Cycling – Vuelta a Espana ’18 Stage 17: Michael Woods Wins
Canada’s Michael Woods was able to maintain his lead from his breakaway adversaries to assert triumph on the stage 17 of the ongoing Vuelta an España.
The EF Education First-Drapac rider pulled far from BMC’s Dylan Teuns in the merciless last kilometre to make the big appearance on the mist secured climb.
Valverde keeps pressure on Yates as Woods grinds to Stage 17 win atop misty Monte Oiz on day Quintana drops out of top 5 and Kruijswijk pays for his efforts #LaVuelta18 https://t.co/LjPYcC3igb
— Felix Lowe (@saddleblaze) 12 September 2018
Race pioneer Simon Yates skilfully safeguarded his race lead, losing only 8 seconds to closest challenger Alejandro Valverde and stretching out the gap to other general order top picks.
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Stage 17 Results – Vuelta a España
1. Michael Woods
2. Dylan Teuns
3. David De La Cruz
4. Rafal Majka
5. Ilnur Zakarin
6. Alessandro De Marchi
7. Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier
8. Jesus Herrada
9. Jai Hindley
10. Vincenzo Nibali
Canadian Michael Woods (from Ottawa) just won his first major race in the World Tour, at the Vuelta. It’s been a long time coming, as he has stubbornly persisted in the last 3 years. Chapeau! #tdf325 https://t.co/TR5Rn9mdME
— qui m’a donc tué ? (@emilederosnay) 12 September 2018
General Classification After Stage 17 – Vuelta a España
1. Simon Yates
2. Alejandro Valverde
3. Enric Mas
4. Miguel Angel Lopez
5. Steven Kruijswijk
6. Nairo Quintana
7. Ion Izagirre
8. Rigoberto Uran
9. Thibaut Pinot
10. Tony Gallopin
Vuelta Stage 17: Simon Yates reveals secret weapon to hold onto leader’s jersey as Michael Woods wins stage. Simon ““We employed our secret weapon in Adam over the last kilometres, that’s why we’ve been saving him”https://t.co/yQr7NPosk2 pic.twitter.com/BafqXU2Clh
— British Cycle Sport (@VeloUK) 12 September 2018
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