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It was shocking to see

Magnus Cort Nielsen

reaching the goal of Valdepeñas de Jaén

on Wednesday

. After an enormous effort to avoid his destination, the Danish runner traced the final meters advancing diagonally, thus avoiding the most demanding slopes of the beautiful finish in which

Roglic

added his second victory. Then, having recovered his breath, he raised the white flag for this Thursday's stage, exhausted after two consecutive days on the run, although the route fit his characteristics like a glove.

But Cort is a tough guy and despite the accumulated fatigue he decides to make one more effort to overcome the two mountain passes prior to arriving in Córdoba, hardened by a UAE that wanted to clean the peloton of pure sprinters and thus increase the chances of victory with

Matteo Trentin

. The Danish from the EF endures in the group, in the wake of an imposing Bike Exchange that tries to prepare a perfect finish for

Michael Matthews

, that rider who is always there but who rarely wins. And, at the last moment, Cort sees his opportunity and pounces on it, launched by his teammate

Jens Keukeliere

, perfect in the 'timing' to knock the Australian out of the game.

And so, Cort gets his revenge in a tight finish with

Andrea Bagioli

, one of those fast runners with the ability to pass the mid-mountain that the Deceuninck seems to produce in series. "Yesterday [for Wednesday] I received a lot of support from Spanish fans. It is very nice to see that people are happy to see me fight," says the EF after his second stage win in this Vuelta, the fifth in his four participations in this career, from which he only went empty in 2017.

His blond mustache on the podium put the finishing touch on a stage that was once again run at breakneck speed, thanks especially to the initial 90 kilometers in which there were constant escape attempts without any of them ever curdling, all seasoned by temperatures close to 40 degrees. In the end, eight men managed to escape, but the UAE at no time allowed them more than a minute and a half, condemning them from their own germ to future neutralization.

On the way there was a fall that affected Primoz Roglic and

Adam Yates

, but both got off the asphalt without apparent problems to face the first ascent, the third category Alto de San Jerónimo.

Richard Carapaz and Omar Fraile

yielded on their ramps

, discarded much earlier than expected, both confirming that they are not in good condition, and perhaps affected by the fall. Both reached the finish line 22 minutes late and it will be necessary to see if they continue in the race.

With the eight fugitives neutralized, a new group tried their luck in the Alto del 14%, crowned 20 kilometers from the finish line.

Bardet, Vine, Henao and Ciccone

got on well, but from behind came a platoon launched by the Bike Exchange on a stretch of highway, the ideal terrain for a hunt of these characteristics.

Everything seemed perfect for Matthews' launch until Keukeliere grabbed Cort to his wheel and broke the dynamics of the 'sprint' to get a fair rematch and join the club for the double in this Vuelta alongside Roglic,

Philipsen, Jakobsen and Storer.

And

Eiking

, who has not won, remains happy in his red jersey.

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