Yates wins stage nine to revive Vuelta hopes

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Britain's Adam Yates claimed a sensational triumph connected shape 9 of nan Vuelta a Espana to revive his hopes of clinching nan wide classification title.

The UAE Team Emirates rider collapsed distant 58km from nan decorativeness successful nan Sierra Nevada mountains and managed to transverse nan statement 1 infinitesimal 39 seconds up of Ecuador's Richard Carapaz.

Yates' triumph connected nan 178.5km upland way from Motril to Granada was his first shape triumph successful nan Vuelta and nan 32-year-old's 2nd successful a Grand Tour.

Yates began nan time much than 9 minutes disconnected nan lead but climbed to seventh successful nan wide standings. Ben O'Connor has retained nan reddish jersey and fractionally accrued his lead complete Primoz Roglic.

"I ne'er suffered for illustration this before, it's truthful basking retired there," said Yates. "From nan past climb I was cramping and I didn't cognize if I could go.

"I've had a batch of bad luck successful Grand Tours complete nan years and I really didn't cognize if I could make it, but I'm conscionable truthful happy I could yet triumph different Grand Tour stage."

Carapaz has besides put himself backmost successful GC contention aft attacking from nan peloton to drawback nan break, pinch nan EF Education-EasyPost rider now 3rd overall.

"I deliberation we had to play a paper for illustration that from a agelong measurement retired because we had mislaid clip connected nan stages that weren't truthful suited to me," said Carapaz.

At 1 constituent Yates was successful nan podium places connected nan virtual standings but a beardown decorativeness from O'Connor and his group ensured they did not springiness up excessively overmuch ground.

Although nan Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale rider vanished successful a bunch pinch three-time victor Roglic, nan Australian crossed 3rd to declare 4 prize seconds truthful now leads by 3 minutes 53 seconds heading into Monday's remainder day.

"I americium super-happy pinch really we were arsenic a team," said O'Connor. "I deliberation we were really composed, we led from nan beforehand erstwhile we needed to.

"Every 2nd counts, and I didn't suffer clip today. To immoderate guys [I did], yes - but successful nan extremity I showed my existent capacity and what I tin do, truthful I'm proud."

UAE rider Joao Almeida abandoned nan title successful nan greeting aft testing affirmative for Covid-19 while Ineos Grenadiers person confirmed Josh Tarling is besides retired pursuing a clang connected Sunday.

A squad connection read: "Josh was initially capable to remount his motorcycle but was incapable to continue."

The 20-year-old Welsh rider was making his debut successful a Grand Tour race.

1. Adam Yates (GB/UAE Team Emirates) 4hrs 42mins 28secs

2. Richard Carapaz (Ecu/EF Education-EasyPost) +1min 39secs

3. Ben O'Connor (Aus/Decathlon-AG2R-La Mondiale) +3 mins 45secs

4. Mikel Landa (Spa/Soudal Quick-Step) Same time

5. Florian Lipowitz (Ger/Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe)

6. Pavel Sivakov (Fra/UAE Team Emirates)

7. Carlos Rodriguez (Spa/Ineos Grenadiers)

8. Primoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe)

9. David Gaudu (Fra/Groupama-FDJ)

10. Enric Mas (Spa/Movistar)