DEFENDING VUELTA CHAMPION Primoz Roglic made a statement of intent today when he hunted down Magnus Cort Neilsen’s desperate long-range escape for a stage 11 win that went down to the wire.
Having fallen on Tuesday, Jumbo-Visma’s Roglic, instead of struggling, gained a few seconds on key rivals, Movistar pair Enric Mas and Miguel Angel Lopez. They made up the podium, while Odd Christian Eiking held on to the overall lead, just clinging on over the last climb.
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“It feels like you can imagine, it feels really, really nice,” said Eiking, who is 58sec ahead of Guillaume Martin and 1min 56sec ahead of Roglic in the overall rankings.
This was also the Slovenian Roglic’s second stage win on the 2021 Vuelta after the Olympic champion took the opening day time-trial by storm.
Cort Neilsen had already won stage six and looked set for a victory here too after crossing the highest peak of the day 45sec ahead, but the EF Nippo man was caught an agonising 200m from the packed village centre finish line.
Thanks to an earlier mountain stage win, Damiano Caruso of Bahrain Victorious is the leading climber in the polka dot jersey after crossing the only summit in second.
Thursday’s run from Jaen to Cordoba is a flat stage for the sprinters, with Fabio Jakobsen in the green jersey. His closest rival, Alpecin’s Jasper Philipsen, pulled out today complaining of a fever.
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Roglic claims victory after Vuelta stage 11 goes down to the wire
DEFENDING VUELTA CHAMPION Primoz Roglic made a statement of intent today when he hunted down Magnus Cort Neilsen’s desperate long-range escape for a stage 11 win that went down to the wire.
Having fallen on Tuesday, Jumbo-Visma’s Roglic, instead of struggling, gained a few seconds on key rivals, Movistar pair Enric Mas and Miguel Angel Lopez. They made up the podium, while Odd Christian Eiking held on to the overall lead, just clinging on over the last climb.
“It feels like you can imagine, it feels really, really nice,” said Eiking, who is 58sec ahead of Guillaume Martin and 1min 56sec ahead of Roglic in the overall rankings.
This was also the Slovenian Roglic’s second stage win on the 2021 Vuelta after the Olympic champion took the opening day time-trial by storm.
Cort Neilsen had already won stage six and looked set for a victory here too after crossing the highest peak of the day 45sec ahead, but the EF Nippo man was caught an agonising 200m from the packed village centre finish line.
Thanks to an earlier mountain stage win, Damiano Caruso of Bahrain Victorious is the leading climber in the polka dot jersey after crossing the only summit in second.
Thursday’s run from Jaen to Cordoba is a flat stage for the sprinters, with Fabio Jakobsen in the green jersey. His closest rival, Alpecin’s Jasper Philipsen, pulled out today complaining of a fever.
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