Van Aert wins in Loja as Enric Mas keeps the red jersey
Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
At a glance
- Wout van Aert won the 13th stage of the Vuelta a España, a 192.8-kilometer route from Almuñécar to Loja.
- Van Aert beat Valentin Paret-Peintre in a two-rider sprint, while Enric Mas finished with the main group and retained the overall lead.
- Mas leads Primož Roglič by 1 minute 45 seconds and Felix Gall by 2 minutes 6 seconds.
Wout van Aert claimed his fourth Vuelta stage victory by beating France’s Valentin Paret-Peintre in a two-rider sprint at the end of the 13th stage.
The 192.8-kilometer route ran from Almuñécar to Loja. Van Aert and Paret-Peintre both finished in 4 hours, 34 minutes, averaging 42.2 km/h.
Enric Mas crossed the finish line 2 minutes 58 seconds later with the main group and kept the red leader’s jersey for another day. The Spanish rider leads Primož Roglič by 1 minute 45 seconds and Austria’s Felix Gall by 2 minutes 6 seconds.
Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. 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.