The Slovenian cyclist defended his red jersey of the overallest on the last mountain stage on Saturday. Roglic is about 2:38 minutes on the Spaniard Enric Mas in the final single time trial over 33.8 kilometers from Padron to Santiago de Compostela. The new total twist is the Australian Jack Haig 4:48 minutes back.
Roglic reached in the circle of podium candidates with six seconds behind as second behind the French Clement Champoussin the destination on the Alto Castro de Herville. Third was the Brite Adam Yates in front of Mas and Haig.
The big losers of the day were the two Colombians Miguel Angel Lopez and Egan Bernal, who had situated three and five in front of the stage. Both were suspended early and lost a lot of time.
The Vuelta winner will be late on Sunday
For Roglic, the year 2021 makes a good turn. After his painful from the Tour de France, he won gold at the Olympic Games in single time trial and dominated the events at the Vuelta with a total of three stage victories. Another day success could follow on Sunday, already in the opening time in Burgos the 31-year-old was not beating.
Roglic will start on Sunday evening at 8.30 pm as the last driver in the 33.8 km time trial between Padron and the world-famous pilgrimage Santiago de Compostela. The Vuelta winner 2021 will be clear at 21.10.
20 . Stage Sanxenxo / Spain - Castro de Herville / Spain (202.20 km):
1. Clement Champoussin (France) - AG2R Citroën Team 5:21:50 hrs.; 2. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) - Jumbo Visa + 6 sec.; 3. Adam Yates (United Kingdom) - Ineos Grenadiers + 8; 4. Enric Mas Nicolau (Spain) - Movistar Team; 5. Jack Haig (Australia) - Bahrain Victorious + 12; 6. Chris Hamilton (Australia) - Team DSM + 16; 7. Mikel Bizkarra (Spain) - Euskaltel - Euskadi + 23; 8. Ryan Gibbons (South Africa) - UAE Team Emirates + 26; 9. Gino Mader (Switzerland) - Bahrain Victorious; 10. Floris de Animal (Belgium) - Alpecin-Fenix + 50
Total standings single, stand after the 20th stage:
1. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) - Jumbo-Visa 83:11:27 hrs.; 2. Enric Mas Nicolau (Spain) - Movistar Team + 2:38 min.; 3. Jack Haig (Australia) - Bahrain Victorious + 4:48; 4. Adam Yates (United Kingdom) - Ineos Grenadiers + 5:48; 5. Gino Mader (Switzerland) - Bahrain Victorious + 8:14; 6. Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Colombia) - Ineos Grenadiers + 11:38; 7. Sepp Kiss (USA) - Jumbo Visa + 13:42; 8. Guillaume Martin (France) - Cofidis + 16:11; 9. David de la Cruz Melgarejo (Spain) - UAE Team Emirates + 16:19; 10. Felix Grandschartner (Austria) - Bora-Hansgrohe + 20:30
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