Champoussin savours 'unexpected' stage victory at Vuelta a España

Clément Champoussin
Clément Champoussin celebrates winning stage 20 at the Vuelta a España (Image credit: Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)

After the last breakaway rider standing, Ryan Gibbons, was caught on Saturday's final climb of stage 20 of the Vuelta a España, the final kilometres looked all set to be a showdown for victory between the big GC names of Primož Roglič, Enric Mas, Jack Haig and Adam Yates.

However, rather than one of the GC protagonists enjoying a crowning moment on the Alto Castro de Herville, it was another name from the breakaway who enjoyed victory on the final road stage of the race – AG2R Citroën's second-year pro Clément Champoussin.

Dani Ostanek
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Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Before joining the team, she had written for numerous major publications in the cycling world, including Cycling Weekly and Rouleur.