Vuelta a España: Roglic slashes O’Connor’s lead as Woods wins stage

  • Roglic almost two minutes faster than leader on stage 13
  • Woods ‘on cloud nine’ after breaking clear in mountains

Michael Woods clinched victory on the 13th stage of the Vuelta a España on Friday with a decisive late breakaway, but the more significant news in the difficult mountains of northwestern Spain was Primoz Roglic cutting Ben O’Connor’s lead in the overall standings by almost two minutes. The Australian now holds the leader’s red jersey by just 1min 21sec.

“I was pretty cooked. Sad times but I’m still in red so at least it’s a good thing,” said O’Connor, who finished 33rd in the stage for Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale, compared with Roglic’s 16th for Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe. “Tomorrow, I’ll just try to do my best to recover, have another day in the red jersey and see how Sunday goes.”

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