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2021 Vuelta a España

76th edition: August 14 - September 5, 2021
Stage 18: September 2, 2021

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Thursday, September 2: Stage 18: Salas - Altu d'El Gamoniteiru, 162.6 km

Stage 18 map & profile | Stage 18 photos

Miguel Angel Lopez

Miguel Angel Lopez wins stage 18. Photo: Gomez Sport

MountainsRated ascents:

Weather at the city of Oviedo, just northeast of the route at 2:30 PM, local time: 20C (68F), rain showers, with the wind from the north at 6 km/hr (4 mph). Throughout the afternoon the chance for rain remains at about 70% - 80%.

Tour de France: the Inside Story

The race: 153 riders began today's stage at 12:58 PM.

Here's the race organizer's stage 18 summary:

Miguel Angel Lopez took victory on the gruelling slopes of the Altu d’El Gamoniteiru (14.6km with an average gradient of 9.8%) on Thursday. The Colombian attacked inside the last 4km of the queen stage of La Vuelta 21, featuring 4,500m of elevation, to claim the solo win ahead of Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) and his Movistar Team companion Enric Mas. Lopez takes his third stage win in the Spanish Grand Tour, four years after the previous two. In 2020, he had already dominated a similar ascent, Col de la Loze, in the Tour de France.

After a crazy day towards the iconic Lagos de Covadonga, the peloton of La Vuelta 21 discover a new monster. The stage features 4,500m of elevation, with classics such as the Puertu de San Llaurienzu, La Cobertoria and El Cordal before an unprecedented summit finish at Altu d’El Gamoniteiru, atop a 14.6km climb with an average gradient of 9.8%.

After 10km of battle, a group of 32 attackers make the break of the day, with riders such as Michael Storer (Team DSM), Rafal Majka (UAE Team Emirates) and Rein Taaramäe (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux) hunting for another stage win on the roads of La Vuelta 21.

Arensman sets Storer's move
The gap is up to 3’ after 20km, and 5’ on the first ascent of the day, the cat-1 Puerto de San Llaurienzu (9.9km, 8.6%). Bahrain Victorious drive the bunch. Storer goes first over the top to defend Romain Bardet’s polka dot jersey and maybe eventually power to the lead of the KOM standings.

Thymen Arensman (Team DSM) sets the pace at the front on the second ascent of the day, the cat-1 Altu de la Cobertoria (7.9km, 8.6%). Storer goes solo inside the last 2km of the climb, with 70km to go. Pelayo Sanchez (Burgos-BH) sets off in pursuit but Storer pushes his advantage. On the downhill, he enjoys a lead of 2’ to his first chasers, and 5’30’’ to the peloton.

Storer hangs on
Movistar Team start working at the front of the bunch alongside Bahrain Victorious and the gap is down to 2’30’’ at the bottom of the penultimate climb of the day, the cat-2 Alto del Cordal (8.2km, 5.8%).

UAE Team Emirates and Ineos Grenadiers up the ante on the climb. Romain Bardet and Mikel Bizkarra (Team DSM) briefly go on the move but Storer is alone at the front with a gap of 2’10’’, at the bottom of the mighty Gamoniteiru.

Geoffrey Bouchard (AG2R-Citroën Team) attacks 12km away from the summit. Then David De la Cruz (UAE Team Emirates) goes on the move with a bit more than 10km to go while Bahrain Victorious still set the pace in the GC bunch.

Superman attacks
De la Cruz catches Storer with 7km to go. Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux up the pace to bring the gap down to 35’’ when De la Cruz goes solo (5.5km to go). Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) attacks with 5km to go. And Miguel Angel Lopez (Movistar Team) counter-attacks inside the last 4km.

The Colombian quickly catches and drops De la Cruz. He goes solo to the finish to complete his set of summit victories in La Vuelta, after Calar Alto and Sierra Nevada in 2017, 14’’ ahead of Roglic and 20’’ ahead of Enric Mas.

