Vuelta a España: Clément Champoussin wins stage 20

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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Clment Champoussin of France and AG2R Citren Team celebrates winning during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Clément Champoussin wins stage 20 at the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Romain Bardet of France and Team DSM competes during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

The breakaway includes Mark Padun (Bahrain Victorious), Matteo Trentin, Ryan Gibbons (UAE Team Emirates), Lilian Calmejane, Clément Champoussin (AG2R Citroën), Romain Bardet, Michael Storer (Team DSM) on stage 20 at the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Clment Champoussin of France and AG2R Citren Team competes in the breakaway during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

The breakaway includes Mark Padun (Bahrain Victorious), Matteo Trentin, Ryan Gibbons (UAE Team Emirates), Lilian Calmejane, Clément Champoussin (AG2R Citroën), Romain Bardet, Michael Storer (Team DSM) on stage 20 at the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Primoz Roglic of Slovenia and Team Jumbo Visma red leader jersey competes during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Primoz Roglic and Jumbo-Visma on stage 20 at the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Primoz Roglic of Slovenia and Team Jumbo Visma red leader jersey competes during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Primoz Roglic and Jumbo-Visma on stage 20 at the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Nathan Van Hooydonck of Belgium and Team Jumbo Visma leads the peloton during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Jumbo-Visma on stage 20 at the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Fabio Jakobsen of Netherlands and Team Deceuninck QuickStep green points jersey competes during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Points classification leader Fabio Jakobsen on stage 20 at the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Primoz Roglic of Slovenia and Team Jumbo Visma red leader jersey competes during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Overall leader Primoz Roglic on stage 20 at the Vuelta (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez of Colombia white best young jersey Thomas Pidcock of United Kingdom and Pavel Sivakov of Russia and Team INEOS Grenadiers lead the peloton during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Tom Pidcock on stage 20 at the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 A general view of the peloton beginning to climb the Alto de Mabia 439m during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

The breakaway racing along the coast during stage 20 at the Vuelta (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 A general view of Lilian Calmejane of France Clment Champoussin of France Stan Dewulf of Belgium and AG2R Citren Team Floris De Tier of Belgium and Team AlpecinFenix Daniel Navarro Garcia of Spain and Team Burgos BH Jess Herrada Lopez of Spain and Team Cofidis Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel of Spain and Team Euskaltel Euskadi Jan Hirt of Czech Republic and Team Intermarch Wanty Gobert Matriaux Sylvain Moniquet of Belgium and Team Lotto Soudal Nicholas Schultz of Australia and Team BikeExchange Chris Hamilton of Australia and Team DSM Romain Bardet of France and Team DSM Michael Storer of Australia and Team DSM polka dot mountain jersey Matteo Trentin of Italy and UAE Team Emirates Ryan Gibbons of South Africa and UAE Team Emirates compete in the breakaway passing through Loureza during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

