After seeing Remco Evenepoel suffer in La Pandera, Sierra Nevada appeared as a litmus test for a leader who is noticing the weight of the three weeks. Fatigue is appearing and the bodies do not respond the same every day. His team, yes, was the protagonist. Quick-Step put two men, Louis Vervaeke and Fausto Masnada, in the escape of the day. In that van emerged men of great quality like Carthy, Dennis and Nibali, Oomen, Prodhomme, Wright, Hindley, Urn, Molard, Carapaz, Meintjes , Goldstein, Oliveira, Masnada, Craddock, Aresman, Pedersen, McNulty, Vine, Azparren, and Gesbert. and the Spaniards Rubn Fernandez, Marc Soler, Xabier Mikel Azparren or David de la Cruz. Bad weather, good face: Kelderman smiles bruised after a fall In between, Kelderman went down but, despite his injuries, he was able to reconnect. The escapees were planted on the slopes of the last port with more than four minutes of advantage. Jumbo and Movistar were leading the big group. First movements At the beginning of the ascent it was the ‘yellow wasps’ that destroyed the group. Evenepoel responded forcefully. There were 20 kilometers of film left with Roglic willing to do anything. Before that, Tiberi avoided a tremendous accident thanks to his great skill on the bike. And Marc Soler, who had already won in Bilbao, went out alone looking for victory. Tiberi’s incredible save before ‘eating’ the trees: What skill! Roglic commanded a very thin group of favorites behind where they were López, Remco, Tao, O’Connor, Taaramae, Mas, Carlos Rodríguez and a surprising Landa. Some lost steam riding a second group led by Carapaz, Rodríguez, Ayuso and Almeida, who as always recovered coming at their own pace from behind. Superman jumped with 10 kilometers to go without looking back. Exciting final firework Enric Mas cheered on that party, not wanting to jeopardize his position on the podium and went for the Colombian. The two protagonists of that controversial ‘Lieja de Pereiro’ last LaVuelta had to forget their differences to take over hand in hand and make their way. Sparks flew between them since the Colombian angrily asked for relief. At the front, Arensman stole the victory from a Soler who, if he continues in ‘stage hunting mode’, will achieve many more in this Vuelta than in the following ones. In the last kilometer, Roglic attacked Evenepoel without looking back. Which allowed him to keep cutting an Evenepoel who, in any case, saved the most dangerous day as if he were a veteran. Ayuso snatched fourth place from a Carlos Rodríguez who suffered in the closing stages. The general classification, more open than ever with Evenepoel leading the table, Roglic at 1’34’, Mas at 2’01’, Ayuso at 4’49” and Rodríguez at 5’16’. Rest and sprint on Tuesday: Stage 16 , Sanlcar de Barrameda-Tomares (188.9 km) After Sierra Nevada and the last day of rest, the sprinters will once again take center stage. They expect 189 totally flat kilometers with a finish in Tomares, where Matteo Trentin already won in 2017. It will be the last option for the fastest cyclists before the end of the party in Madrid.