Vuelta a España 2018, Stage 9 — King soloes on La Covatilla

The road

148 km to go
Maté leads over the Pico
The Puerto del Pico opens a brutal first half; Luis Ángel Maté sprints for the KOM as the eleven-man break establishes itself.
30 km to go
De Gendt weeds out the break
As Sky lift the pace 30km out, Thomas De Gendt attacks to thin the escape, leaving King, Mollema and a handful of others up front.
5 km to go
Bora set the GC tempo
On the hors-catégorie ramps of La Covatilla, Rafał Majka drills a high tempo for Buchmann, steadily paring the red jersey group down to twenty.
3 km to go
King digs for the win
With 3km to go the gap is just 15 seconds, but King digs in on the exposed mountaintop as Mollema cracks, edging clear again.
At the line
King soloes on La Covatilla
Ben King holds on for his second win of the Vuelta; behind, López jumps aboard a late Kelderman-Quintana move as the favourites finally trade blows.

Podium, Stage 9, Vuelta a España 2018
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Ben King	Team Dimension Data	5:30:38
2	Bauke Mollema	Trek - Segafredo	+0:48
3	Dylan Teuns	BMC Racing Team	+2:38

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