«Breaking News» Simon Yates keeps lead as Jelle Wallays denies sprinters to win La Vuelta stage 18

Great Britain's Simon Yates maintained his La Vuelta lead of 25 seconds as Jelle Wallays masterminded a remarkable breakaway to win Thursday's 18th stage.

Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) safely marked his nearest challenger Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), and now only two stages remain before Sunday's processional finish in Madrid.

Enric Mas (Quick-Step Floors) remains in third place, one minute and 22 seconds behind Yates.

Great Britain's Simon Yates managed to maintain his La Vuelta lead of 25 seconds

The 186.1 kilometres between Ejea de los Caballeros and Lleida produced a dramatic stage as Wallays (Lotto Soudal), Sven Erik Bystrom (UAE Team Emirates) and Jetse Bol (Burgos-BH) broke away inside the opening three kilometres.

It had been expected that the flat stage would suit the sprint specialists, but Wallays and Bystrom worked well together after dropping Bol late on.

The pair just had enough to hold off the fast-finishing Peter Sagan over the final 500 metres, with Belgium's Wallays taking the stage win from Bystrom.

Jelle Wallays masterminded a remarkable breakaway to win the 18th stage

'Everybody was expecting a massive sprint,' Wallays told Eurosport.

'But I had something in my mind to do something in this stage, and I knew if I was good I could surprise many riders.

'I've worked very hard for this and for me it is fantastic.'

Yates will face a big test on Friday's stage 19, which ends with the 17km climb of Rabassa.

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Main photo article Great Britain’s Simon Yates maintained his La Vuelta lead of 25 seconds as Jelle Wallays masterminded a remarkable breakaway to win Thursday’s 18th stage.
Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) safely marked his nearest challenger Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), and now only two stages remain...

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