Remco Evenepoel won the eighteenth stage of the Vuelta, from Trujillo to the Alto del Piornal of 192 km with an uphill finish with not impossible slopes.

Escape of the day with many runners, including Vincenzo Nibali, Richard Carapaz (new leader of the climbers ranking after Jay Vine's retirement due to a fall), Thibaut Pinot, Sergio Higuita and Hugh Carthy.

Joao Almeida tries 80 km from the finish but his action is not successful.

The last fugitive, Robert Gesink , is caught at -200 by the best with an overflowing Evenepoel that beats Enric Mas and is ever closer to the final victory of the Iberian race.

Order of arrival:

1 EVENEPOEL Remco Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 4:45:17

2 MAS Enric Movistar Team 0:02

3 GESINK Robert Jumbo-Visma ,,

4 HINDLEY Jai BORA - hansgrohe 0:13

5 ARENSMAN Thymen Team DSM ,,

6 PINOT Thibaut Groupama - FDJ ,,

7 O'CONNOR Ben AG2R Citroën Team ,,

8 AYUSO Juan UAE Team Emirates ,,

9 LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel Astana Qazaqstan Team ,,

10 ALMEIDA João UAE Team Emirates ,,

Overall ranking:

1 EVENEPOEL Remco Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 69:59:12

2 MAS Enric Movistar Team 2:07

3 AYUSO Juan UAE Team Emirates 5:14

4 LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel Astana Qazaqstan Team 5:56

5 RODRÍGUEZ Carlos INEOS Grenadiers 6:49

6 ALMEIDA João UAE Team Emirates 7:14

7 ARENSMAN Thymen Team DSM 8:09

8 O'CONNOR Ben AG2R Citroën Team 9:34

9 URÁN Rigoberto EF Education-EasyPost 9:56

10 HINDLEY Jai BORA - hansgrohe 12:03

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