“Everything started, now it’s official. It was already very exciting yesterday, because we knew we were almost there, but we still had to finish the race safely. Now we can really enjoy it”, exclaimed the new champion.
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Evenepoel won one of three elite races as the first Belgian in 44 years. The last time Johan de Muynck did it was in 1978 at the Giro d’Italia. He succeeded Primož Roglič at the Vuelta. The Slovenian cyclist has reigned supreme in the race for the past three years, this year he had to retire from second place after crashing at the end of the 16th stage.
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“I didn’t have much time to think today because it was a very technical circuit here in Madrid. I was more nervous with every lap and I’m happy to have made it this far. It’s a historic moment for the team, for my country and for me.” , Evenepoel said.
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Juan Sebastián Molano won the last spur race at the end of the 96.7 kilometer stage in Madrid. After the group cleared a breakaway in the last kilometer, the Colombian cyclist beat three-stage winner Mads Pedersen. The former Danish world champion dominated the scoring competition.
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| Remco Evenepoel |
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| Date and place of birth: 25 January 2000, Aalst |
| Nationality: Belgium |
| Height and weight: 171 cm, 63 kg |
| Professional career: Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl (since 2019) |
| Biggest results: winner of the Vuelta 2022 (plus two stages); winner of the only Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2022; EC 2019 (Alkmaar) – gold, WC 2019 (Yorkshire) – silver, WC 2021 (Flemish) – bronze (all time trial), EC 2021 (Trento) – silver (race starting in series) and bronze (time trial) |
| Award: best Belgian athlete of 2019 |
| Family: single |
| Others: despite the late start and the young age, he already has numerous successes to his credit; son of former professional cyclist Patrick Evenepoel started as a football player, he has several appearances in the youth national teams; at the age of 17 he switched to cycling, the following year he dominated the time trial and mass start races at the Junior World Championships and at the European Championships; the following year he became the European adult time trial champion, winning silver at the World Championships; in August 2019, thanks to his triumph at Clásica San Sebastián, he became the youngest cyclist in history to win a WorldTour event; he won four stage races the year before but broke his pelvis in a violent crash at the Giro di Lombardia in August; he only returned to the group after six months in the Giro, he did not finish the premier Grand Tour; this year he has already won 14 championships, including five in seven days in June; he has his own website www.remcoev.com. |
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Czech cyclist Vojtěch Řepa also completed his first start in the Grand Tour race. 22-year-old Spanish second division team rider Kern Pharma finished the three-week race in 77th place with a time of 3:27:42.
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Vuelta cycling race – 21st final stage (Las Rozas – Madrid, 96.7 km):
| 1. Molano (Kol./SAE Team Emirates) 2:26:36 |
| 2. Pedersen (Dan./Trek-Segafredo) |
| 3. Ackermann (Germany / UAE Team Emirates) |
| 4. Teunissen (Niz./Jumbo-Visma) |
| 5. Van Poppel (Niz./Bora-hansgrohe) |
| 6. Groves (Austr./BikeExchange-Jayco) |
| 7. Wright (victorious British / Bahrajn) |
| 8. Taminiaux (Belg./Alpecin-Deceuninck) |
| 9. Turner (British Grenadiers / Ineos) |
| 10. Beullens (Belg./Lotto-Soudal) always at the same time |
| … |
| 108. Beetroot (CZ / Kern Pharma) -1: 46. |
| Final ranking: |
| 1. Evenepoel (Belgium / Quick-Step-Alpha Vinyl) 80:26:59 |
| 2. But (Šp. / Movistar) -2: 02 |
| 3. Ayuso (Šp. / SAE Team Emirates) -4: 57 |
| 4. López (Kol./Astana-Kazachstán) -5: 56 |
| 5. Almeida (Portugal / SAE Team Emirates) -7: 24 |
| 6. Arensman (Niz./DSM) -7: 45 |
| 7. Rodríguez (Šp. / Ineos Grenadiers) -7: 57 |
| 8. O’Connor (Austr./AG2R-Citroën) -10: 30 |
| 9. Urán (Kol./EF Education-EasyPost) -11: 04 |
| 10. Hindley (Austr./Bora-hansgrohe) -12: 01 |
| … |
| 77. Beetroot -3: 27: 42 |
| Points race: |
| 1. Pedersen 409 |
| Climbing competition: |
| 1. Carapaz (Ekv./Ineos Grenadiers) |
| Young pilots: |
| 1. Evenepoel |
| Teams: |
| 1. SAE Team Emirates |
| 2. Ineos Grenadiers |
| 3. Movie star |
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