Cycling: Richard Carapaz won the 14th and thus his second stage at this year's Vuelta a Espana. However, the loss of time by Remco Evenepoel, the overall leader who has been so sovereign up to now, makes headlines.
Evenepoel loses a lot of time
Although wears Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) will still be wearing the red jersey tomorrow, but the Belgian lost valuable time on today's 14th stage of the Vuelta a Espana. The Belgian's weaknesses became apparent for the first time on the 160,3-kilometre stretch from Montoro to Sierra de La Pandera. In the final ascent, the leader, who had been so sovereign up until now, lost 48 seconds Primois Roglic (Jumbo – Visma) a. The Slovenian was behind the winner of the day Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) and Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) was third in the stage and thus also received a time bonus. In the overall standings, Remco Evenepoel is still well ahead of Primoz Roglic. But the remaining 1:49 minutes appear in a completely different light after the Belgian's performance today. Will Remco Evenepoel survive the three-week tour to the end - or will he break down after all?
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