Roglic bites back with stage eight Vuelta win

BARCELONA: Three-time Vuelta a Espana winner Primoz Roglic claimed stage eight victory on Saturday, gaining back nearly a minute on overall leader Ben O´Connor. The Slovenian veteran raced away from Enric Mas to cross the line first after the 158.7 kilometre run from Ubeda to Cazorla.

Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rider Roglic delivered a tour de force on the sharp uphill finish and now trails the Australian, who came in 17th, by three minutes 49 seconds in the general classification.

“I was suffering, it was hard today, but in the end I went for it,” said Roglic, who attacked three times on the tricky final climb to Cazorla.

“It was hard, hot, I was lucky I had the legs to take it today.”