Jesús Herrada conquers the Black Lagoon; Kuss remains leader
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The Spanish Jesus Herrada (Cofidis) has been the winner of the eleventh stage of the Back to Spain disputed between Lerma and La Laguna Negra, 163.2 kilometers long, in which the American maintained the lead Sepp Kuss (Jumbo Visma).
Herrada slipped into the good break of the day, with another 25 high-level riders such as Filippo Ganna (INEOS), Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) or Andreas Kron (Lotto Dstny), who managed a lead of more than five minutes with the peloton, a sufficient advantage to dispute the stage at the top of Soria, where the man from Cuenca did not forgive to achieve the third victory of his career in La Vuelta.
The one from Cofidis, with an attack in the last 200 meters of ascent, took victory, followed by the Frenchman Romain Gregoire (Groupama) and Danish kron.
The group of favorites took the day easy and reached the finish line with all the candidates for the final victory together, 5:50 minutes behind the day’s winner.
Sepp Kuss continues to lead with 26 seconds over the Spaniard Marc Soler (UAE) and 1:09 compared to the Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick Step).
This Thursday the twelfth stage between Ólvega and Zaragoza, 150.6 kilometers.
STAGE CLASSIFICATION
1 – HERRADA Jesus (Cofidis 3:29:17
2 – GRÉGOIRE Romain (Groupama) +0:03
3 – KRON Andreas (Lotto) +0:08
4 – CAICEDO Jonathan Klever (EF) +0:12
5 – THOMAS Geraint (INEOS) +0:19
6 – SÁNCHEZ Pelayo (Burgos-BH) +0:24
7 – MOLARD Rudy (Groupama) mt
8 – PRODHOMME Nicolas (AG2R) +0:27
9 – GODON Dorian (AG2R) +0:58
10 – WIN Filippo (INEOS) +1:16
GENERAL RANKING
1 – KUSS Sepp (Jumbo) 35:52:38
2 – SOLER Marc (UAE) +0:26
3 – EVENEPOEL Remco (Soudal) +1:09
4 – ROGLIC Cousin (Jumbo) +1:36
5 – MARTINEZ Lenny (Groupama) +2:02
6 – ALMEIDA Joao (UAE) +2:16
7 – VINGEGAARD Jonas (Jumbo) +2:22
8 – AYUSO Juan (UAE) +2:25
9 – MORE Enric (Movistar) +2:50
10 – VLASOV Aleksandr (BORA) +3:14
11 – LANDA Mikel (Bahrain) +3:21
Source: Eitb
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