Favorite Slovene buttons on Sunday at the mountain arrival of the ninth stage on the Alto de Velefique with second place his biggest rivals in the fight for the 76th Vuelta further time. The day victory was the Italian Damiano Caruso, who triumphed alone after 188 kilometers.
When Roglic forced the pace at the 13.1 kilometer's long termination, only the Spaniard could follow Enric Mas, which is now overall. Giro winner Egan Bernal from Colombia lost more than a minute. Even the Austrian Felix Grandschartner from the German Bora-Hansgrohe team could no longer hold the pace and had expected his second overall rank. The 27-year-old had just missed the red jersey on Friday as a member of a outlier group.
Next success after victory at Olympia seam
This seems to turn the season for Roglic to the good. The Slovene had recently won the Olympic single-time trial after his painful tour de-france-out.
After the rest day on Monday in Almeria, the Vuelta continues on Tuesday with the tenth stage over 189 kilometers from Roquetas de Mar to Rincon de la Victoria - actually a good stage for the sprinters, would not be a good 17 kilometers before the goal of Puerto de Almachar, a mountain of the second category.
9 . Stage Puerto Lumbreras / Spain - Alto de Velefique / Spain (188,00 km), 22.8.2021:
1. Damiano Caruso (Italy) - Bahrain Victorious 5:03:14 hrs.; 2. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) - Jumbo Visa + 1:05 min.; 3. Enric Mas Nicolau (Spain) - Movistar Team + 1:06; 4. Jack Haig (Australia) - Bahrain Victorious + 1:44; 5. Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Colombia) - Movistar Team; 6. Adam Yates (Great Britain) - Ineos Grenadiers; 7. Gino Mader (Switzerland) - Bahrain Victorious + 2:07; 8. Giulio Ciccone (Italy) - Trek - Segafredo + 2:10; 9. Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Colombia) - Ineos Grenadiers; 10. David de la Cruz Melgarejo (Spain) - UAE Team Emirates + 2:40
Total standings single, stand after the 9th stage:
1. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) - Jumbo-Visa 34:18:53 hrs.; 2. Enric Mas Nicolau (Spain) - Movistar Team + 28 sec.; 3. Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Colombia) - Movistar Team + 1:21 min.; 4. Jack Haig (Australia) - Bahrain Victorious + 1:42; 5. Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Colombia) - Ineos Grenadiers + 1:52; 6. Adam Yates (United Kingdom) - Ineos Grenadiers + 2:07; 7. Giulio Ciccone (Italy) - Trek - Segafredo + 2:39; 8. Sepp Kiss (USA) - Jumbo Visa + 2:40; 9. Felix Grandschartner (Austria) - Bora-Hansgrohe + 3:25; 10. David de la Cruz Melgarejo (Spain) - UAE Team Emirates + 3:55
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