Castrillo holds off Britain's Poole to win Vuelta stage 12

Pablo Castrillo claimed nan biggest triumph of his profession pinch a superb acme decorativeness to hit Britain's Max Poole connected shape 12 of nan Vuelta a Espana.

The 23-year-old Equipo Kern Pharma rider, making his Grand Tour debut, approached nan last kilometre pinch a lead of astir half a infinitesimal but held disconnected 21-year-old Poole connected nan gruelling ascent to Montana de Manzaneda to triumph by 8 seconds.

UAE Team Emirates' Marc Soler vanished 3rd to complete nan shape podium.

Australian Ben O’Connor maintained his 3 minutes and 16 seconds lead complete Primoz Roglic successful nan wide classification.

Castrillo's triumph was an affectional 1 arsenic it came connected nan time it was announced that Kern Pharma's erstwhile squad president, Manolo Azcona, had died pursuing an illness.

"It's unbelievable," Castrillo said. "It's for nan team, and it's for nan staff.

"I was very tense for nan last but I decided to onslaught successful nan level and return victory."

1. Pablo Castrillo (Spa/Equipo Kern Pharma) Three hours 36mins 12secs

2. Max Poole (GB/Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL) +8secs

3. Marc Soler (Spa/UAE Team Emirates) +16secs

4. Mauro Schmid (Sui/Team Jayco-AlUla) +23secs

5. Jhonatan Narvaez (Ecu/INEOS Grenadiers) +34secs

6. Mauri Vansevenant (Bel/Soudal-Quick-Step) +40secs

7. Harold Tejada (Col/Astana-Qazaqstan Team) +49secs

8. Carlos Verona (Spa/Lidl-Trek) +1min 3secs

9. Louis Meintjes (Rsa/Intermarché-Wanty) +1min 14secs

10. Oscar Rodriguez (Spa/INEOS Grenadiers) +1min 52secs

1. Ben O'Connor (Aus/Decathlon-AG2R-La Mondiale Team) 47hrs 37mins 35secs

2. Primoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) +3mins 16secs

3. Enric Mas (Spa/Movistar Team) +3mins 58secs

4. Richard Carapaz (Ecu/EF Education-EasyPost) +4mins 10secs

5. Mikel Landa (Spa/Soudal-Quick-Step) +4mins 40secs

6. Carlos Rodríguez (Spa/INEOS Grenadiers) +5mins 23secs

7. Florian Lipowitz (Ger/Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) +5mins 29secs

8. Adam Yates (GB/UAE Team Emirates) +5mins 30secs

9. Felix Gall (Aut/Decathlon-AG2R-La Mondiale Team) Same time

10. George Bennett (Nzl/Israel-Premier Tech) +5mins 46secs