Remco Evenepoel was temporarily unrivalled in this Vuelta a España, and reached the middle of the race on Wednesday with just one boy less than 3 minutes from his overall lead. At the moment, the consultation is not so much who can save Evenepoel from winning in Madrid as what.
Accidents, coronavirus and heat are the apparent occupational hazards of this race, and all 3 had a prominent place in Stage 11, which took the peloton down the sweltering road south of the ElPozo meat factory in Murcia to the wild promontory of Cabo de Gato in Andalusia. Coast.
The Vuelta has gone well for Evenepoel so far, but the first real bump on the road came 64km from the finish, when his QuickStep-AlphaVinyl teammate Julian Alaphilippe crashed in a left turn. he shied away from the fall, which left the world champion with the suspicion of a damaged collarbone.
“I’m riding in front of him, I don’t know anything about what happened,” Evenepoel said. “It’s definitely a big loss for our team, and especially at such a quiet stage, it’s a real shame. I hope it is. “
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Barry Ryan has been head of articles at Cyclingnews. He has been covering professional cycling since 2010, reporting on the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia and events ranging from Argentina to Japan. His writings have been published in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling. In addition, it is that of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation (opens in a new tab), published through Gill Books.
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