Ineos Grenadiers rider Richard Carapaz attacked to win stage 12 of the Vuelta a Espana while race leader Remco Evenepoel recovered from a crash to retain his red jersey
The Ecuadorian went on to seal his first Vuelta stage win, banging his handlebars in celebration as he crossed the line nine seconds ahead of Wilco Kelderman , while Marc Soler finished third.
Evenepoel slid out on a sweeping right-hand bend 50km from the summit finish at Peñas Blancas but he controlled his rivals on the final ascent and sprinted to the line ahead of all the general classification contenders. Before Thursday’s stage, Bahrain Victorious’ Santiago Buitrago and Boy van Poppel of Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert were ruled out after testing positive for Covid-19., after he dislocated his right shoulder in a crash during stage 11 on Wednesday.
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