Evenepoel moves in the top 10

One of the season’s longest climb, Alto del Colorado returned at the Vuelta a San Juan, and once again played a major role in the fight for the general classification. But before that, crosswinds made another appearance, and even though it proved to be a short-lived one, it was still enough to split the peloton 40 kilometers from the bottom of the ascent which was to take the riders above 2600 meters.
The 30-odd riders who were left in the main group were three minutes behind the escapees, but by the time they got on the first slopes of Alto del Colorado, they were back in control, having reduced the deficit to just one minute. With ten kilometers to go, Remco Evenepoel put in a probing attack, which saw the World Champion carve out a 20-second advantage, but it didn’t take long until the other teams reacted, bringing back the Belgian a couple of minutes later.
After another series of skirmishes, Miguel Angel Lopez (Medellin-EPM) rode away from the others and arrived victorious at the top, where he pulled on the leader’s jersey. Remco continued at his own pace and finished seventh, the same place he founds himself on the general classification ahead of the last two stages.
Photo credit: ©Wout Beel
Race details
1 |
Miguel Ángel López Moreno Team Medellin - EPM |
4:07:10 |
2 |
Filippo Ganna INEOS Grenadiers |
0:30 |
3 |
Sergio Higuita García BORA - hansgrohe |
0:38 |
4 |
Egan Bernal Gómez INEOS Grenadiers |
0:40 |
5 |
Einer Augusto Rubio Reyes Movistar Team |
0:40 |
6 |
Brandon Smith Rivera Vargas INEOS Grenadiers |
0:51 |
7 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:09 |
8 |
César Nicolás Paredes Avellaneda Sindicato de Empleados Públicos of San Juan |
1:09 |
9 |
Kevin Vermaerke Team DSM |
1:11 |
10 |
Quinn Simmons Trek - Segafredo |
1:31 |
25 |
Yves Lampaert
Soudal - Quick Step |
2:20 |
28 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
2:39 |
45 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
4:55 |
131 |
Michael Mørkøv Christensen
Soudal - Quick Step |
24:38 |
132 |
Fabio Jakobsen
Soudal - Quick Step |
24:38 |
1 |
Miguel Ángel López Moreno Team Medellin - EPM |
20:13:37 |
2 |
Filippo Ganna INEOS Grenadiers |
0:30 |
3 |
Sergio Higuita García BORA - hansgrohe |
0:44 |
4 |
Egan Bernal Gómez INEOS Grenadiers |
0:50 |
5 |
Einer Augusto Rubio Reyes Movistar Team |
0:50 |
6 |
Brandon Smith Rivera Vargas INEOS Grenadiers |
1:01 |
7 |
César Nicolás Paredes Avellaneda Sindicato de Empleados Públicos of San Juan |
1:19 |
8 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:19 |
9 |
Kevin Vermaerke Team DSM |
1:30 |
10 |
Matthew Riccitello Israel - Premier Tech |
1:41 |
22 |
Yves Lampaert
Soudal - Quick Step |
2:28 |
41 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
10:00 |
65 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
22:32 |
93 |
Fabio Jakobsen
Soudal - Quick Step |
36:28 |
95 |
Michael Mørkøv Christensen
Soudal - Quick Step |
37:02 |
1 |
Manuele Tarozzi Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè |
24 pt |
2 |
Christofer Robín Jurado López Panamá es Cultura y Valores |
19 pt |
3 |
Miguel Ángel López Moreno Team Medellin - EPM |
10 pt |
4 |
Filippo Ganna INEOS Grenadiers |
8 pt |
5 |
Egan Bernal Gómez INEOS Grenadiers |
8 pt |
6 |
Juan Pablo Dotti Sindicato de Empleados Públicos of San Juan |
8 pt |
7 |
Marcos Omar Mendez Argentina |
8 pt |
8 |
Sergio Higuita García BORA - hansgrohe |
6 pt |
9 |
Stefano Gandin Team Corratec |
6 pt |
10 |
Emiliano Contreras Chimbas Te Quiero |
4 pt |
1 |
Matthew Riccitello Israel - Premier Tech |
20:15:18 |
2 |
Quinn Simmons Trek - Segafredo |
0:05 |
3 |
Vicente Rojas Naranjo Chile |
0:31 |
4 |
Mathias Vacek Trek - Segafredo |
2:43 |
5 |
Marco Brenner Team DSM |
6:55 |
6 |
Tobias Lund Andresen Team DSM |
9:04 |
7 |
Vinicius Rangel Costa Movistar Team |
12:24 |
8 |
Rodrigo Daniel Díaz Municipalidad de Rawson |
19:42 |
9 |
Hector Exequiel Quintana Vidal Chile |
22:57 |
10 |
Iker Bonillo Martin Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè |
27:40 |
1 | INEOS Grenadiers | 60:43:22 |
2 | Movistar Team | 2:20 |
3 | Team Medellin - EPM | 3:04 |
4 | Soudal - Quick Step | 4:05 |
5 | Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 5:21 |
6 | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 6:02 |
7 | TotalEnergies | 7:26 |
8 | Trek - Segafredo | 7:32 |
9 | Sindicato de Empleados Públicos of San Juan | 10:35 |
10 | BORA - hansgrohe | 14:41 |