PICO JANO: Belgian tyro Remco Evenepoel left his Vuelta a Espana title rivals trailing on a foggy climb in the Cantabrian mountains on Thursday on a stage won by Australian Jay Vine of Alpecin. Stage six left Bilbao for a 181.2km run through the Picos de Europa where rain and fog curtailed any daredevil de
PICO JANO: Belgian tyro Remco Evenepoel left his Vuelta a Espana title rivals trailing on a foggy climb in the Cantabrian mountains on Thursday on a stage won by Australian Jay Vine of Alpecin.
"It was the team plan for me to attack on the final climb, it's unreal," said the 26-year-old from Townsville."This is for my wife," he said before quickly adding he would be buying a Corvette for himself.Often billed as the new Eddy Merckx, Evenepoel leads the overall standings by 21sec from overnight leader Rudy Molard, while Movistar's Spanish rider Enric Mas is third at 28sec.
"I'm really happy and proud. It's a big dream coming true," said Evenepoel who was tipped for the top three years ago but fell into a ravine in Italy. "There's still a long way but today we lost a bit. go strong but I didn't need that proof. Quite difficult weather for the Vuelta."
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