Miguel Ángel López (Medellín-EPM) sealed ultimate general victory on the Vuelta a San Juan as Sam Welsford (DSM) received stage 7 in a bunch dash forward of Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-QuickStep) and Giacomo Nizzolo (Israel Premier Tech).
There was late drama as world champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) escaped on the final lap within the firm of Quinn Simmons (Trek-Segafredo), sowing a substantial diploma of panic within the peloton behind.
Evenepoel and Simmons attacked with 14.5km remaining, constructing a most lead simply shy of half a minute and forcing a determined chase earlier than they had been reeled again in with a bit of over 3km to go.
López solid his victory by soloing clear on the Alto Colorado on stage 5, and regardless of Evenepoel’s cameo, the Colombian secured his triumph on Sunday night, 30 seconds forward of Filippo Ganna (Ineos) and 44 up on Sergio Higuita (Bora-Hansgrohe).
It stays to be seen whether or not López’s victory in Argentina will do something for his probabilities of returning to the WorldTour. The 28-year-old signed for Continental squad Medellín-EPM following his dismissal from Astana final month because of his hyperlinks to Dr Marcos Maynar, at present on the centre of an anti-doping inquiry in Spain.
Sunday’s finale doubled as a farewell to Max Richeze (Argentina), who rode forward of the peloton to rapturous applause for the primary of the stage’s seven laps of the ring highway round San Juan.
As soon as the race received underway in earnest, Mathias Vacek (Trek-Segafredo), Carlos Salguiero (APHotels and Resorts – Tavira) and Laureano Rosas (Gremios) escaped from the peloton, constructing a most lead of 1 minute, however a coalition of sprinters’ groups ensured the night would finish with the anticipated mass end.
Evenepoel threatened to supply a late deviation from the script, however in the long run, it was the quick males who determined the spoils, with Welsford claiming his second win in as many days.
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