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As it happened: Vingegaard and Roglic protect Kuss' GC lead as Evenepoel wins Vuelta a España stage 18

Profile of stage 18 of la Vuelta a España 2023

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Today's stage in the Asturias mountains ends witꦅh the ninth and final mountain finish this yeꦅar's Vuelta.

As ♍the Cyclingnews blimp takes height, the team are signing on at the start. The sun is out. 

As𒀰 the map shows, the stage is deep into the Asturias countryside in northern Spain.

The stage is about to start but the debate about🌜 yesterda💦y's stage and the way Jumbo-Visma rages on.

Jumbo-Visma is the last team to sign on. It'll be fascinating to see how they race today.   💜; 

Stage 18 is underway.

The riders face a 3.7km neutralised sec⭕tion before the flag drops and racing starts.

Remco Evenepoel is🌃 tucked up behind the race director's༒ car. He looks ready to attakc again. 

They're off and the attacks star♉t flying straight away. 

Sepp 🔯Kuss spoke briefly befo𒁏re the stage start. 

170km to go

165km to go

The peloton has imposed a barrage on the front, stop🌜ping more attacks. 

160km to go

Evenepoel is confirmed in the attack. 

Also there are Damiano Caruso (Bahrain-Victorious), Andreas Kron (Lotto-Dstny), Egan Bernal (Ineos), Lorenzo Germani (Groupama-FDJ) and Hugo Hofstetter🤪 (Arkéa-Samsic) , Max Poole (DSM-Firmenich) and Nico Denz (Bora-ha👍nsgrohe).

155km to go

The gap is up to 4:00. The break has gone! 

Jumb❀o-Visma have placed their domestiques on the front to keep the break in check but the gap is up to 5:00. 

145km to go

ไSepp Kuss spoke to Eurosport and other broadcasters at the start. He was cautious what could꧑ happen and the Jumbo-Visma tactics but he seems confident the team will help him today. 

Kuss accepted that a team leader is usually protected by his teammates but acknowledged that he may need to show more ღki🃏ller instinct.  

The opinion on social media and across the sport i♛s that Kuss deserves to win the Vuelta, for his great performance in this year's ཧrace and for all the vital support he has given Roglic, Vingegaard and the team over the years. 

135km to go

After a fast 45km opening kilometres, the riders are  on the first categorised climb of the stage, the Alto de las Estacas.&n✤bsp;

Evenepoel needs t🍌o ride a s🦄mart race if he also wants to win the stage.

Remco 🙈Evenepoel confirmed he🅷 has two ambitions today. 

These are the 14 rider in the break: Remco Evenepoel 🙈(Soudal-QuickStep), Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), Damiano Caruso (Bahrain-Victorious), J♍ulien Bernard (Lidl-Trek), Lewis Askey and Lorenzo Germani (Groupama-FDJ), Nico Denz (Bora-Hansgrohe), Jarrad Drizners and Andreas Kron (Lotto-Dstny), Andrea Piccolo (EF-EasyPost), Imanol Erviti (Movistar), Max Poole (DSM-Firmenich), Hugo Hofstetter (Arkea-Samsic) and Paul Ourselin (TotalEnergies).

130km to go

Se🐎pp ജKuss looks calm and in control for now, as he rides in the slipstream of his teammates. 

The riders can enjoy a 30km valley r✤ode to the foot of the Pue𒉰rto de San Lorenzo climb. 

112km to go

105km to go

99km to go

The gr⛄adie♒nt will hurt some in the break and the GC peloton.

As expected, the break is splitting. 

95km to go

The🤪 break is less than three kilometres from the summit of the climb. 

The only ri💮ders dropped so far are Lorenzo Ge🧸rmani (Groupama) and Hugo Hofstetter (Arkéa Samsic).

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90km to go

Riders in the GC gro✨up collect bidons and musettes near the summit of the climb. 

The 2023 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vuelta a España completes the high mountain stages on Thursday with the ninth and a double ascent aꦆnd final summit finish on the ultra-steep Puerto de 💃la Cruz de Linares.

This is the nasty profile of the stage. 

70km to go

64km to go

60km to go

At the summit, only Poole, Caruso, Bernard, Piccolo, Kron, Ourselin and Bernal are able ꦇto st🐭ay on Evenepoel's wheel. 

J♑ulien Bernard and Andrea Piccolo may get back on during the descent but the others ar🍰e perhaps cast to the wind.

We're into the final 50km of the stage. 

Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep), Egan ꦑBernal (Ineos Grenadiers), Damiano Caruso (Bahrain-Victorious), Max Poole (Team DSM-firmenich), Hugo Hofstetter (Arkea-Samsic), Andreas Kron (Lotto-Dstny), Andrea Piccolo (EF-EasyPost), Julien Bernard (Lidl-Trek) and Paul Ourselin (TotalEnergies) remain out front.

