Norway’s Andreas Leknessund (UNO X Mobility) took a memorable mountain victory on stage seven to the Aragon Valdelinares summit finish, netting his first Grand Tour stage win after four times being a runner-up in the past. It was a fitting victory on a day of national mourning in Norway after the death of Harald V. This is UNO-X in the team’s debut at the Vuelta a Espana, with Tobias Halland Johannessen finishing second to make a memorable 1-2 finish. Both men had black armbands on in memory of the former king, with the stage starting after a minute’s silence in Vall d’Alba. UNO-X is a rising power in professional cycling becoming one of cycling’s top teams, notably winning a stage of all three Grand Tours this season = with Leknessund’s triumph today adding to that of Frederick Dversnes at the Giro and Soren Waerenskjold at the Tour. “It was such a special day, going from the start with Wout; we were going really hard, so fast, Tobias came up and it gave me confidenc...
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