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Primož Roglič gained a fourth Vuelta a España title on Sunday night, sealing his fifth Grand Tour title in six years with a second-place end within the remaining stage time trial in Madrid.
After claiming victory in Stage 4 at Pico Villuerca and taking the chief’s jersey, Roglič and his Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe workforce practically misplaced their grip on the Vuelta when Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) broke away solo, gaining an nearly five-minute result in take excessive of the GC standings.
Roglič steadily decreased the hole, selecting up seconds alongside the way in which, and by his third stage win on Stage 19, he had regained the general lead. Roglič’s victory supplied as soon as once more a way of redemption after a significant disappointment earlier within the season, coming after he withdrew from the Tour de France because of accidents sustained in a crash.
One of solely two riders to interrupt the 27-minute barrier, Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) gained the ultimate time trial with a blistering time of 26:28 on the 24.6km course. It marked the Swiss rider’s first-ever stage victory in a Grand Tour after a string of second locations lately.
Second on the stage, Roglič was 31 seconds off the quickest time whereas Mattia Cattaneo (T-Rex QuickStep) claimed third, 42 seconds down.
In the fiercely contested battle for the rostrum, Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) got here out sturdy, defending his second-place place and realising his dream of a Grand Tour podium. Enric Mas (Movistar) secured third place, including to his document of three runner-up finishes on the Vuelta.
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