
Alessandro de Marchi surged upward into the mountain fog to win the 14th stage of the Spanish Vuelta, while fellow Italian Fabio Aru fought successfully to keep the leader's red jersey on Saturday. De Marchi pulled away from four other escapees near the end to win the 215-kilometer (113-mile) ride - the longest of the three-week Grand Tour - in 5 hours, 43 minutes, 12 seconds. ''Incredible! I wouldn't have believed it at the start that I would perform so well,'' De Marchi said.
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