{"id":170673,"date":"2018-09-17T10:39:31","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T10:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=170673"},"modified":"2018-09-17T10:41:37","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T10:41:37","slug":"simon-yates-wins-the-2018-vuelta-a-espana-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/09\/17\/simon-yates-wins-the-2018-vuelta-a-espana-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Yates Wins the 2018 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a and Other Cool News from the World of Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it! So, what did you miss?<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Yates seals the overall victory<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Michelton-Scott pro could celebrate the biggest win of his career by posing for photos with his team mates on the road to the Spanish capital. He got the chance to relax, as all he had to do was finish in the main bunch.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PHOTOS: This happened yesterday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be here in 2018, winning our first Grand Tour is unbelievable&#8230; but also believable because we just did it!&quot; &#8211; Gerry Ryan <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LaVuelta18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LaVuelta18<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>More: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/37fUMwiCCP\">https:\/\/t.co\/37fUMwiCCP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5U97lqQUoN\">pic.twitter.com\/5U97lqQUoN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GreenEDGE Cycling (@GreenEDGEteam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenEDGEteam\/status\/1041626310957821952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThroughout the race, I really stayed calm. I controlled my effort when I needed to and it made a really big difference in the final. Relieved? Extremely. I think it\u2019s still sinking in, just an incredible day really,\u201d Yates said before setting off for Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>It was the sprinters all fans focused on, with Peter Sagan trying to claim a final victory in the rainbow jersey. The Quick-Step Floors team had ideas of their own, however, and Elia Viviani emerged in the front once again. The Italian beat the World Champ into second place and won his third stage of this year\u2019s La Vuelta.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Stage 21 &#8211; Alcorc\u00f3n to Madrid (100.9km)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>1 Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) 2:21:28<br \/>\n2 Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe)<br \/>\n3 Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo)<br \/>\n4 Danny van Poppel (LottoNL-Jumbo)<br \/>\n5 Marc Sarreau (Groupama-FDJ)<br \/>\n6 Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Euskadi Basque Country-Murias)<br \/>\n7 Simone Consonni (UAE Team Emirates)<br \/>\n8 Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-Scott)<br \/>\n9 Tom Van Asbroeck (EF Education First-Drapac)<br \/>\n10 Ryan Gibbons (Dimension Data)<\/p>\n<h4><strong>2018 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a overall classification<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>1 Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) 82:05:58<br \/>\n2 Enric Mas (Quick-Step Floors) + 1:46<br \/>\n3 Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) + 2:04<br \/>\n4 Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) + 2:54<br \/>\n5 Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) + 4:28<br \/>\n6 Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) + 5:57<br \/>\n7 Rigoberto Uran (EF Education First-Drapac) + 6:07<br \/>\n8 Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) + 6:51<br \/>\n9 Ion Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida) + 11:09<br \/>\n10 Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb) + 11:11<\/p>\n<h2><strong>That pain<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BnqjiMTHdj0\/?taken-by=wlcmagazine<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Setting the record straight<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">14 days later still no <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lavuelta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@lavuelta<\/a> reaction. Could not wait any longer&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/respectforcyclinghistory?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#respectforcyclinghistory<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/freddymaertens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#freddymaertens<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/deliorodriguez?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#deliorodriguez<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LaVuelta18?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LaVuelta18<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9qtNloTn7W\">pic.twitter.com\/9qtNloTn7W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Philippe Maertens (@philmaertens) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/philmaertens\/status\/1040233583686955009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Replay!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bnoc7tYCzp3\/?utm_source=ig_embed<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A first for us as well!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gotta admit, hearing a spectator cheering for me by yelling &quot;Vamos bin Laden!&quot; was a first for me. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/beardproblems?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#beardproblems<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Simon Geschke (@simongeschke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/simongeschke\/status\/1038710675797893121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it! 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