Fulwood ace Hugh Carthy celebrates as Primoz Roglic takes Vuelta a Espana crown
The Fulwood rider was all smiles on the podium after his career-best finish behind overall general classification winner Primoz Roglic and second-placed Richard Carapaz.
Prior to this year’s Vuelta, 26-yearold Carthy’s best result was winning a lower-ranking stage race in Spain four years ago, and a stage win in last year’s Tour of Switzerland.
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It took a photo finish to reveal the winner, with Ackermann just doing enough to hold off Bennett.
Max Kanter finished third, Jasper Philipsen was fourth, and Jasha Sutterlin fifth.
Final general classification – 1st: Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma 72:46:12; 2nd: Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers0:00:24; 3rd: Hugh Carthy (GB) EF Pro Cycling 0:01:15; 4th: Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:02:43; 5: Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:36; 6th: Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain McLaren 0:07:16; 7th: David De la Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 0:07:35; 8th: David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:07:45; 9th: Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:08:15; 10th: Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:09:34.