Complete results:

Stage 18 photos

162.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 34.676 km/hr

1 MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ MOVISTAR 4hr 41min 21sec
2 PRIMOŽ ROGLIČ JUMBO-VISMA @ 14sec
3 ENRIC MAS MOVISTAR 0' 20''
4 EGAN BERNAL INEOS GRENADIERS 0' 22''
5 JACK HAIG BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 0' 58''
6 DAVID DE LA CRUZ UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
7 GINO MÄDER BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS s.t.
8 LOUIS MEINTJES INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT s.t.
9 SEPP KUSS JUMBO-VISMA 1' 06''
10 ADAM YATES INEOS GRENADIERS 1' 07''
11 STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK JUMBO-VISMA 1' 57''
12 ROMAIN BARDET TEAM DSM 2' 49''
13 JUAN PEDRO LOPEZ TREK-SEGAFREDO 3' 07''
14 GEOFFREY BOUCHARD AG2R-CITROEN 3' 38''
15 WOUTER POELS BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 3' 57''
16 JOSEPH DOMBROWSKI UAE TEAM EMIRATES 4' 01''
17 OSCAR CABEDO BURGOS-BH 4' 12''
18 GUILLAUME MARTIN COFIDIS 4' 23''
19 MIKEL NIEVE TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 4' 47''
20 LUIS ANGEL MATE EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 5' 05''
21 ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT 5' 24''
22 MIKEL BIZKARRA EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 5' 27''
23 ANDREY ZEITS TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE s.t.
24 JAN HIRT INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT 5' 33''
25 DIEGO ANDRES CAMARGO EF EDUCATION-NIPPO 6' 00''
26 DAMIANO CARUSO BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 6' 22''
27 FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER BORA-HANSGROHE 6' 49''
28 STEFF CRAS LOTTO SOUDAL 7' 38''
29 GIANLUCA BRAMBILLA TREK-SEGAFREDO 8' 02''
30 RÉMY ROCHAS COFIDIS 8' 14''
31 SAM OOMEN JUMBO-VISMA 8' 55''
32 SIMONE PETILLI INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT s.t.
33 KOEN BOUWMAN JUMBO-VISMA 9' 21''
34 ANGEL MADRAZO BURGOS-BH s.t.
35 PAVEL SIVAKOV INEOS GRENADIERS 10' 57''
36 THYMEN ARENSMAN TEAM DSM s.t.
37 MICHAEL STORER TEAM DSM 11' 25''
38 ION IZAGUIRRE ASTANA-PREMIER TECH 12' 11''
39 MIKEL ITURRIA EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 12' 28''
40 BEN ZWIEHOFF BORA-HANSGROHE 12' 35''
41 JULEN AMEZQUETA CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA 12' 37''
42 NICOLAS PRODHOMME AG2R-CITROEN 13' 59''
43 CLÉMENT CHAMPOUSSIN AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
44 PELAYO SANCHEZ BURGOS-BH 14' 51''
45 MARTIJN TUSVELD TEAM DSM 16' 00''
46 RAFAL MAJKA UAE TEAM EMIRATES 16' 07''
47 RYAN GIBBONS UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
48 DANIEL NAVARRO BURGOS-BH s.t.
49 KÉVIN GENIETS GROUPAMA-FDJ 16' 11''
50 JOSÉ ROJAS MOVISTAR 17' 34''
51 LUCAS HAMILTON TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 18' 15''
52 JEFFERSON CEPEDA CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA 21' 30''
53 RUI OLIVEIRA UAE TEAM EMIRATES 21' 36''
54 ANDER OKAMIKA BURGOS-BH 22' 43''
55 ANTON PALZER BORA-HANSGROHE 25' 28''
56 ANTHONY ROUX GROUPAMA-FDJ 25' 32''
57 JAY VINE ALPECIN-FENIX 25' 40''
58 EDDY FINE COFIDIS 25' 51''
59 IMANOL ERVITI MOVISTAR 26' 01''
60 ROBERT GESINK JUMBO-VISMA s.t.
61 NELSON OLIVEIRA MOVISTAR s.t.
62 GORKA IZAGIRRE ASTANA-PREMIER TECH s.t.
63 NICHOLAS SCHULTZ TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE s.t.
64 CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON TEAM DSM s.t.
65 MIKAEL CHEREL AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
66 JOSE HERRADA COFIDIS s.t.
67 JESUS HERRADA COFIDIS s.t.
68 GOTZON MARTIN SANZ EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI s.t.
69 LILIAN CALMEJANE AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
70 XABIER MIKEL AZPARREN EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI s.t.
71 ARITZ BAGÜES CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA s.t.
72 DAMIEN TOUZE AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
73 REIN TAARAMÄE INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT s.t.
74 JAMES PICCOLI ISRAEL START-UP NATION s.t.
75 G LAWSON CRADDOCK EF EDUCATION-NIPPO 26' 26''
