Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) made his decisive transfer within the race for the general Vuelta a España on stage 19 as he took solo victory on the summit end of Alto de Moncalvillo and moved into race lead.
On the early slopes of Alto de Moncalvillo, the three-time champion was ferried forward of the main group by teammates Daní Martinez and Aleksandr Vlasov earlier than driving away from his Red Bull prepare simply inside 5km to go.
Enric Mas (Movistar) was the one rider capable of make any response, forsaking a gaggle of GC favourites to bridge a part of the best way again to Roglič and gained a 30-second benefit on the purple jersey Ben O’Connor (Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale).
O’Connor may solely watch as his 13-day purple jersey streak and GC lead disappeared, however he battled to stay inside two minutes of the Slovenian rider.
Mas was stung by the steep inclines of the ultimate slopes of Alto de Moncalvillo and was handed by David Gaudu (Groupama–FDJ), who swept in forward of him for second place. Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl–Trek) additionally acquired the higher of Mas within the final 100 metres to take third, 46 seconds behind Roglič, whereas Mas trailed in 4 seconds later.
O’Connor completed 1:49 behind Roglič, shedding his purple jersey however holding onto second place – 1:54 behind the brand new race chief, and 26 seconds forward of Mas in third place.
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