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Matthew Brennan makes history with five wins at Vuelta a Espaa on stage 17
Matthew Brennan stormed to a historic fifth stage win at the Vuelta a Espaa on Wednesday, winning stage 17 in Seville.Visma-Lease a Bike's British sprinter became the first fast man to win five stages in the same Grand Tour since Marcel Kittel in 2017, and won for the second day in a row to boot. All in his debut Grand Tour. He is the youngest rider to ever win five Grand Tour stages, and the younger rider to win back-to-back Vuelta stages.The bunch sprint was closer than other days, with Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) looking good until being pipped at the last, with Magnus Cort (Uno-X Mobility) finishing in third.21-year-old Brennan's win also marked Visma-Lease a Bike's seventh win of this Vuelta, their biggest haul ever, with Wout van Aert winning two stages. It was a slightly more complicated bunch sprint with previous days, with Brennan being dropped off by his deluxe leadout man Van Aert earlier, onto the wheel of Cort, before he fully opened up with around 150m to go and was not caught again. There were lessons taken after Van Aert finished second in a sprint in Seville in 2024, Brennan explained. "We discussed it in the morning, the bits where he went wrong," he said on TV post-race. "We didn't want to repeat that today, we wanted to make sure that we crossed the line first. He was there by my side the whole way, which was fantastic to see, and I'm very thankful for his support.""It's fantastic for me," Brennan added. "We're a long way into this race now and today was the day where we could make history in our team. In terms of the win again, it's really cool to do that. We did everything in our power to get there."More to follow...
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