Vuelta a Espana: Defending champion Primoz Roglic wins stage 11

Primoz Roglic checks who is behind him in a race

Defending Vuelta a Espana champion Primoz Roglic received stage 11 to scale back the hole to chief Odd Christian Eiking.

Norwegian Eiking took the pink jersey from Roglic on Wednesday when the Slovenian crashed throughout stage 10.

Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux’s Eiking holds a 58-second lead over second place Cofidis rider Guillaume Martin, with Jumbo-Visma’s Roglic 58 seconds additional again.

Roglic claimed victory with a shocking assault on the ultimate quick, sharp climb.

“It was a tough stage, quick however tremendous scorching once more. I used to be struggling so much however fortunately I had sufficient to win on the finish,” Roglic stated.

“It is at all times good to win – you by no means know when’ll be your final victory. It was a pleasant end with steep uphill, which usually I can do effectively, so it was a pleasant problem and the staff did an incredible job, pushing actually laborious all through the day.”

Thursday’s stage 12 is from Jaen to Cordoba.