Back to ranking The return. Primoz Roglic snatches the leader’s red jersey from O’Connor after winning the Heights of Moncalvillo and put almost two minutes there with two stages remaining. However, the Australian, dressed in red for thirteen days, remains in second position ahead of Enric Maswho closes the podium which will be made official on Sunday at Madrid.
Primoz Roglic is one step away from equaling Roberto Heras as the cyclist who has won the most Tours of Spain in history with four. The sorpasso ended at the end of a stage that went smoothly until the last nine kilometers. At that point, the Bora-Red Bull He set a hellish pace that reduced the peloton to a minimum and led to an ideal situation for the German team.
Two of his runners, Daniel Felipe Martinez And Alexander Vlassovthey get away with Roglic, whom they accompany to the stage victory and take the lead of the general classification. The Slovenian set his pace and stifled the last attacks of Carapaz and Mas, who reached the last few meters tired and overtaken by Gaudu And Skeleton.
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Fulminant. A fatal and definitive cut. Roglic shot towards the goal. Nobody had the power to react. Carapaz tried and gave up, then Enric Mas, who managed to eliminate the rest of his rivals in half a minute, but finally paid the effort and was overtaken by Gaugu and Skjelmose.
Roglic did not forgive and scored a hat trick, making it equal to Van Aert And Groves in this edition. In Moncalvillo, a talismanic summit, he signed stage number 15 in 6 participations, in which he won three victories in total.
Roglic, during the stage of La Vuelta.
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The winner of the 2023 Giro also has 3 stages in the Tour de France and a total of 87 victories to his name, including 7 this season. With his victory in Moncalvillo, the Vuelta a España golden book awaits him in Madrid to equal the 4 victories of Roberto Heras, with whom he would share the record.
This Saturday the twentieth stage takes place between Villarcayo and White Picon172 km. Queen day of the Vuelta with one day to go, without concessions and decisive. Seven ports on the road. It will be the last fight in style in a really tough environment, the Picón Blanco (1st, 7.9 to 9.1), until reaching the finish line at 1,498 meters above sea level. If there are doubts, the time trial in Madrid will dispel them on Sunday.
