Primoz Roglic attacked on the climb to the finish to win stage eight of the Vuelta a España on Saturday, taking valuable time off Ben O’Connor’s overall lead
Roglic had to work hard to shake off the Australian in the red jersey but the Slovenian’s pace finally paid off and he took his second stage win of the race.
O’Connor crossed the line in 17th place, 46 seconds after Roglic who also earned a 10-second bonus. The gap to the leader is now three minutes 49 seconds. “The opportunity was there, and I went for it. It was hard, hot. I was lucky, I had the legs to take it today,” Roglic said. Roglic made a few attempts to get away and O’Connor dug deep to stick with his rival’s wheel at first, but in the final two kilometres Roglic went ahead, with Mas the only one to go with him. They overtook the riders up ahead and Mas grabbed the lead with 400 metres to go but Roglic had the stronger kick and got the win and the all-important bonus.
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