Vuelta: Uran celebrates special victory on 17th stage - Evenepoel defends red
Thomas Goldmann
· 07.09.2022
Uranium completes the collection
Team EF Education EasyPost celebrated its first stage win of the year on the 17th stage of the Vuelta. Rigoberto Uran came out of a breakaway group after 162.3 kilometres on the final climb to the Monasterio de Tentudia ahead of Quentin Pacher (Groupama-FDJ) and Jesus Herrada (Cofidis).
The 35-year-old Colombian thus completed his collection. With his victory on the 17th stage of the Vuelta, he has now won stages in the Giro d'Italiathe Tour de France and the Tour of Spain. He also moved up to 9th place in the overall standings.
Evenepoel fends off attack from Mas
Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) defended the red jersey very confidently. Although the Belgian was attacked by Enric Mas (Movistar) on the final climb, he countered confidently and finished 5:11 minutes behind Uran together with the Spaniard.
In the overall standings, Evenepoel has a 2:01 minute lead over Mas, who after the retirement of Primoz Roglicmoved up to second place. Third is Mas countryman Juan Ayuso, 4:51 minutes behind.
Profile & final climb: This was the 17th stage of the Vuelta
The stages of the Vuelta in detail
Unlike in the Tour de France, the leader's jersey in the Vuelta is not yellow, but red. We have summarised which other leader's jerseys and special classifications there are in the Tour of Spain in our text on the rules.
Numerous top cycling stars will be at the start of the 2022 Vuelta. TOUR has compiled an overview of the line-ups of the 23 teams.
Tour of Spain for women
In addition to the men's race, there will also be another Vuelta for women in 2022, the Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta. It will take place from 7 to 11 September with a total of five stages.
The first stage starts in Marina de Cudeyo in Cantabria, with the final section finishing four days later in the Spanish capital Madrid.
History of the Vuelta
The men's Vuelta a Espana is back after the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France the third of the three major national tours (Grand Tours), which will be held in 2022. The Tour of Spain was held for the first time in 1935 and is therefore younger than its Italian and French counterparts.
Until the 1990s, the Vuelta traditionally took place in spring. The date was then moved to August or September. There was one exception in 2020, when the Vuelta was moved to October and November due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Click through: The Vuelta winners since 2010
The record winner is the Spaniard Roberto Heras with four titles. Three Germans have won the race so far: Rudi Altig (1962), Rolf Wolfshohl (1965) and Jan Ullrich (1999).
