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Mikel Landa won Stage 20 solo atop Collado del Alguacil, attacking 7km from the summit — his first Grand Tour stage win since the 2021 Vuelta a Burgos. It's likely his last victory in Soudal-QuickStep colours before he moves to Euskaltel-Euskadi, a five-year drought ending as a farewell rather than a launchpad. Enric Mas, meanwhile, never had to answer an attack, extending his overall lead to 2:15.
Landa's win was the story of the day precisely because it changed nothing at the top: Mas rode the queen stage as a formality, with Felix Gall the best of the GC riders 6:37 back. Landa built his margin with Tobias Halland Johannessen and Ramses Debruyne in the break, then rode away from both on the final ramps. «I feel very happy... [It's] really emotional,» he said afterward — a stage win that closes out a Soudal-QuickStep career rather than opening a new chapter.
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