Sept 8 (Reuters) - Jonas Vingegaard tamed the Tourmalet to win stage 13 of the Vuelta a Espana, on a dramatic day which saw last year's winner Remco Evenepoel's challenge wither in the Pyrenees on Friday.
The relentless climbing and downhill racing took its toll on many, including last year's winner Evenepoel, who now finds himself out of contention.
Any early attacks had all been reeled in by a Jumbo-Visma team looking to control the race.
With the five-man group left to battle behind Vingegaard, it was Kuss who attacked in the final kilometre to close the gap.
Saturday's stage 14 is another mountain stage, a 156.5 kilometre ride from Sauveterre-de-Bearn to Larra-Belagua.
Persons:
Jonas Vingegaard, Remco, du Tourmalet, Evenepoel, Sepp Kuss, Primoz, Vingegaard, I'm, Kuss, d'Aubisque, Joao Almeida, Marc Soler, Juan Ayuso, Almeida, Robert Gesink, Wilco Kelderman, Lenny Martinez, Michael Storer, Enric Mas, Roglic, Visma, Dane, Trevor Stynes, Christian Radnedge, Toby Davis
Organizations:
UAE Team Emirates, de France, la, Belgian, Thomson
Locations:
Espana, Pyrenees, Formigal, Roglic, American, Vingegaard, Sauveterre, Bearn, Larra