Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana Pro Team) confirmed his status as the strongest climber on the Vuelta a España this year after he claimed the second major summit finish victory at Sierra Nevada, just 24 hours after placing second at La Pandera.
Lopez made his move with Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo) on the Alto del Purche, on the steepest part of the ascent, opening up a gap of over a minute on the red jersey group.
When the gap begin to shrink relentlessly in the final four kilometres, Lopez jumped away, and although earlier breakaway rider Adam Yates (Orica-Scott) did his utmost to hold his wheel, it proved impossible for the Briton.
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Sixth overall ahead of his teamate Fabio Aru (Astana Pro Team), López said his second win could not have been more timely after his second place the day before, when he could not catch Rafal Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe) with a late counter-attack at La Pandera.
"I couldn't let the team down, yesterday [Saturday] it didn't work out, so today we decided to attack when Contador went for it," Lopez said.
Contador complained later that Lopez had not collaborated with him, but the Colombian explained that he "had a lot of doubts, because it was a long and demanding climb, with a finish at more than 2,000 metres above sea level.
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