Team UAE's Rafal Majka won stage 15 of the Vuelta a España on Sunday with a solo break to victory from an epic
85km, while Intermarche's Odd Christian Eiking held on to the overall leader's
red jersey.

British Ineos rider Adam Yates chipped 15 seconds off all the main
contenders on this mountainous slog with Frenchman Guillaume Martin remaining
in second overall and defending champion Primoz Roglič of Jumbo holding third
with six stages remaining.

It was a first stage win in four years for Poland's Majka, who played a key
role in UAE winning the Tour de France with Tadej Pogačar in July.

Norwegian overall leader Christian Eiking defied expectations by holding on
to his red jersey over a mountainous weekend where the main contenders for the
title largely kept their powder dry.

Enric Mas and Miguel Ángel López round out the top five, while Yates and
his team leader Egan Bernal are still within touching distance of the 2021
title. The result means everything will come down to the final five days.

Monday is a rest day and Tuesday a flat stage where Fabio Jakobsen of
Deceuninck can seal the green sprint points jersey.

There are then three big mountain stages, a hilly one and a long individual
time-trial into Santiago de Compostela next Sunday.