Vuelta, Roglic wins on the climb and mortgages the race: O’Connor loses almost two minutes

Stage victory and overall lead for Primoz Roglic at the Vuelta a Espana 2024. In the nineteenth stage, the Logrono – Alto de Moncalvillo, 173.5 kilometers long, the Slovenian won alone thanks to the extraordinary work of his team, the Red Bull Bora-Hansgrohewho made the difference when there were about 5 km to go: second at 46″ David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), third Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek). Nothing to do for Ben O’Connor. With two days to go, Roglic regains the lead after losing it in the sixth stage, in Yunquera. For Roglic, it is the third victory in this edition of the Vuelta, the 15th of his career. The Slovenian champion now leads the general classification with 1’54” on O’Connor, 2’20” on Mas and 2’54” on the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz of EF. Saturday is the penultimate stage, the Villarcayo – Picon Blanco, 172 kilometers, with 7 GPM in which anything can still happen. But now it will be difficult to take the red jersey from the race leader. After Pogacar’s success in the Giro and Tour, Slovenia is close to equaling Great Britain, which in 2018 won all the major stage races with Froome (Giro), Thomas (Tour) and Simon Yates (Vuelta).