40km to go

35km to go

Kron has gone!&🥂nbsp;He attacked first but then was soon drop♑ped.

Poole is only 20 but i💧s show💙ing his climbing talents.

30km to go

The climb s🅰tarts with Tratnik and van Baarle still leading for Jumbo. 

Evenepoel 💜continues to stomp on the pedals as behind him both Poole and Caruso seem to be hurting.𓄧 

In the GC group, Bahrain have moved up to the front to again try toღ hurt Ayuso and Mas.   

Up front Evenepoel has gone. Caruso and then Poole cracked after j🧜ust a few powerful pedal strokes 

25km to go

Poole reaches the🃏 summit more than 1:00 down on Evenepoel but that's a superb ride from th🎐e 20-year-old Briton.  

Evenepoel is diving down the descent but knows he does൲ not have to take too many risks🌠. 

Poole has pulled back a few seconds on Evenepoel on the descent but now the Belgian 💮is ticked in his aero road position and riding at speed in the valley road ba🧸ck to the climb. 

Meanwhile the peloton reach the top of the climb♚ at 11:25. 

10km to go

7km to go

In the GC group, UAE have t🧸aken over on the front after Vlasov of Bora made an attack. 

6km to go

Vlasov leads the GC group by 10 seconds and so his chances have ended. The Russian wil🐷l now have race his GC rivals face to face on the climb to the finish.

Ayuso leads Landa by just 16 seconds and so that will be another battle on the c♛limb, as well as the Jumbo leadership shakeout.  

Wout Poels i⛦s upping the pace to set-up Landa. 🌟 

Evenepoel is 🤡just 4km from th🍌e finish and from victory. 

Behind the GC leaders catch Vlasov. 

The GC group is 11:00 behind Evenepoel and so still have a lot 🐷of climbing and suffering to come.

Landismo is happening. 

But Jumbo-Visma trio of Vingegaard, Kuss and Roglic soon take over🐠.

Landa knows he need to gain 16 seconds on A💙yuso to move up to fourth, while Mas is only 14 behind Landa. 

Vingegaard is clearly ri✱ding for Kuss at the moment. 

Landa goes again and Ayu♛so goes with him 𝄹but Jumbo don't move. 

Up the road, Evenepoe𝓀l is about to win the stage. 

Evenepoel points to his head 🦩to indicate his me꧙ntal strength. 

He won't win this Vuelta but this is an incredi𒁏ble ride across the three weeks. 

Evenepoel makes a heart shape with his hands as♈ he wins the stage.

Evenepoel celebrates with his Soudal team staff. He is very proud of this 🌳win. 

It's his third stage wo🐻n  and today he also mathematically sealed victory in the mountains competition🌟.

The Kuss group is 3km from the finish. The American looks good anꩵd in control. 

Vingegaard is leading Roglic and Kuss. He seems to be respecting Kuss' race lead.♏&𝓰nbsp;

Damiano Caruso finishes second on the stꦕage but 4:40 down on Eve🙈nepoel.

Ot🐻her riders, including Poole and Kron finish too. 

1km to go for the Kuss group. 

Ayuso tries to attack🍒 but it is Kuss jumps on his wheel. He is on co🍒ntrol. 

🌌Ayuso goes again. upsettingꦚ the Jumbo control. 

Here they come.

Enric Mas bring them home. 

Kuss thanks Vingegaard and heads to the po🍸dium. He keeps the red jersey and will wear for Friday's flat stage to Íscar. His biggest, final danger is Saturday's 207km hilly stage to Guadarrama but He and Jumbo seem in total control. 

Here is the moment Evenepoel won the stage.

"The heart message at the ꦍfinish was form my wife Oumi," Evenepoel revealed. 

Evenepoel was confident today. 

Vingegaard lost nine seconds to Kuss at the f♒inish and so is now second at 17 seconds.

Primoz Rogꦚlic finished in ♏the same time as Kuss and so is third at 1:08.

Saturday's hilly stage will be the most testing stage but Kuss seemed strong today, despite all the tensio𒊎n about leadership and third being his third Grand Tour of 2023.

Remco Evenepoel wanted to win the G꧃C at the Vuelta buty hasa found consolation after his bad day on the stage to the Tourmalet.

This shot encompasses the da🌄y for Jumbo-Visma.ಞ 

Sepp Kuss looks tired but happy after the stage.

Is the Vuelta won he was asked. 

Here's a happy Sepp Kuss on the 💃podium in the leader's red jeဣrsey.

"I knew today was gonna be another really important day. And I knew I had to be really concentrated and also have a good performance today to, to be able to stay in the jersey," Kuss told Eurosport/GCN.𓆉 

Kuss🌄𝓰 admitted there had been an important team meeting at Jumbo-Visma last night to decide the team's strategy. They appear to have decided to back Kuss for overall victory. 

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