76 FABIO ARU QHUBEKA-NEXTHASH 26' 56''
77 MAURI VANSEVENANT DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP 27' 07''
78 JENS KEUKELEIRE EF EDUCATION-NIPPO s.t.
79 STAN DEWULF AG2R-CITROEN 27' 14''
80 QUINN SIMMONS TREK-SEGAFREDO s.t.
81 JAN TRATNIK BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 28' 29''
82 NATHAN VAN HOOYDONCK JUMBO-VISMA s.t.
83 JAN POLANC UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
84 MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN EF EDUCATION-NIPPO 31' 28''
85 ANDREAS KRON LOTTO SOUDAL s.t.
86 TOBIAS LUDVIGSSON GROUPAMA-FDJ s.t.
87 DIMITRI CLAEYS QHUBEKA-NEXTHASH 31' 39''
88 CHAD HAGA TEAM DSM 31' 47''
89 MARK PADUN BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS s.t.
90 ALEKSANDR VLASOV ASTANA-PREMIER TECH s.t.
91 SALVATORE PUCCIO INEOS GRENADIERS 32' 34''
92 MICHAEL MATTHEWS TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 33' 12''
93 EDWARD PLANCKAERT ALPECIN-FENIX 33' 42''
94 JETSE BOL BURGOS-BH s.t.
95 GUY NIV ISRAEL START-UP NATION s.t.
96 FLORIS DE TIER ALPECIN-FENIX 33' 56''
97 THOMAS PIDCOCK INEOS GRENADIERS 34' 05''
98 JAMES KNOX DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP s.t.
99 ANDREA BAGIOLI DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP 35' 00''
100 ANTONIO NIBALI TREK-SEGAFREDO s.t.
101 CARLOS CANAL BLANCO BURGOS-BH s.t.
102 OLIVIER LE GAC GROUPAMA-FDJ 35' 25''
103 CLÉMENT VENTURINI AG2R-CITROEN 36' 02''
104 MATTEO TRENTIN UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
105 PATRICK GAMPER BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
106 SEBASTIAN BERWICK ISRAEL START-UP NATION s.t.
107 SCOTT THWAITES ALPECIN-FENIX s.t.
108 DYLAN SUNDERLAND QHUBEKA-NEXTHASH s.t.
109 ALVARO CUADROS CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA s.t.
110 OIER LAZKANO CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA 36' 05''
111 NICO DENZ TEAM DSM s.t.
112 ALEX KIRSCH TREK-SEGAFREDO 37' 31''
113 TOM SCULLY EF EDUCATION-NIPPO s.t.
114 DAMIEN HOWSON TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE s.t.
115 WESLEY KREDER INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT s.t.
116 ANTONIO JESÚS SOTO EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI s.t.
117 KEVIN VAN MELSEN INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT s.t.
118 ARNAUD DEMARE GROUPAMA-FDJ s.t.
119 BERT-JAN LINDEMAN QHUBEKA-NEXTHASH s.t.
120 CESARE BENEDETTI BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
121 FERNANDO BARCELO COFIDIS s.t.
122 FLORIAN VERMEERSCH LOTTO SOUDAL s.t.
123 ROBERT STANNARD TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE s.t.
124 LUKA MEZGEC TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE s.t.
125 ALEXANDER KRIEGER ALPECIN-FENIX 37' 55''
126 SACHA MODOLO ALPECIN-FENIX 38' 23''
127 JOAN BOU COMPANY EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 39' 21''
128 MAXIM VAN GILS LOTTO SOUDAL s.t.
129 YURIY NATAROV ASTANA-PREMIER TECH 39' 23''
130 JUAN JOSE LOBATO EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI s.t.
131 SERGIO LUIS HENAO QHUBEKA-NEXTHASH s.t.
132 SYLVAIN MONIQUET LOTTO SOUDAL s.t.
133 YUKIYA ARASHIRO BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 39' 28''
134 CONNOR BROWN QHUBEKA-NEXTHASH 39' 33''
135 RAMON SINKELDAM GROUPAMA-FDJ 39' 54''
136 PIET ALLEGAERT COFIDIS s.t.
137 HARM VANHOUCKE LOTTO SOUDAL 39' 57''
138 JORDI MEEUS BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
139 ALBERTO DAINESE TEAM DSM 40' 02''
140 RICCARDO MINALI INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT s.t.
141 LENNARD HOFSTEDE JUMBO-VISMA 40' 05''
142 JON ABERASTURI CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA 40' 12''
143 BERT VAN LERBERGHE DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP 40' 54''
144 ZDENĚK ŠTYBAR DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP s.t.
145 FLORIAN SENECHAL DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP s.t.
146 FABIO JAKOBSEN DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP s.t.
147 JOSEF ČERNÝ DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP s.t.
148 MARTIN LAAS BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.

