Ireland’s Eddie Dunbar hung on to win stage 20 of the Vuelta a España on Saturday, his second stage win of the race, with three-times former champion Primoz Roglic coming in third and extending his overall lead ahead of Sunday’s final stage.
Dunbar, who also won stage 11 for his Team Jayco AlUla, took off in pursuit of the leader Pavel Sivakov with five kilometres to the finish on the final climb of this year’s Vuelta to Picón Blanco and held off the chasing group by just seven seconds on the line after overtaking the Frenchman.
Spain’s Enric Mas came in second, with Roglic, who took control of the red jersey after winning Friday’s stage, close behind. The Slovenian now has an overall lead of two minutes and two seconds over Australia’s Ben O’Connor.
Sunday’s final stage is a 24.6km individual time trial in Madrid, where Roglic is set to be crowned champion for the fourth time, barring a catastrophe.
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