Annemiek van Vleuten wins her third consecutive Vuelta a España on Sunday. At 40 years old, the champion of the Movistar team completes an exceptional list of achievements before retiring at the end of the season.
While she had a 1 min 11 sec lead in the general classification on Sunday morning on Vollering, she almost lost everything during the final ascent of 12.5 km at 6.9% average to the Lakes of Covadonga. But she hung on to limit the damage after being dropped five kilometers from the goal.