Red jerseyGC after stage 18:

2,988.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.706 km/hr

1 PRIMOŽ ROGLIČ JUMBO-VISMA 73hr 24min 25sec
2 ENRIC MAS MOVISTAR @ 2min 30sec
3 MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ MOVISTAR 2' 53''
4 JACK HAIG BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 4' 36''
5 EGAN BERNAL INEOS GRENADIERS 4' 43''
6 ADAM YATES INEOS GRENADIERS 5' 44''
7 SEPP KUSS JUMBO-VISMA 6' 02''
8 GINO MÄDER BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 7' 48''
9 GUILLAUME MARTIN COFIDIS 8' 31''
10 LOUIS MEINTJES INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT 9' 02''
11 DAVID DE LA CRUZ UAE TEAM EMIRATES 9' 24''
12 ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT 13' 15''
13 FELIX GROSSSCHARTNER BORA-HANSGROHE 13' 35''
14 STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK JUMBO-VISMA 17' 55''
15 JUAN PEDRO LOPEZ TREK-SEGAFREDO 18' 03''
16 GEOFFREY BOUCHARD AG2R-CITROEN 36' 19''
17 RÉMY ROCHAS COFIDIS 39' 14''
18 CLÉMENT CHAMPOUSSIN AG2R-CITROEN 52' 15''
19 DAMIANO CARUSO BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 55' 22''
20 SAM OOMEN JUMBO-VISMA 56' 56''
21 OSCAR CABEDO BURGOS-BH 58' 57''
22 GIANLUCA BRAMBILLA TREK-SEGAFREDO 1H 07' 48''
23 RAFAL MAJKA UAE TEAM EMIRATES 1H 10' 14''
24 STEFF CRAS LOTTO SOUDAL 1H 10' 38''
25 ALEKSANDR VLASOV ASTANA-PREMIER TECH 1H 11' 48''
26 MIKEL NIEVE TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 1H 12' 54''
27 SIMONE PETILLI INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT 1H 16' 20''
28 WOUTER POELS BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 1H 20' 12''
29 GORKA IZAGIRRE ASTANA-PREMIER TECH 1H 20' 52''
30 ROMAIN BARDET TEAM DSM 1H 21' 07''
31 ION IZAGUIRRE ASTANA-PREMIER TECH 1H 21' 31''
32 DANIEL NAVARRO BURGOS-BH 1H 27' 34''
33 JEFFERSON CEPEDA CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA 1H 27' 52''
34 JAN HIRT INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT 1H 32' 55''
35 LUIS ANGEL MATE EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 1H 35' 27''
36 MARTIJN TUSVELD TEAM DSM 1H 37' 30''
37 SERGIO LUIS HENAO QHUBEKA-NEXTHASH 1H 40' 09''
38 GOTZON MARTIN SANZ EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 1H 40' 59''
39 PAVEL SIVAKOV INEOS GRENADIERS 1H 43' 06''
40 ANDREY ZEITS TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 1H 49' 09''
41 JAN POLANC UAE TEAM EMIRATES 1H 54' 43''
42 JULEN AMEZQUETA CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA 1H 55' 36''
43 LILIAN CALMEJANE AG2R-CITROEN 1H 56' 11''
44 KOEN BOUWMAN JUMBO-VISMA 1H 58' 01''
45 RYAN GIBBONS UAE TEAM EMIRATES 2H 01' 43''
46 JESUS HERRADA COFIDIS 2H 03' 44''
47 JOSEPH DOMBROWSKI UAE TEAM EMIRATES 2H 04' 34''
48 BEN ZWIEHOFF BORA-HANSGROHE 2H 06' 47''
49 MICHAEL STORER TEAM DSM 2H 08' 23''
50 MIKAEL CHEREL AG2R-CITROEN 2H 11' 56''
51 FABIO ARU QHUBEKA-NEXTHASH 2H 17' 16''
52 JENS KEUKELEIRE EF EDUCATION-NIPPO 2H 21' 34''
53 NICOLAS PRODHOMME AG2R-CITROEN 2H 22' 16''
54 MIKEL BIZKARRA EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 2H 26' 46''
55 REIN TAARAMÄE INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT 2H 28' 11''
