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Two riders have now joined Evenepoel: stage two winner Andreas Kron (Lotto Dstny), and Matevz Govekar of Bahrain Victorious.
And guess who’s on the move again? Remco Evenepoel! The Belgian already has a small gap over the peloton.
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The riders have completed the 7km neutralised zone, and the race is on. Expect a mad scramble to get into the breakaway, as the parcours today looks ideal for the stage to be contested by whoever gets up the road
Remco Evenepoel and his Soudal-QuickStep team paid tribute to Morocco before the start today following the tragic earthquake that has struck the nation, by brandishing their flag on the podium.
"First of all, my wife is Moroccan,” he explained. “We have quite a lot of family close to the area where horrible things happened. It was a difficult time for her, for her family, for myself, so it’s just another to support the people and the country of Morocco with what happened. It means a lot to me, it means a lot to her. It’s never nice when something like this happens."
The unofficial start has begun, and the riders are making their way through the streets of Pamplona for the unofficial start. We’ll try to resist the urge to make jokes about / metaphors with the Running of the Bulls festival this town is famous for.
Just a few minutes now before the riders are due to set off from the neutralised zone.
The man who achieved breakaway glory on yesterday’s stage was, of course, Remco Evenepoel, who bounced back stunningly from his heartbreak 24 hours earlier to win the stage.
Barely a day has gone by at this race without the Belgian attracting the headlines for one reason or another, and his arc over the last two days has been the most dramatic yet. From the despair of losing all hope of defending his Vuelta title, to the redemptive joy of winning what was one of the hardest stages of the race, he’s taking us all along on an emotional rollercoaster. You can read more about his epic ride here.
Today will be a much less challenging stage in terms of climbing than the last two days, but there are still plenty of smaller hills to encourage stage-hunting puncheurs and climbers to get up the road and try to gain glory from a breakaway victory.
The riders leave the high mountains of the Pyrenees with the GC situation looking far clearer than it did three days ago. Jumbo-Visma has seized control of the race, with Sepp Kuss looking more and more like a probable winner, while Remco Evenepoel is out of contention, and the threat of UAE Team Emirates has been blunted.
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