Mikel Landa climbs to Vuelta a España stage 20 victory as Enric Mas all-but seals the red jersey

Mikel Landa rolled back the clock on stage 20 of the Vuelta a España to claim his first Grand Tour stage win in nine years, as Enric Mas all-but sealed the red jersey.

The Soudal-QuickStep rider infiltrated a large breakaway on the penultimate day of the Spanish three-week race, moving away alongside Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) and Ramses Debruyne (Alpecin-Premier Tech).

The 36-year-old attacked at the foot of the Collado del Alguacil and broke his rivals, riding solo to the win on a famous day for Spanish cycling.

In the General Classification race behind, it was Felix Gall (Decathlon-CMA CGM) who finished ahead of the rest, but Movistar's Mas comfortably defended his lead ahead of the final stage in Granada on Sunday.

There were overall classification movements behind Mas, as Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike) vaulted up the standings with a long-range attack and Oscar Onley (Netcompany-Ineos) was dropped on the first major climb. Kuss jumped from 11th to 5th, ahead of Onley in the General Classification.

The podium remained the same as it was at the start of the day, with Mas finishing ahead of Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Gall, despite the Gall eating into Roglič's advantage over him.

Landa's was a fairytale comeback win following several injury setbacks over the last few years. The former Giro d'Italia and Vuelta stage-winner suffered a fractured pelvis in a crash at Itzulia Basque Country earlier this season.

"I feel very happy. Something that I've been looking for a long time and finally I win again," Landa said afterwards.

"[It's] really emotional. It's been a really hard season, a really hard Vuelta for me and today was the last chance."

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