1. Enric Mas has found the most success at the Vuelta a Espana, where he won a stage in 2018, has finished second overall 3 times, and twice won the young riders classification.
27 Facts About Enric Mas
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Enric Mas's achievements include winning the 2019 Tour of Guangxi, a stage win at the Tour of the Basque Country, and a victory at the one-day classic Giro dell'Emelia.
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Enric Mas was born in Arta, a small town of about 7,500 people, which is the administrative seat of Llevant, on the island of Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands of Spain.
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Enric Mas was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a Espana.
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Enric Mas won the Combativity Award on stages 6 and 20 at the Vuelta a Espana; on the penultimate stage to Angliru, Mas was in the breakaway and helped Alberto Contador win the stage.
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Enric Mas won the final stage to Arrate, which was his first professional victory.
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Enric Mas moved up to 6th place in the general classification after the last stage, which meant he got his first ever top 10 world tour stage race finish; he won the young rider classification.
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Enric Mas continued his form, 2 months later when he placed 4th overall at the Tour de Suisse, and won the Young rider classification.
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Enric Mas managed to finish 2nd on stage 5 behind Diego Ulissi.
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At the Vuelta a Espana, Enric Mas was outside top 10 before the last two stages of the second week.
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Enric Mas finished 7th on the Stage to Las Praeres, and moved up to 8th place.
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Enric Mas moved up another place in the general classification.
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Enric Mas was the strongest of the General classification contenders, and moved up to 3rd position overall.
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Enric Mas attacked on the final climb together with Miguel Angel Lopez and Simon Yates.
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Enric Mas rode together to the finish line with Lopez and outsprinted him, to take his first stage victory in a Grand Tour.
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Enric Mas earned top 10 places in both the 2019 Volta a Catalunya as well as the 2019 Tour de Suisse.
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Richard Carapaz dropped Roglic on the final climb of the final mountain stage but Roglic was able to limit his losses by getting on the wheel of Enric Mas and following him up the climb.
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Enric Mas was fighting to gain time over Dan Martin and jump into 4th place in the overall standings.
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Enric Mas rode in the 2021 Tour de France, which was marred by crashes and bad weather early in the race.
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Enric Mas finished in 6th place overall, the highest placed rider on Movistar Team.
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Enric Mas lost time to Roglic on stage seventeen, which included a summit finish at Lagos de Covadonga, crossing the line with the surviving GC favorites about a minute and a half behind.
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Enric Mas did not join in this attack as he felt that if he attacked Roglic would have gone with him.
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Enric Mas was able to stay in the lead group and went into the final time trial about two and a half minutes behind Roglic, finishing in second overall.
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Enric Mas started the 2022 Tour de France as the leader for Team Movistar.
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Enric Mas was forced to withdraw before stage 19 due to testing positive for COVID-19.
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Enric Mas finished the season with a strong performance in the Italian autumn classics, where he defeated Tadej Pogacar to win the 2022 Giro dell'Emilia, and placed second in Il Lombardia.
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Enric Mas started the 2023 Tour de France but was involved in a crash on the first stage; he and Richard Carapaz had to withdraw.