Remco Evenepoel caught out in mid-stage crash at Vuelta a España

ESTEPONA SPAIN SEPTEMBER 01 Remco Evenepoel of Belgium and Team QuickStep Alpha Vinyl Red Leader Jersey competes injured after being involved in a crash during the 77th Tour of Spain 2022 Stage 12 a 1927km stage from Salobrea Peas Blancas Estepona 1260m LaVuelta22 WorldTour on September 01 2022 in Estepona Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
Race leader Remco Evenepoel shows the cuts from his crash on the road to the Peñas Blancas summit finish on stage 12 (Image credit: Tim de WaeleGetty Images)

Vuelta a España race leader Remco Evenepoel crashed during stage 12, sliding out on a sweeping right hand bend 50km from the summit finish at Peñas Blancas.

No-one else was involved in the crash, which took place on a descent mid-stage during a spell of relative calm for the peloton and with a break of 32 riders some 10 minutes up the road.

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Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.