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Primoz Roglic triumphs in the 17th stage of the Tour of Spain and recovers the leader's jersey

2021-09-01T18:06:13.472Z


The Slovenian took back the leader's red jersey of the Tour of Spain, after a masterful breakaway at altitude during the 17th stage of Le Tou


The boss is him.

Winner alone and in the rain this Wednesday of the 17th stage, Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) won in the rain at the top of the Covadonga lakes.

The Slovenian recovers the red jersey he had already owned on several occasions, now more than two minutes ahead of his closest competitors.

❤️ @rogla ha dado la vuelta a # LaVuelta21 camino de Lagos de Covadonga para tomar el relevo de @Oddeiking.


🎬 ¡Disfruta del minuto de La Roja!



❤️Roglic won a memorable stage in Lagos de Covadonga to pick up Eiking's baton!


🎬 Tune in for the red jersey minute! @CarrefourES pic.twitter.com/0998WXm2aC

- La Vuelta (@lavuelta) September 1, 2021

The two-time defending champion came out of the group of favorites 60 kilometers from the finish, along with Colombian Egan Bernal (Ineos-Grenadiers).

The two rode together then the Slovenian let go of the Colombian climber seven kilometers from the finish, in the hardest part of the last climb.

His teammate, the American Sepp Kuss, finished 2nd at 1′35 ′ ', just ahead of Miguel Angel Lopez (Movistar) and Bernal.

The former leader, the Norwegian Odd Christian Eiking, fell in a descent 50 kilometers from the finish.

Guillaume Martin falls back to 5th place

“When Bernal attacked, I didn't think about it, I just went with him,” explained the winner of the stage. Afterwards, I thought to myself that maybe we had started a bit far, because there was still a big climb at the end. And on this last climb, I didn't decide anything, I just tried to climb as quickly as possible. At one point, Egan couldn't follow me anymore, so I left alone. The gap is never enough, but we'll see tomorrow if it's enough. "

Roglic now has a 2′22 ′ 'lead overall over his first pursuer, Spaniard Enric Mas (Movistar). This is not the first time that Roglic wears the red leader's jersey in this 76th edition of the Tour of Spain. Victorious for the third time since the start (1st and 11th stages), the 2nd of the Tour de France 2020 signs at the same time his 7th success in this event since 2019.

Unhappy during the last Grande Boucle, where he had given up even before the start of the 9th stage after a succession of falls, Primoz Roglic is now the favorite to succeed one another on the prize list. Four days before the finish in Santiago de Compostela, where a time trial will take place - a discipline that he masters perfectly -, the Slovenian must now manage the stage of this Thursday as well as possible, where the peloton will climb for the very first time in history the Gamoniteiru pass (1772 meters at 10-12% average slope). Guillaume Martin, who occupied 2nd place in the general classification before this stage, lost 4′16 ′ 'and is now in 5th place, followed by Egan Bernal.

Source: leparis

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