User:Lib2know/Vuelta a España: Mikel Landa wins demanding mountain stage

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On Wednesday won the 11th  of the  cycling race in, Andorra in 04:34:54 hours.

His teammate  followed 1 minute and 22 seconds later and became number one, taking the. Third was (+1:40, ), fourth  (+1:57), and fifth  (+1:59, both ). The latter improved to the second position overall (+0:27) in front of the former leader (+0:30) on three.

This mountain stage started in and led back and forth through the valleys and over the passes of the small  country. Though the distance was only 138, the race was said to be very demanding. Six classified climbs totalling 4,950 couple with and 3,960 metres of descending to leave hardly any flat passages. called the route "dramatic". His improvement on the overall classification he worked out to leadership on Monday.

previously predicted it would be the "the hardest stage ever". During the stage he was getting injured in a crash which caused him to end the season and give up on his start at the world championship.

There are a couple of professional cycling competitions in Andorra this week. The nation hosted the Vuelta a España for four days: coming in on Monday for the resting day, followed by yesterday's mountain stage. The 12th stage started today in Andorra la Vella, returning to, Spain. At the same time the MTB  World Championship started on August 31st with qualifiers. Championship events in, , and mountain biking are set to continue until Sunday.