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Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates) lastly received a stage on the 2024 Vuelta a España, with one other aggressive and audacious assault on the climb to Lagos de Covadonga.
The Spaniard was a part of the 17-rider breakaway after which surged away on the steepest a part of the 122km climb on stage 16. He distanced Filippo Zana (Jayco-AlUla) and Max Poole (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) within the remaining seven kilometres after which dived down the rain-soaked, misty descent to the end line. Zana was second at 18 seconds, with Poole once more the bridesmaid and third at 23 seconds.
Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) was a part of the assault however sadly crashed out, struggling a knee damage.
Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale ) once more needed to battle to maintain the crimson chief’s jersey however lived to battle one other day by simply 5 seconds.
The GC contenders marked every fastidiously till the ultimate seven kilometres, when Mikel Landa (T Rex-Quick-Step) attacked. Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Enric Mas (Movistar), Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) and David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) joined him however O’Connor was distanced.
However, he refused to surrender and fought for each second. The GC riders completed 3:54 down on Soler however O’Connor completed lower than a minute behind them. That left him in crimson, with a lead of simply 5 seconds on Roglič. Mas is third total at 1:25, with Carapaz fourth at 1:46 and Landa fifth at 2:18.
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