Conscious that La Vuelta a España is approaching its end and defending champion Primoz Roglic doesn't loosen his overall lead, Richard Carapaz warned that the competition doesn't end until crossing the finish line in Madrid on Sunday, November 8.
"Mijines... four stages to Madrid and all the cards still to be played," the Ecuadorian from Ineos Grenadiers posted on social media, as has been the trend throughout La Vuelta-2020.
Mijines... four stages to Madrid and all the cards still to be played ♠️---- -- @GettySport pic.twitter.com/dSDtaSEpwB
- Richard Carapaz M (@RichardCarapazM) November 4, 2020
In a stage where no changes were registered in the overall classification, Belgian rider Tim Wellens, winner of the fifth stage, emerged victorious on Wednesday after a sprint to the finish line in the fourteenth stage, ahead of Michael Woods and Zdenek Stybar.
Roglic (tenth), Carapaz (sixteenth), and British rider Hugh Carthy (twenty-first) crossed the finish line together within the peloton, 3 hours 44 minutes behind the stage winner.
A fun medium mountain route, unusually fast, covering 204 kilometers (126 miles) between Lugo and Ourense in the Galicia region.
Wellens claimed his second stage victory in the current edition of La Vuelta, in which Roglic defended the overall lead and preserved the 39-second margin over Carapaz.
The fifteenth stage, with a distance of 230 kilometers (142 miles) between Mos and Puebla de Sanabria, will be even longer than the one on Wednesday, favoring breakaways.
La Vuelta will culminate on Sunday in Madrid with the celebration of the eighteenth and final stage. (D)