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Vuelta a Espana #13: Michael Woods wins at Puerto de Ancares

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Michael Wood's Vuelta a Espana

Cycling: Michael Woods has won the 13th stage of the Vuelta a Espana. The Canadian champion won from a breakaway group and thus celebrated his third stage victory in the Tour of Spain after 2018 and 2020. In the battle for overall victory, Ben O'Connor continued to lose ground to Primoz Roglic and Marc Soler.

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Michael Woods climbs to day victory

For the third time in his career, Michael Woods (Israel – Premier Tech) won a stage at the Vuelta a Espana. The Canadian champion was part of a 23-man breakaway group before he attacked in the final climb and clearly signalled that he was the strongest climber in this group. Among other things, he managed to beat the Swiss champion Mauro Schmid (Jayco – AlUla), Sam Oomen (Lidl-Trek), Marc Soler (UAE) and wout van aert (Visma – Lease a Bike). Belgian Wout van Aert missed out on his fourth stage win. Nevertheless, he can also be happy because as leader of the points classification he has now also won the mountain jersey.

Fall on the descent

Before the final climb began, the 23-strong breakaway group was thinned out by several riders. There was also a crash on the last descent before the decisive climb. Jay Vine (UAE) and Brandon McNulty (UAE) slipped in a right-hand bend and fell behind the breakaway group. Fortunately, the Australian and the American were able to continue the race with only minor injuries.

O'Connor loses a lot of time

As expected, Bora – hansgrohe launched a major attack in the main field. The Raubling racing team rode into the Puerto de Ancares with four men to make things as difficult as possible for their competitors. Finally, Captain Primois Roglic (Bora – hansgrohe) took command. Initially, only Enric Mas Nicolau (Movistar) and Sepp kuss (Visma – Lease a Bike). But in the last few kilometers, the American and the Spaniard also had to let go. Leader Ben O'Connor (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale) lost a lot of time again, but remains in the red jersey.

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Cycling with all its tactics, stage analyses, placements and forecasts are Michael Behringer's great passion. In 1996 he tracked his first Tour de France. Since then he has observed almost every race. His passion for cycling has been with him for over two decades. There is no end in sight.