Vuelta a Espana 2023: Remco Evenepoel completes hat-trick as Primoz Roglic, Jonas Vingegaard ride for Sepp Kuss

With a telling tap of the helmet and his fingers steepled into what looked like a heart, Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) soloed to a third win on the Vuelta a Espana after a gruelling double ascent of the Puerto de la Cruz de Linares in Asturias.

Since his red jersey bid imploded on the Col d’Aubisque at the start of the second week, defending champion Evenepoel has successfully pivoted his race to a push for polka dots while lighting up many a breakaway. And the 23-year-old’s…