# Extra Time: La Vuelta Show | Stage 12 | Enric Mas Solidifies GC Lead With Decisive Attack, Sepp Kuss's Podium Hopes Officially Fade

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Published: 2026-09-04T04:00:01+00:00
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Extra Time: La Vuelta Show | Stage 12 | Enric Mas Solidifies GC Lead With Decisive Attack, Sepp Kuss's Podium Hopes Officially Fade Jonathan, Nicole, and David break down a brutal desert mountain stage at the 2026 Vuelta a España — Enric Mas launches a decisive solo attack nobody can answer, Richard Carapaz's aggressive gamble backfires tactically but somehow still holds, and a 20-year-old Slovenian delivers a surprise stage win. 🔥 A Sweltering Test in the Desert Two Cat 3 climbs, a Cat 2, and two brutal Cat 1s through actual Spanish desert terrain with zero shade. Riders douse themselves with water constantly just to survive the heat. ⚡ Enric Mas Attacks and Nobody Answers With Decathlon's support riders burning out just 2.5 kilometers into their planned tempo push, Felix Gall is forced into a premature attack with 13K still to go. Mas — following the exact Stage 9 playbook of marking every move and striking only once everyone else is spent — matches Gall's attack, then simply rides away. He's never caught. Roglič follows but can't answer. The hosts unanimously agree: Mas has now proven himself the strongest climber in this Vuelta, full stop. 🎯 Carapaz's Premature Gamble Racing purely on instinct, Carapaz launches a solo attack over 35K from the finish — a move both hosts call tactically questionable given how many GC riders still had full team support. It gets reeled in, but remarkably, Carapaz still hangs with the front group through the finish, losing zero time despite the wasted energy. 🏆 Jakob Omrzel's Stunning Bahrain Victorious Win A 20-year-old Slovenian delivers Bahrain Victorious a second major result of the day, with teammate Marc Soler helping pace the effort while Florian Lipowitz's polka-dot jersey holder Buitrago successfully fends off Wout van Aert for…

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