic did not drive behind and controlled the events at the rear wheel of Mas, which he depends shortly before the target.

The 31-year-old Roglic could win the Vuelta as only third prior to the Swiss Tony Rominger (1992 to 1994) and the Spaniard Roberto Heras (2003 to 2005) for the third time in a row. Heras is record winners of the youngest of the three major state tours with four wins. At the tour in June, Roglic had dropped early as a result of a serious fall.

The Gamoniteiru, located on the same massive as the legendary Angliru, was for the first time in the program of the Vuelta. The section with nearly 4500 altitude meters was the last major power sample of the 76th Spain tour. On Friday and Saturday, moderate sections follow the Vuelta ends on Sunday with a single time trial in Santiago de Compostela.

18 . Stage Salas / Spain - Altu d'El Gamoniteiru / Spain (162.60 km), 2.9.2021:

1. Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Colombia) - Movistar Team 4:41:21 hrs.; 2. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) - Jumbo Visa + 14 sec.; 3. Enric Mas Nicolau (Spain) - Movistar Team + 20; 4. Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Colombia) - Ineos Grenadiers + 22; 5. Jack Haig (Australia) - Bahrain Victorious + 58; 6. David de la Cruz Melgarejo (Spain) - UAE Team Emirates; 7. Gino Mader (Switzerland) - Bahrain Victorious; 8. Louis Meintjes (South Africa) - Wanty-Gobert; 9. Sepp Kiss (USA) - Jumbo-Visa + 1:06 min.; 10. Adam Yates (United Kingdom) - Ineos Grenadiers + 1:07

Total standings single, stand after the 18th stage:

1. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) - Jumbo-Visa 73:24:25 hrs; 2. Enric Mas Nicolau (Spain) - Movistar Team + 2:30 min.; 3. Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Colombia) - Movistar Team + 2:53; 4. Jack Haig (Australia) - Bahrain Victorious + 4:36; 5. Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Colombia) - Ineos Grenadiers + 4:43; 6. Adam Yates (United Kingdom) - Ineos Grenadiers + 5:44; 7. Sepp Kiss (USA) - Jumbo Visa + 6:02; 8. Gino Mader (Switzerland) - Bahrain Victorious + 7:48; 9. Guillaume Martin (France) - Cofidis + 8:31; 10. Louis Meintjes (South Africa) - Wanty-Gobert + 9:02

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