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Mads Pedersen wins Vuelta stage 16 after drama for Roglic and Evenepoel

06-Sep-2022 16:39:17 | The Guardian

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Mads Pedersen won a thrilling sprint at the end of stage 16 at the Vuelta a España as overall contender Primoz Roglic’s hopes of taking back time on Remco Evenepoel were hit by a crash metres from the line on Tuesday.

Roglic, bidding for a fourth successive overall victory, began the day 1min 34sec behind Evenepoel in second place and launched a stunning attack near the end of the 189km ride. The Slovenian poured on the power on the uphill finish in Tomares to split the race with only four other riders managing to stay with him. But as the finish line loomed, Roglic was overtaken and seconds later went down heavily after seemingly touching handlebars with those of Fred Wright 100m from the line.