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Vuelta a Espana Stage 18: Nielsen wins stage, Quintana keeps Vuelta lead

Denmark's Magnus Cort Nielsen claimed stage 18 of the Vuelta a Espana in a sprint finish Thursday as Nairo Quintana maintained his lead over Chris Froome.

Nielsen took his first Grand Tour stage win from Germany's Nikias Arndt and stage 16 winner Jean-Pierre Drucker in 4hr 54min 31secs for the 200.6km ride from Requena to Gandia.

A break after 6km of racing including; Fumiyuki Beppu, Quentin Jauregui, Pierre Rolland and Mattia Cattaneo went clear, while Louis Vervaeke re-joined them after a 2 kms chase. They raced to a maximum lead of almost 7 minutes.

With 32 kms remaining Cattaneo was dropped when the gap was down to less than 2 minutes. The other four riders are reeled in with 10 kms to go. All systems go for the bunch sprint as Magnus Cort Nielsen took the honors on the line.

Quintana finished alongside Froome in the same time to maintain his 3min 37sec lead with just three stages remaining ahead of Friday's crucial 37km time-trial from Xabia to Calp.

Results 18th stage Vuelta Top 10

1. Magnus Cort Nielsen (den)
2. Nikias Arndt (ger) s.t.
3. Jean-Pierre Drucker (lux) s.t.
4. Danielle Benatti (ita) s.t.
5. Jonas Van Genechten (bel) s.t.
6. Kiel Reijnen (usa) s.t.
7. Michael Schwarzmann (ger) s.t.
8. Gianni Meersman (bel) s.t.
9. Kristian Sbaragli (ita) s.t.
10. Lorrenzo Manzin (fra) s.t.

GC after 18th stage

1. Nairo Quintana (col)
2. Chris Froome (gbr) + 3.37
3. Esteban Chaves (col) + 3.57
4. Alberto Contador (spa) + 4.02
5. Simon Yates (gbr) + 6.03
6. Andrew Talansky (usa) + 7.34
7. Samuel Sánchez (spa) + 8.12
8. Davide Formolo (ita) + 8.13
9. Michele Scarponi (ita) + 8.28
10. David de la Cruz (spa) + 8.52
11. Daniel Moreno (spa) + 9.03
12. George Bennett (nzl) + 11.02
13. Sergio Pardilla (spa) + 11.13
14. Jean Christophe Peraud (fra) + 11.44
15. Ben Hermans (bel) + 12.32
16. Alejandro Valverde (spa) + 13.48

VIDEO: Vuelta a Espana Stage 18 Highlights

VIDEO: Vuelta a Espana Stage 18 Last Kilometres

Vuelta a Espana Stage 18: Nielsen wins stage, Quintana keeps Vuelta lead

 

 
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