Sepulveda wins final stage and GC at Vuelta a Castilla y Leon

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Engelhardt takes third in chase group of 25 riders and drops to second overall

SEGOVIA SPAIN JULY 27 Eduardo Sepúlveda of Argentina and Team LottoDstny celebrates at finish line as stage winner ahead of Pablo Castrillo of Spain and Team Kern Pharma during the 37th Vuelta a Castilla Y Leon 2023 Stage 2 a 1862km stage from Coca to Segovia on July 27 2023 in Segovia Spain Photo by Gonzalo Arroyo MorenoGetty Images
Vuelta a Castilla y Leon 2023: Eduardo Sepúlveda of Lotto Dstny celebrates at finish line as stage 2 winner ahead of Pablo Castrillo of Kern Pharma (Image credit: Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno/Getty Images)
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Eduardo Sepúlveda (Lotto Dstny) pulled away from Pablo Castrillo (Equipo Kern Pharma) at the finish line in Segovia to win stage 2 of the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon. With a 26-second advantage over third-placed Felix Engelhardt (Jayco AlUla), Sepúlveda secured the GC title at the two-day race.

Engelhardt held the race lead after the opening day, but fell short of the overall by 14 seconds when the duo got away. The German managed to lead the bunch sprint of 25 riders to the finish and hold second overall. Alex Molenaar (Electro Hiper Europa) finished third overall.

“I almost can’t believe it to win the stage and general classification. It was a really hard race and in the final 30 kilometres there were lots of attacks. I guess I was maybe a bit lucky that I went on the right moment and had a good breakaway companion with Castrillo,” Sepúlveda said in a team statement. “In the end it was enough and to win the stage and GC is just fantastic.”

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