SPANIARD URKO BERRADE soloed to victory in Thursday’s 18th stage of the Vuelta a Espana in the Basque Country as Australia’s Ben O’Connor held the overall race lead.
Berrade, 26, gave his Kern Pharma team their third stage win of this year’s race, powering over the line in his home region four seconds ahead of Swiss Mauro Schmid. Another Kern Pharma rider Pau Miquel crossed the line in third.
O’Connor, riding for the Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale team, held his five-second advantage on Slovenian three-time champion Primoz Roglic after the medium mountain stage over 179.5km from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Maeztu.
Cork’s Eddie Dunbar finished in the red jersey group in 39th place, moving up to 13th in the general classification with three stages remaining, while Tyrone’s Darren Rafferty finished nearly 20 minutes adrift of Berrade.
Advertisement
Friday’s 19th stage arrives at the summit of Alto De Moncalvillo in La Rioja region, with another decisive mountain top finish on Saturday before the final time trial in Madrid on Sunday.
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
Close
Comments
This is YOUR comments community. Stay civil, stay constructive, stay on topic.
Please familiarise yourself with our comments policy
here
before taking part.
Dunbar edges closer to GC top 10 as Berrade solos to Stage 18 win
SPANIARD URKO BERRADE soloed to victory in Thursday’s 18th stage of the Vuelta a Espana in the Basque Country as Australia’s Ben O’Connor held the overall race lead.
Berrade, 26, gave his Kern Pharma team their third stage win of this year’s race, powering over the line in his home region four seconds ahead of Swiss Mauro Schmid. Another Kern Pharma rider Pau Miquel crossed the line in third.
O’Connor, riding for the Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale team, held his five-second advantage on Slovenian three-time champion Primoz Roglic after the medium mountain stage over 179.5km from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Maeztu.
Cork’s Eddie Dunbar finished in the red jersey group in 39th place, moving up to 13th in the general classification with three stages remaining, while Tyrone’s Darren Rafferty finished nearly 20 minutes adrift of Berrade.
Friday’s 19th stage arrives at the summit of Alto De Moncalvillo in La Rioja region, with another decisive mountain top finish on Saturday before the final time trial in Madrid on Sunday.
– © AFP 2024
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
Cycling Eddie Dunbar Urko Berrade Vuelta a Espana