Why Primoz Roglic may have missed his chance to take control of La Vuelta from Remco Evenepoel

Primoz Roglic lost time to Remco Evenepoel over the two stages of La Vuelta. Rogl lost only over a minute, but he was leading by three minutes.

Primoz Roglic missed his chance to take control of La Vuelta from Remco Evenepoel. The stage on Tuesday starts in Sanlucar de Barrameda and finishes just outside Seville. Wednesday offers up an afternoon of cruelly uncategorised lumps and bumps across the south-western Badajoz province. There is a category 2 climb up to Monasterio de Tentudia, near Calera de León.

Primoz Roglic missed his chance to take control of La Vuelta from Remco Evenepoel. The Pielago mountain pass is 9.3km long and the gradient is shallow enough to allow a rider to defend his position in the wheels. On a similar stage in 2018, Rogl was second on the same climb. He waited until he knew his losses to Enric Mas were tolerable and would not blow himself up before making his move. He might as well not have bothered. It feels like victory in La Vigo is out of Rogli's hands.

Primoz Roglic missed his chance to take control of La Vuelta from Remco Evenepoel. He is now reliant on Eveneppoels being unable to last the full three weeks.