56 NICHOLAS SCHULTZ TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 2H 28' 42''
57 FLORIS DE TIER ALPECIN-FENIX 2H 29' 58''
58 DIEGO ANDRES CAMARGO EF EDUCATION-NIPPO 2H 36' 56''
59 JOSÉ ROJAS MOVISTAR 2H 37' 23''
60 JOSE HERRADA COFIDIS 2H 38' 53''
61 LUCAS HAMILTON TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 2H 42' 56''
62 JAMES PICCOLI ISRAEL START-UP NATION 2H 46' 05''
63 MIKEL ITURRIA EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 2H 47' 05''
64 ROBERT GESINK JUMBO-VISMA 2H 47' 51''
65 THYMEN ARENSMAN TEAM DSM 2H 47' 59''
66 ANTHONY ROUX GROUPAMA-FDJ 2H 48' 51''
67 MARK PADUN BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 2H 52' 45''
68 ANGEL MADRAZO BURGOS-BH 2H 52' 51''
69 ANDREAS KRON LOTTO SOUDAL 2H 54' 49''
70 IMANOL ERVITI MOVISTAR 3H 00' 00''
71 G LAWSON CRADDOCK EF EDUCATION-NIPPO 3H 00' 23''
72 THOMAS PIDCOCK INEOS GRENADIERS 3H 01' 50''
73 CHRISTOPHER HAMILTON TEAM DSM 3H 01' 57''
74 MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN EF EDUCATION-NIPPO 3H 06' 31''
75 JETSE BOL BURGOS-BH 3H 07' 18''
76 OLIVIER LE GAC GROUPAMA-FDJ 3H 07' 22''
77 MAURI VANSEVENANT DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP 3H 08' 18''
78 GUY NIV ISRAEL START-UP NATION 3H 12' 06''
79 JAY VINE ALPECIN-FENIX 3H 12' 22''
80 RUI OLIVEIRA UAE TEAM EMIRATES 3H 13' 05''
81 ANDREA BAGIOLI DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP 3H 13' 11''
82 STAN DEWULF AG2R-CITROEN 3H 13' 49''
83 ANDER OKAMIKA BURGOS-BH 3H 13' 59''
84 KÉVIN GENIETS GROUPAMA-FDJ 3H 14' 10''
85 NELSON OLIVEIRA MOVISTAR 3H 14' 12''
86 DAMIEN TOUZE AG2R-CITROEN 3H 16' 43''
87 MAXIM VAN GILS LOTTO SOUDAL 3H 16' 52''
88 MICHAEL MATTHEWS TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 3H 17' 28''
89 ARITZ BAGÜES CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA 3H 17' 32''
90 YURIY NATAROV ASTANA-PREMIER TECH 3H 18' 23''
91 NATHAN VAN HOOYDONCK JUMBO-VISMA 3H 21' 48''
92 PELAYO SANCHEZ BURGOS-BH 3H 23' 38''
93 CESARE BENEDETTI BORA-HANSGROHE 3H 25' 44''
94 FERNANDO BARCELO COFIDIS 3H 26' 53''
95 DAMIEN HOWSON TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 3H 27' 15''
96 JAN TRATNIK BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 3H 29' 44''
97 ALVARO CUADROS CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA 3H 31' 21''
98 JAMES KNOX DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP 3H 31' 48''
99 MATTEO TRENTIN UAE TEAM EMIRATES 3H 33' 52''
100 JOAN BOU COMPANY EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 3H 35' 18''
101 EDDY FINE COFIDIS 3H 36' 05''
102 ANTONIO JESÚS SOTO EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 3H 36' 45''
103 OIER LAZKANO LOPEZ CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA 3H 38' 14''
104 TOBIAS LUDVIGSSON GROUPAMA-FDJ 3H 38' 25''
105 PATRICK GAMPER BORA-HANSGROHE 3H 39' 18''
106 ARNAUD DEMARE GROUPAMA-FDJ 3H 43' 33''
107 ANTONIO NIBALI TREK-SEGAFREDO 3H 43' 36''
108 CLÉMENT VENTURINI AG2R-CITROEN 3H 43' 52''
109 DYLAN SUNDERLAND QHUBEKA-NEXTHASH 3H 45' 46''
110 SYLVAIN MONIQUET LOTTO SOUDAL 3H 45' 57''
111 SALVATORE PUCCIO INEOS GRENADIERS 3H 47' 10''
112 WESLEY KREDER INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT 3H 47' 30''
