Vuelta a Espana: Primoz Roglic finishes second on stage 18 to extend overall lea

Posted by poch1991@jourrapide.com on September 13th, 2019

Slovenia's Primoz Roglic extended his lead in the Vuelta a Espana after finishing second behind Colombia's Sergio Higuita on stage 18.

Roglic, who came third in this year's Giro d'Italia, is two minutes and 50 seconds clear of Spain's Alejandro Valverde with three stages left.

Stage 18 was a mountain stage raced over 177.5km from Colmenar Viejo to Becerril de la Sierra.

This was 22-year-old Higuita's first stage victory in a Grand Tour event.

"I took a risk and it paid off," said Higuita, who finished 15 seconds clear of Roglic, Valverde and Poland's Rafal Majka after attacking 50km out.

Britain's Tao Geoghegan Hart, riding for Team Ineos, came 14th, three places ahead of Deceuninck-Quick-Step's James Knox, who slipped one place to ninth overall.

Colombia's Nairo Quintana, who won the Vuelta in 2016 and was second heading into the stage, dropped to third overall after being dropped on the penultimate climb of the day.

The 19th stage takes place on Friday, a relatively flat 165.2km course from Avila to Toledo.

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