Ireland's Nicolas Roche has won today's 18th stage of the Vuelta Espana.
The Team Sky rider won in sprint finish after he had been part of a 25-strong group that had led for most of today's 200-kilometre stage.
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The victory was the second Vuelta stage win of Roche's career and will help to ease some of the disappointment of his crash last week, which ended his hopes of an overall podium finish.
Roche says that he always enjoys racing in the Vuelta
The overall leader's red jersey has been retained by Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin who has a 3 second lead over Italian Fabio Aru.
