Vuelta a España Stage Report: Primoz Roglič (Red Bull-BORA-hangrohe) stamped over the finale of the nineteenth stage to take the win and the overall lead in the 2024 Vuelta a España. The Slovenian finished off the work of his team on the tough final climb of the Alto de Moncalvillo. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) and Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) finished second and third after they caught Enric Mas (Movistar), who had tried to chase Roglič. Ben O’Connor (Decathlon-AG2R-La Mondiale) lost well over a minute and is now second to Roglič with two stages to go.
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Vuelta race director, Fernando Escartín : “This stage is practically flat until its final part. The Alto de Moncalvillo, where Roglič obtained victory in 2020, starts off gently and becomes far more challenging in the final kilometres. The favourites must make the most of this in their second-last chance to make a difference to the general classification.” Vuelta 2024 Stage 19 profile
Stage 19: There are two major mountain stages before Madrid. The peloton leaves the Basque Country on Friday, but stays in the north of Spain in the Castile and Leon. Stage 19 has a summit, the first in the third week. After the start in Logroño, the 8 kilometre final climb to the Alto de Moncalvillo (11.3km at 7.6%) comes after 160 kilometres. There is also the Puerto de Pradilla, but this Cat.3 climb does not have any super-steep gradients. After the Puerto de […]
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