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Aggressive Leknessund Takes Fifth on Vuelta Stage

From Aftenposten · () Norwegian

Translated from Norwegian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire From a news agency Outcome reported
  • Andreas Leknessund finished fifth on the 15th stage of the Vuelta a España and received the prize for the day’s most aggressive rider.
  • Wout Van Aert won the stage in Cordoba after holding off a five-rider group, while Tobias Halland Johannessen finished in a group just behind.
  • Leknessund had won the seventh stage earlier in the race, one day after the Vuelta peloton marked the death of King Harald.

Andreas Leknessund spent much of Sunday’s 15th Vuelta a España stage at the front, then finished fifth as a group of five riders fought for victory in Cordoba. His aggressive racing earned him the stage’s combativity prize.

Wout Van Aert was also in the leading group and backed up his favorite status with a sprint win after Leknessund made several attacks. The Visma rider now has two stage victories in this year’s race.

Tobias Halland Johannessen crossed the finish in a group just behind the leaders. Leknessund had already won the seventh stage in late August, one day after the death of King Harald. The Vuelta peloton marked the death before that stage began.

He is riding another perfect finale.

· Theis MagelssenThe HBO Max commentator praised Van Aert’s winning finish.
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Originally published by Aftenposten in Norwegian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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