Euskaraz irakurri: Rui Costak irabazi du Lekunberrin, ihesaldiko indartsuena izanda, eta Sepp Kussek maillot gorriari eutsi dio

The Portuguese cyclist of the team Intermarché Rui Costa ha cattle this sunday fifteenth stage of the 2023 Vuelta a Españawhich has started in Pamplona and has ended in Lekunberribeing the fastest in the breakaway of the day, and after surpassing, in the sprint of that breakaway, the German runner of the BORA-Hansgrohe Lennard Kämna and the Colombian Bahrain-Victorious Santiago Buitrago. While, in the general classificationthe American Jumbo-Visma Sepp Kuss continue as leaderahead of his peers Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaardand thus maintains the red jersey, in the absence of the last and decisive week of the race.

It has been a stage in which the Jumbo, which seems invincible, and, in fact, is proving to be so on the road, has been forced to work for several kilometres, given that the race situation has demanded it. He UAEthrough Marc Solerand the BORAwith Alexander Vlasov, sixth and eighth respectively, overall, have brought nervousness to the Vuelta a España leader’s team, until the peloton has caught those two men, with whom Jonas Vingegaard was already there, just in case. There have been no changes in the general classification at the end of the day, but, during a stretch, it is true that with still quite a distance to complete, there has been excitement in the context of that general classification.

It deserves special mention, one more day, Remco Evenepoel, the leader of the mountain classification, who once again sought stage victory until the very end. The Belgian was fourth, after working tirelessly to make the break go ahead, and was very close to catching Costa, Kämna and Buitrago, who completed the last few kilometers of the race ahead. The leader of Soudal Quick-Step He continues to put on a great show in this Vuelta a España, and is not satisfied with the two stages he already has in his pocket.

On this fifteenth day of the race, it was Rui Costa who claimed victory. The Portuguese’s track record does not deceive: he is a runner with great ability to win when he has the opportunity to achieve it. The Portuguese had never won in the Vuelta a España, and, with this first place that he has obtained in Lekunberri, he makes even greater a record that places him at the level of the greats.

The Intermarché rider has known how to keep a cool head when the stage has been played. In the last descent, going down Zuarrarrate, Lennard Kämna left the group in which Evenepoel was and caught up with Costa and Buitrago; The German is another cyclist with a great nose for finals like this Sunday’s, and seemed a tough rival for his breakaway companions, but he suffered a fall that seemed to eliminate him from the fight for victory. It was not like that, because Kämna, brilliant, reacted and was able to catch Buitrago and Costa again; The latter, already on the finish line, has proven to be the fastest and strongest and has scored the victory, just before the second and last day of rest.

STAGE CLASSIFICATION

1 – COSTA Rui (Intermarché) 3:30:56

2 – KÄMNA Lennard (BORA) mt

3 – BUITRAGO Santiago (Bahrain) mt

4 – EVENEPOEL Remco (Soudal) +0:02

5 – KRON Andreas (Lotto) mt

6 – RUBIO Einer Augusto (Movistar) mt

7 – RODRÍGUEZ Cristian (Árkea) mt

8 – HAMILTON Chris (DSM) mt

9 – DENZ Nico (BORA) +0:36

10 – JANSSENS Jimmy (Alpecin) +1:07

GENERAL RANKING

1 – KUSS Sepp (Jumbo) 54:38:42

2 – ROGLIC Primoz (Jumbo) +1:37

3 – VINGEGAARD ​​Jonas (Jumbo) +1:44

4 – AYUSO Juan (UAE) +2:37

5 – MAS Enric (Movistar) +3:06

6 – SOLER Marc (UAE) +3:10

7 – LANDA Mikel (Bahrain) +4:12

8 – VLASOV Aleksandr (BORA) +5:02

9 – UIJTDEBROEKS Cyan (BORA) +5:30

10 – ALMEIDA Joao (UAE) +8:39

Source: Eitb

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