Roglic in front of third Vuelta triumph
The Slovenian Radstar Primoz Roglic has not shown no weakness on the King's stage of Spain tour and is close to the Vuelta Triple. At the day win of the Colombian's Miguel Angel Lopez after 162.2 km with the brutally heavy final rise to the Altu d'El Gamoniteiru, the 31-year-old time-catching Olympic champion came in two rank and continued to expand his lead. In the dense fog, Jumbo-Visma captain Roglic reached the target for 14 seconds to Lopez and pulled out for eight seconds ahead of his sharpest counterparty Enric Mas (Spain / both Movistar), which became the third. In the overall standings, the defending champion leads after the last heavy mountain stage with 2:30 in front of Mas, Lopez (2:53) is third. At the final climbing area of the day over 14.8 km and 1400 meters in an average of 9.8 percent gradient (17 percent in the top), Lopez had attacked about four kilometers in front of the highest point. Roglic did not drive behind and controlled the events at the re...