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OURENSE, Spain
(Reuters) - Belgian Tim Wellens won Wednesday's hilly stage 14
at the Vuelta a Espana as defending champion Primoz Roglic
maintained his lead over Richard Carapaz in the general
classification.
Wellens outmanoeuvred Canadian Michael Woods on the final bend
of the 204 kilometre stage from Lugo to Ourense to take his
second victory on this year's Vuelta.
Slovenian Roglic and Ecuadorian Carapaz came over the line at
the same time with the rest of the general classification
contenders, including third-placed Briton Hugh Carthy, three
minutes 44 seconds behind Wellens.
Roglic, who regained his overall lead with a commanding win in
Tuesday's time trial, has a 39-second advantage over Carapaz
with four stages left in the Vuelta, which has been shortened
from 21 to 18 stages due to the coronavirus pandemic disrupting
the cycling calendar.
Thursday and Friday's stage are also hilly stages more suited to
sprinters where Roglic and Carapaz are expected to finish
together before doing battle in Saturday's decisive mountain
stage.
(Reporting by Richard Martin, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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