The 79th edition of the Tour of Spain This dominance came to an end with the coronation of the Slovenian Primoz Roglic, who was the strongest in three weeks of competition and regained the title to lift the fourth in its history in the Iberian event.
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Roglic He fulfilled what several experts estimated and left no doubt that he was in shape, after the accident he suffered in the Tour de France and forced him to retire. The Bora rider won in the mountains and closed his participation this Sunday with a second place in the time trial in Madrid.
Primoz Roglic
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The podium in Spain It was completed by the Australian Ben O’Connor, who was the great revelation of the Vuelta after defending the red jersey for almost two weeks. The Spaniard Enrique Mas He finished third and left with a bad taste in his mouth for not winning the title.
Einer Rubio He was the best Colombian cyclist in the Vuelta a España in what was a performance to forget for the seven cyclists from our country who went to the last major World Tour.
Blond He finished more than an hour behind in the general classification. The most worrying thing is that they were never in the fight for a stage victory. In addition, the performance was negative due to the withdrawals of Daniel Felipe Martínez, due to a stomach virus, and Rigoberto Urán, who left the race due to a fall.
Einer Rubio
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It is the worst performance of Colombian cyclists in a Vuelta a España in the last ten years, as Einer’s 27th place overall, 1 hour, 39 minutes and 22 seconds behind, is the lowest since Winner Anacona in 2014, after finishing 27th, 1 hour, 11 minutes and 34 seconds behind.
Rankings
1. Stefan Küng Groupama 26 min 28 sec
2. Primoz Roglic at 30s
3. Mattia Cattaneo at 41 s
18. Harold Tejada at 1 min 20 s
82. Brandon Rivera at 3 min 13 sec
93. Nairo Quintana at 3 min 24 s
97. Einer Rubio at 3 min 25 s
129. Santiago Umba at 4 min 33 s
General
1. Primoz Roglic 81h 49m 18s
2. Ben O’Connor at 2 min 36 s
3. Enric Mas at 3 min 13 s
4. Richard Carapaz at 4 min 02 s
5. Mattias Skjelmose at 5 min 49 sec
6. David Gaudu at 6 min 32 s
7. Florian Lipowitz at 7 min 05 sec
8. Mikel Landa at 8 min 48 s
9. Pavel Sivakov at 10 min 04 sec
10. Carlos Rodríguez at 11 min 19 s
27. Einer Rubio at 1 h 39 min 22 s
31. Nairo Quintana Movistar at 1 h 49 min 11 s
40. Harold Tejada at 2h 09m 03s
95. Brandon Rivera at 3h 55m 58s
106. Santiago Umba 4 h 11 min 48 s
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