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Enric Mas Finally Wins the Spanish Vuelta After Finishing Second Three Times
Mas became the first Spanish rider to win the race since 2014 after surviving a brutal mountain stage and taking a lead of more than two minutes.
- On Sunday, Movistar Team's Enric Mas won the Vuelta a Espana in Granada, securing his maiden Grand Tour title after years of near-misses.
- Mas inherited the red jersey from Tadej Pogacar after the five-time Tour de France champion crashed out during the eighth stage earlier in the race.
- Surviving Saturday's brutal penultimate stage in the Sierra Nevada mountains, Mas established a lead of over two minutes ahead of Sunday's ceremonial final stage.
- Mas became the first Spanish rider to win the race since Alberto Contador in 2014, while Tobias Johannessen of Uno-X Mobility won the final stage on Sunday.
- The Movistar leader finally claimed the top spot after finishing second overall three times previously, overcoming the 3 minutes, 50 seconds deficit Pogacar held before his crash.
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For the first time in 12 years a Spanish cyclist wins the Vuelta a su país, one of the most important in the world.
Spain's Enric Mas won his first Tour of Spain at the age of 31 on Sunday 13 September in Granada, at the end of the 21st and final stage won by Norwegian Tobias Johannessen.
·Paris, France
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The final stage of the Tour of Spain (Carrefour Granada - Granada; 112 km) was won by Norwegian Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility), but Enric Mas (Movistar Team) earned the first Grand Tour victory of his career.
·Tallinn, Estonia
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