Hattrick for Roglic: Slovene wins Vuelta for the third time

Primoz Roglic stubborned his racing machine in front of the imposing Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. As only third wheelprofi in the 76-year history of the Spain tour, the Slovenian Olympic winner raced the third overall victory in series and made his great cycling summer perfectly on Sunday. 63 days after the painful from the Tour de France, the 31-year-old celebrated its dominance with a total of four stage victories, after being played with the competition in the Olympic single time trial.

What would have been possible at the tour, Roglic would not have carried such a heavy back injury in his fall on the third stage, which would later forced him to the task? Maybe it was like 2020 a great duel to the final with his young Landsmann Tadej Pogacar.

In Spain, Roglic then proved again, which a superior circular driver he is. Since 2019, the man from Trbovlje ended each of his five big tours on the podium. Roglic drove to the 3415.3 kilometers from Burgos to Compostela in another league. So also in the final time trial over 33.8 kilometers he won before the Danes Magnus Cort Nielsen. He lay in the overall standings 4:42 minutes before the Spaniard Enric Mas. Third was the Australian Jack Haig 7:40 minutes ago. Before Roglic, only the Spaniard Roberto Heras (2003 to 2005) and the Swiss Tony Rominger (1992 to 1994) managed to win the Vuelta three times in series.

Roglic: The race was hard, but I also enjoyed it

It's always nice to be part of the statistics, Roglic said jokingly. His third Vuelta victory is at the same time his most valuable. He took him against the strongest competition. And unlike former years, he was also the strongest in the third week. Last year, he was still in distress on the penultimate stage after him had previously been ruptured by Pogacar's tour of Pogacar's tour.

Miguel Angel Lopez caused Cork

The race was hard, but I enjoyed it too, said the former ski jumper. The fun found on cycling was even to be noted in the press conferences. The formerly so bone-dry and word cargo athlete seemed open-minded. Roglic did not want to say anything about the Eclat on the weekend. The Colombian hotspur Miguel Angel Lopez had just risen from the wheel on the penultimate stage after being suspended from the group of top drivers and thereby lost his third overall rank. In the evening, Lopez apologized, who had ever gained a viewer for his behavior. Roglic did not want to comment on the incident. That's not my problem.

The Slovene has probably surprised himself in the three weeks. Because originally his Vuelta start was not provided. Had he driven a very good Tour de France and did not leave with a fall, his season would probably have ended very differently. So he has focused again after the tour-out and came here, said his sporting director Addy Angel of the German Press -Agency. End well, all good for Roglic. Well already in the third year in a row.

21 . Stage / single time trial Padrón / Spain - Santiago de Compostela / Spain (33.80 km):

1. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) - Jumbo-Visa 44:02 min.; 2. Magnus Cort Nielsen (Denmark) - EF Education-Nippo + 14 sec.; 3. Thyme Arensman (Netherlands) - Team DSM + 52; 4. Josef Cerny (Czech Republic) - Decuninck-Quick-Step + 1:16 min.; 5. Chad Haga (USA) - Team DSM + 1:43; 6. Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Colombia) - Ineos Grenadiers + 1:49; 7. Felix Grandschartner (Austria) - Bora-Hansgrohe + 1:52; 8. Steven Kruijswijk (Netherlands) - Jumbo Visa; 9. Enric Mas Nicolau (Spain) - Movistar Team + 2:04; 10. Jon Izagirre Unausausti (Spain) - Astana-Premier Tech + 2:06; ... 12. Nico Denz (Waldshut Tiengen) - Team DSM + 2:17; 28. Ben Zwiehoff (Essen) - Bora-Hansgrohe + 3:18; 63. Alexander Warrior (Stuttgart) - Alpecin-Fenix ​​+ 4:41; 84. Anton Palzer (Ramsau near Berchtesgaden) - Bora-Hansgrohe + 5:21

Total standings single, final station after the 21st stage:

1. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) - Jumbo-Visa 83:55:29 hrs.; 2. Enric Mas Nicolau (Spain) - Movistar Team + 4:42 min.; 3. Jack Haig (Australia) - Bahrain Victorious + 7:40; 4. Adam Yates (United Kingdom) - Ineos Grenadiers + 9:06; 5. Gino Mader (Switzerland) - Bahrain Victorious + 11:33; 6. Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Colombia) - Ineos Grenadiers + 13:27; 7. David de la Cruz Melgarejo (Spain) - UAE Team Emirates + 18:33; 8. Sepp Kiss (USA) - Jumbo Visa + 18:55; 9. Guillaume Martin (France) - Cofidis + 20:27; 10. Felix Grandschartner (Austria) - Bora-Hansgrohe + 22:22; ... 47. Ben Zwiehoff (Essen) - Bora-Hansgrohe + 2:32:29 hrs.; 102. Anton Palzer (Ramsau near Berchtesgaden) - Bora-Hansgrohe + 4:22:19; 114. Nico Denz (Waldshut Tiengen) - Team DSM + 4:42:09; 117. Alexander Warrior (Stuttgart) - Alpecin-Fenix ​​+ 4:47:15

Mountain rating, final score after the 21st stage:

1. Michael Storer (Australia) - Team DSM 80 Point; 2. Romain Bardet (France) - Team DSM 61; 3. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) - Jumbo Visa 51; 4. Damiano Caruso (Italy) - Bahrain Victorious 33; 5. Rafal Majka (Poland) - UAE Team Emirates 33; 6. Jack Haig (Australia) - Bahrain Victorious 23; 7. Sepp Kiss (USA) - Jumbo Visa 19; 8. Enric Mas Nicolau (Spain) - Movistar Team 17; 9. Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Colombia) - Ineos Grenadiers 16; 10. Fabio Aru (Italy) - Team Qhubeka Nextthash 16

Sprinting, finishing after the 21st stage:

1. Fabio Jakobsen (Netherlands) - Decuninck-Quick-Step 250 Point; 2. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) - Jumbo Visa 199; 3. Magnus Cort Nielsen (Denmark) - EF Education-Nippo 161; 4. Matteo Trentin (Italy) - UAE Team Emirates 145; 5. Enric Mas Nicolau (Spain) - Movistar Team 120; 6. Alberto Dainese (Italy) - Team DSM 120; 7. Michael Matthews (Australia) - Team BikeExchange 114; 8. Andrea Bagioli (Italy) - Decuninck-Quick-Step 101; 9. Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Colombia) - Ineos Grenadiers 96; 10. Arnaud Demare (France) - Groupama-FDJ 91; ... 81. Alexander Warrior (Stuttgart) - Alpecin-Fenix ​​13; 97. Nico Denz (Waldshut Tiengen) - Team DSM 4

Team rating, finish after the 21st stage:

1. Bahrain Victorious (Bahrain) 252: 19: 35 hrs.; 2. Jumbo-Visa (Netherlands) + 7:26 min.; 3. Ineos Grenadiers (United Kingdom) + 32:18; 4. UAE Team Emirates (United Arab Emirates) + 1:05:10 hrs.; 5. Wanty-Gobert (Belgium) + 1:15:05; 6. Movistar Team (Spain) + 1:17:16; 7. AG2R Citroën Team (France) + 1:43:04; 8. Cofidis (France) + 2:15:39; 9th Trek - Segafredo (USA) + 2:38:20; 10. Team DSM (Germany) + 2:59:49; ... 16. Bora-Hansgrohe (Germany) + 5:11:20