Costa wins Vuelta stage 15 as Kuss keeps red jersey

Rui Costa won a thrilling cat-and-mouse battle to take stage 15 of the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday, while Jumbo-Visma maintained their grip on the general classification rankings.

The veteran Portuguese Intermarche–Circus–Wanty rider beat out Lennard Kamna and Santiago Buitrago in the final stages to cross the line at Lekunberri first by a fraction.

Remco Evenepoel, whose Grand Tour defence crumbled on Friday, enjoyed another strong ride after Saturday’s stage win, but ran out of steam ahead of the denouement.

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Sepp Kuss kept the red jersey, sitting ahead of his Jumbo-Visma teammates Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard in the top three of the general classification.