{"id":1774,"date":"2024-08-30T08:42:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T02:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/blog\/"},"modified":"2024-09-01T14:19:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T08:34:45","slug":"emotional-stage-win-for-castrillo-in-la-vuelta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8850media.com\/np\/news\/emotional-stage-win-for-castrillo-in-la-vuelta\/","title":{"rendered":"Emotional stage win for Castrillo at La Vuelta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MANZANEDA, Spain:<\/strong> Pablo Castrillo has picked up an emotional stage win in the Spanish Vuelta. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Castrillo gave Kern Pharma the victory in the 12th stage a few hours after the team said its founder and former president, Manolo Azcona, died at the age of 71 on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow happy Manolo would be,\u201d the team said in a statement. \u201cThis one is for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the first Grand Tour stage victory \u2014 and first professional triumph \u2014 for the 23-year-old Castrillo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is a very special day,\u201d he said. “I can\u2019t believe I\u2019ve won in my first Vuelta (stage). I dedicate this win to my team, to my family and above all to a very special person, Manolo Azcona. I thought about him the whole stage, to win as a tribute.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were no changes in the general classification after the 137.5-km route that ended with a long climb into the city of Manzaneda in northwest Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ben O’Connor kept the leader’s red jersey. The Australian remained more than three minutes ahead of three-time Vuelta champion Primoz Roglic and Enric Mas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday’s 13th stage will be a 176-km route through the summits of Galicia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTomorrow is an extremely hard finish,\u201d O’Connor said. \u201cIt will be one of the most important days since the start of this race.\u201d (AP)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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