Wout van Aert beat Valentin Paret-Peintre in a two-up sprint to win stage 13 of the Vuelta a Espaa on Friday afternoon. The pair were part of a mega breakaway that formed in the first part of the race and swelled to 43 riders at one point more than a quarter of the entire peloton. With 3.7km to go, Van Aert charged out of a nine-rider group that had whittled down at the front of the race. Soudal Quick-Step's Paret-Peintre chased the Visma-Lease a Bike rider, swapping through turns, but could not match his speed down the finishing straight in Loja. The victory marked Visma-Lease a Bike's fourth at the race, the first three courtesy of Matthew Brennan. "He's a superstar," Brennan said of his team-mate after the stage. More to follow.