The breakaway on stage 20 at the Vuelta (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 A general view of Lilian Calmejane of France Clment Champoussin of France Stan Dewulf of Belgium and AG2R Citren Team Floris De Tier of Belgium and Team AlpecinFenix Daniel Navarro Garcia of Spain and Team Burgos BH Jess Herrada Lopez of Spain and Team Cofidis Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel of Spain and Team Euskaltel Euskadi Jan Hirt of Czech Republic and Team Intermarch Wanty Gobert Matriaux Sylvain Moniquet of Belgium and Team Lotto Soudal Nicholas Schultz of Australia and Team BikeExchange Chris Hamilton of Australia and Team DSM Romain Bardet of France and Team DSM Michael Storer of Australia and Team DSM polka dot mountain jersey Matteo Trentin of Italy and UAE Team Emirates Ryan Gibbons of South Africa and UAE Team Emirates compete in the breakaway passing through Loureza village during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Stage 20 at the Vuelta (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Pavel Sivakov of Russia and Team INEOS Grenadiers leads the peloton during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Pavel Sivakov (Ineos Grenadiers) leads the bunch at stage 20 of the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Primoz Roglic of Slovenia and Team Jumbo Visma red leader jersey during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Primoz Roglic on stage 20 of the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez of Colombia and Team INEOS Grenadiers white best young jersey competes during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) stage 20 of the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Miguel ngel Lpez Moreno of Colombia and Movistar Team competes in the chase group during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Miguel Angel Lopez (Movistar) losing time on stage 20 at the Vuelta (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Jack Haig of Australia and Team Bahrain Victorious competes during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Jack Haig and Primoz Roglic in a group together on stage 20 at the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Miguel ngel Lpez Moreno of Colombia and Movistar Team competes in the chase group during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Miguel Angel Lopez (Movistar) (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 LR Adam Yates of United Kingdom and Team INEOS Grenadiers Gino Mder of Switzerland and Team Bahrain Victorious Enric Mas Nicolau of Spain and Movistar Team Miguel ngel Lpez Moreno of Colombia and Movistar Team Jack Haig of Australia and Team Bahrain Victorious Egan Arley Bernal Gomez of Colombia and Team INEOS Grenadiers white best young jersey and Steven Kruijswijk of Netherlands and Team Jumbo Visma compete in the chase group during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

A select group on stage 20 at the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 LR Gino Mder of Switzerland and Team Bahrain Victorious Adam Yates of United Kingdom and Team INEOS Grenadiers compete in the chase group during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Gino Mäder and Adam Yates lead a group on stage 20 at the Vuelta (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Gino Mder of Switzerland and Team Bahrain Victorious Adam Yates of United Kingdom and Team INEOS Grenadiers Jack Haig of Australia and Team Bahrain Victorious Enric Mas Nicolau of Spain and Movistar Team and Primoz Roglic of Slovenia and Team Jumbo Visma red leader jersey compete in the chase group during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Gino Mäder and Adam Yates lead a group on stage 20 at the Vuelta (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Ryan Gibbons of South Africa and UAE Team Emirates competes in the breakaway during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Ryan Gibbons (UAE Team Emirates) goes solo on stage 20 at the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Ryan Gibbons of South Africa and UAE Team Emirates competes in the breakaway during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Ryan Gibbons (UAE Team Emirates) goes solo on stage 20 at the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Adam Yates of United Kingdom and Team INEOS Grenadiers competes during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) on stage 20 at the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel of Spain and Team Euskaltel Euskadi attacks in the chase group during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel makes a late-race attack on stage 20 at the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel of Spain and Team Euskaltel Euskadi attacks in the chase group during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel makes a late-race attack on stage 20 at the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Primoz Roglic of Slovenia and Team Jumbo Visma red leader jersey competes in the chase group during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Primoz Roglic in the chase group at stage 20 at the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Clment Champoussin of France and AG2R Citren Team celebrates winning during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Clément Champoussin wins stage 20 at the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Getty Images)
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Egan Bernal

Egan Bernal finishes nearly 7 minutes down on stage 20 (Image credit: Getty Images)
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MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 LR Enric Mas Nicolau of Spain and Movistar Team and Primoz Roglic of Slovenia and Team Jumbo Visma red leader jersey compete during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

Bahrain Victorious leading the chase group that included Primoz Rogic (Jumbo-Visma (Image credit: Getty Images)

Clement Champoussin (AG2R Citroen) claimed the biggest victory of his career on a dramatic penultimate stage of the Vuelta a España, which saw Miguel Angel Lopez (Movistar) tumble off the overall podium and storm out of the race entirely. 

Champoussin was part of a large breakaway that built a lead of 11 minutes on an increasingly hilly day in Galicia, but it wasn’t as simple as that. The main escape was actually caught ahead of the final category-2 climb, as race leader Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma), Enric Mas (Movistar), Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers), Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious) hit out, having sailed clear of a group containing Lopez and Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) earlier in the stage. 

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