Roglic crashes and loses red jersey at the Vuelta
The red jersey lost and still fallen on the departure: For the so-so-sovereign favorites Primoz Roglic, the tenth stage of the 76th Spain tour has been disappointing . The Slovene lost the overall tour to the Norwegian Odd Christian Eiking on Tuesday. The 26-year-old outsider, which has just three victories as a cyclist in the account, drove as a member of a breakout group about eleven and a half minutes ahead of Roglic and thus took the first place. His second stage victory celebrated Australian Michael Storer from the German DSM team. But that's not enough for Roglic: After the Slovene had dropped on the last mountain of his competitors, he risked too much on the exit and came to fall. The 31-year-old was able to continue the journey with abrasions and reached the goal on the side of the co-favorites. Eiking is now 58 seconds in front of the Frenchman Guillaume Martin and 2:17 minutes before Roglic, who has further good chances on his third Vuelta victory in series. Giro winner ...