113 LUKA MEZGEC TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 3H 48' 13''
114 ANTON PALZER BORA-HANSGROHE 3H 49' 49''
115 FLORIAN VERMEERSCH LOTTO SOUDAL 3H 53' 22''
116 XABIER MIKEL AZPARREN EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 3H 53' 29''
117 CARLOS CANAL BLANCO BURGOS-BH 3H 55' 30''
118 EDWARD PLANCKAERT ALPECIN-FENIX 3H 58' 37''
119 CHAD HAGA TEAM DSM 3H 59' 02''
120 YUKIYA ARASHIRO BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 4H 00' 05''
121 HARM VANHOUCKE LOTTO SOUDAL 4H 01' 40''
122 FLORIAN SENECHAL DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP 4H 02' 06''
123 ROBERT STANNARD TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 4H 02' 34''
124 RAMON SINKELDAM GROUPAMA-FDJ 4H 03' 06''
125 NICO DENZ TEAM DSM 4H 05' 35''
126 LENNARD HOFSTEDE JUMBO-VISMA 4H 06' 03''
127 ALEXANDER KRIEGER ALPECIN-FENIX 4H 08' 17''
128 SACHA MODOLO ALPECIN-FENIX 4H 11' 05''
129 ALEX KIRSCH TREK-SEGAFREDO 4H 11' 36''
130 DIMITRI CLAEYS QHUBEKA-NEXTHASH 4H 13' 40''
131 BERT-JAN LINDEMAN QHUBEKA-NEXTHASH 4H 15' 01''
132 JON ABERASTURI CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA 4H 15' 12''
133 PIET ALLEGAERT COFIDIS 4H 17' 14''
134 QUINN SIMMONS TREK-SEGAFREDO 4H 18' 50''
135 ZDENĚK ŠTYBAR DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP 4H 22' 06''
136 KEVIN VAN MELSEN INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT 4H 23' 53''
137 SEBASTIAN BERWICK ISRAEL START-UP NATION s.t.
138 SCOTT THWAITES ALPECIN-FENIX 4H 24' 05''
139 TOM SCULLY EF EDUCATION-NIPPO 4H 25' 42''
140 JUAN JOSE LOBATO EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 4H 30' 44''
141 BERT VAN LERBERGHE DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP 4H 34' 37''
142 RICCARDO MINALI INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT 4H 35' 49''
143 ALBERTO DAINESE TEAM DSM 4H 36' 02''
144 JORDI MEEUS BORA-HANSGROHE 4H 40' 53''
145 FABIO JAKOBSEN DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP 4H 45' 33''
146 MARTIN LAAS BORA-HANSGROHE 4H 45' 55''
147 CONNOR BROWN QHUBEKA-NEXTHASH 4H 45' 56''
148 JOSEF ČERNÝ DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP 4H 55' 13''

Stage 18 map & profile:

Vuelta stage 18 map

Stage 18 map

Stage 18 profile

Stage 18 profile

Stage 18 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Alto De La Cobertoria

A group ascends the second climb, the Altu De La Cobertoria

Michael Storer

Here's Michael Storer on the Altu De La Cobertoria

Alto d'El Gamoniteiru

Part of the final climb, the Altu d'El Gamoniteiru

Alto d'El Gamoniteiru

And here's a small group heading up the steep beast.

Miguel Angel Lopez

Miguel Angel Lopez wins atop a foggy mountain.

Primoz Roglic

Primoz Roglic came in 14 seconds after Lopez.

Enric Mas

Enric Mas was third.

Geoffrey Bouchard

Here's Geoffrey Bouchard finishing 14th.

Miguel Angel Lopez

Miguel Angel Lopez just after winning the stage.

Primoz Roglic

Primoz Roglic just after the stage finish.

Miguel Angel Lopez

Stage winner Miguel Angel Lopez

Primoz Roglic

Primoz Roglic still has some challenging stages ahead of him. This is not over.

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