{"id":175287,"date":"2019-09-06T09:31:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T09:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=175287"},"modified":"2019-09-06T09:36:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T09:36:00","slug":"philippe-gilbert-soloes-to-victory-on-stage-12-at-la-vuelta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2019\/09\/06\/philippe-gilbert-soloes-to-victory-on-stage-12-at-la-vuelta\/","title":{"rendered":"Philippe Gilbert Soloes to Victory on Stage 12 at La Vuelta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Adding to his spectacular Paris-Roubaix win in April, the 37-year-old proves he still got what it takes. Gilbert was the strongest rider on paper in the day\u2019s break and attacked on the final climb 9 km from the finish. He then confirmed the projections and went solo all the way to the finish line. Could he surprise at the World Championships later this month? We shall see.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a day! My 10th stage victory in a Grand Tour! A big thank you to the whole team and especially to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tim_Declercq?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Tim_Declercq<\/a> for the hard work in the breakaway! \ud83c\udfc6\ud83e\udd47 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lavuelta19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lavuelta19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Thewolfpack?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Thewolfpack<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/season17?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#season17<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GettySport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GettySport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eGaOzfGWgC\">pic.twitter.com\/eGaOzfGWgC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Philippe Gilbert (@PhilippeGilbert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilippeGilbert\/status\/1169679574185271298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The GC riders rested until the final climb where Jumbo-Visma put on an impressive amount of pace. Only 19 riders were in the peloton by the time they crossed the finish line. However, Miguel \u00c1ngel L\u00f3pez tried to attack anyway. But he was promptly covered by Marc Soler (Movistar) and things calmed down before the summit.<\/p>\n<h4>Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a 2019 stage 12 results<\/h4>\n<p>1. Philippe Gilbert (Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step) \u2013 3:48:18<br \/>\n2. Alex Aranburu (Caja Rural \u2013 Seguros RGA) + 3s<br \/>\n3. Fernando Barcel\u00f3 (Euskadi Basque Country \u2013 Murias)<br \/>\n4. Jos\u00e9 Joaqu\u00edn Rojas (Movistar) + 22s<br \/>\n5. Nikias Arndt (Sunweb) + 26s<br \/>\n6. Tosh Van der Sande (Lotto-Soudal) + 29s<br \/>\n7. Cyril Barthe (Euskadi Basque Country \u2013 Murias)<br \/>\n8. Manuele Boaro (Astana)<br \/>\n9. Tim Declerq (Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step)<br \/>\n10. Valerio Conti (UAE Team Emirates) + 31s<\/p>\n<h4>GC after stage 12<\/h4>\n<p>1. Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d (Jumbo-Visma) \u2013 44:52:08<br \/>\n2. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) + 1:52<br \/>\n3. Miguel \u00c1ngel L\u00f3pez (Astana) + 2:11<br \/>\n4. Nairo Quintana (Movistar) + 3:00<br \/>\n5. Tadej Poga\u010dar (UAE Team Emirates) + 3:05<br \/>\n6. Carl Frederik Hagen (Lotto-Soudal) + 4:59<br \/>\n7. Rafa\u0142 Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe) + 5:42<br \/>\n8. Nicolas Edet (Cofidis) at 5-49<br \/>\n9. Dylan Teuns (Bahrain-Merida) at 6-07<br \/>\n10. Wilco Kelderman (Sunweb) at 6-25<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adding to his spectacular Paris-Roubaix win in April, the 37-year-old proves he still got what it takes. 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