Cycling-Emphatic Roglic storms into red with Vuelta victory at Codavonga


  • Cycling
  • Thursday, 02 Sep 2021

FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Vuelta a Espana - Stage 18 - Hipodromo de la Zarzuela to Madrid, Spain - November 8, 2020 Jumbo-Visma's Primoz Roglic celebrates with a trophy on the podium after winning the general classification REUTERS/Sergio Perez/File Photo

CANGAS DE ONIS, Spain (Reuters) - Reigning Vuelta a Espana champion Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) took the leader's red jersey on this year's race with an emphatic solo win on stage 17 on Wednesday.

Roglic, who broke away from the pack alongside Egan Bernal (Ineos) with 60 kilometres remaining, dropped the Colombian with 7.5km left to go solo up the climb and claim a third stage victory, 1:35 ahead of the chasers.

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