Vuelta a España stage 15: Pablo Castrillo holds off Vlasov to assert second stage win on Cuitu Negru

Pablo Castrillo (Equipo Kern Pharma) scored his second mountain stage victory of the week on the Vuelta a España, popping out on high in a two-up battle towards Aleksandr Vlasov) on the finish of an exhilarating ultimate kilometre up Cuitu Negru on stage 15.

The Spaniard had gone solo from the breakaway 3km from the end line and appeared set for a second solo stage victory earlier than Vlasov managed to get again throughout the hole within the ultimate kilometre of the climb.

Castrillo and Vlasov fought a give-and-take, side-by-side battle over the ultimate 900 metres of the climb. The Russian rider ultimately ceding on the steepest 20% slopes proper on the high to depart Castrillo celebrating one other well-known victory.

Further again, Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) dealt one other blow within the battle for the purple jersey, placing but extra time into race chief Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) with an assault 2km from the end, even when he would not but take over the lead himself.

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