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Interesting article related to the race on the BBC.

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Stage 17 results: Sequeros to Alto de la Covatilla

  1. David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, in 4-54-32
  2. Gino Mäder (Sui) NTT, at 28 seconds
  3. Ion Izagirre (Esp) Astana, at 1-05
  4. David de la Cruz (Esp) UAE Team Emirates, at same time
  5. Mark Donovan (GBr) Sunweb, at 1-53
  6. Michael Storer (Aus) Sunweb, at same time
  7. Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis, at 2-23
  8. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers, at 2-35
  9. Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Pro Cycling, at 2-50
  10. Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma, at 2-56

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General classification after stage 17

  1. Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma, in 69-17-59
  2. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers, at 24 seconds
  3. Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Pro Cycling, at 47s
  4. Dan Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation, at 2-43
  5. Enric Mas (Esp) Movistar, at 3-36
  6. Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain-McLaren, at 7-16
  7. David de la Cruz (Esp) UAE Team Emirates, at 7-35
  8. David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, at 7-45
  9. Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe, at 8-15
  10. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar, at 9-34
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Stage 18: Hipódromo de la Zarzuela to Madrid (139.6km)

  1. Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe, in 3-28-13
  2. Sam Bennett (Irl) Deceuninck – Quick-Step
  3. Max Kanter (Ger) Sunweb
  4. Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates
  5. Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Sunweb
  6. Emmanuel Morin (Fra) Cofidis
  7. Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) NTT
  8. Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Total Direct Energie
  9. Robert Stannard (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
  10. Jon Aberasturi (Esp) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA, all at same time

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Final general classification

  1. Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma, in 72-46-12
  2. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers, at 24 seconds
  3. Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Pro Cycling, at 1-15
  4. Dan Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation, at 2-43
  5. Enric Mas (Esp) Movistar, at 3-36
  6. Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain-McLaren, at 7-16
  7. David de la Cruz (Esp) UAE Team Emirates, at 7-35
  8. David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, at 7-45
  9. Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe, at 8-15
  10. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar, at 9-34

Final points classification

  1. Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma – 204 pts
  2. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers – 133 pts
  3. Dan Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation – 111 pts

Final king of the mountains classification

  1. Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis – 99 pts
  2. Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto-Soudal – 34 pts
  3. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers – 30pts

Final youth classification

  1. Enric Mas (Esp) Movistar, in 72-49-48
  2. David Gaudu (Fra) Grouapam-FDJ, at 4-09
  3. Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana, at 6-00

Final teams classification

  1. Movistar (Esp), in 218-37-21
  2. Jumbo-Visma (Ned), at 10-23
  3. Astana (Kaz), at 40-09
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Great to see that Primož Roglič has won his second tour this season, a truly amazing sportsman.

Thank you @Debs for keeping us so well informed during this year’s delayed cycling calendar.

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Yes a very well deserved win for Roglič…

He won three of the 17 road race stages.
He won the time trial.
He also had three 2nd place finishes.
He won the Points, and General Classification

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Also good to see Hugh Carthy on the Podium.
Will be interesting to see if EF Cycling put a team around him for TdF 2021 (?)

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@Debs Hugh Carthy looks like a safe future investment, so let’s hope that he gets the support he deserves next year in every sense of the word :+1:

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Debs

Fantastic job updating this thread over the Grand Tours.

Have to be impressed by Roglicz to recover not just physically but mentally after his TdF defeat.

Exciting year, whets the appetite for next season. So many young and exciting riders. On that subject I read that Egan Bernal has a spinal issue that may be a long term or even career limiting problem.

Thanks again Debs. Hope you are making progress yourself towards getting back on the bike.

Bruce

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Yes, thanks from me too to Debs for all the cycling threads on here. And good luck with your recovery.

The final mountain stage of the Vuelta was nail biting and it seemed possible at one point that Carapaz would erode the difference with Roglic. Roglic was helped by the two Movistar riders to maintain his position and I read an intriguing article supposedly explaining why they did so. Movistar are hostile to both Carapaz and Amador who broke their Movistar contracts to move to Ineos. There is a apparently some hostility between their agent and the Movistar team manager. So Movistar would have been happy to help Roglic to baulk Carapaz.

I was amused to see that Carthy actually lost time on the Madrid stage and I think he might have not have been paying attention and enjoying himself too much judging by the interview he gave.

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