Vuelta a Espana: Roglic wins first Grand Tour as Fabio Jakobsen takes final stagPosted by poch1991@jourrapide.com on September 16th, 2019 Slovenian Primoz Roglic secured his first Grand Tour as Dutch sprinter Fabio Jakobsen won the final stage of the Vuelta a Espana in Madrid. Jakobsen, 23, took his second stage win of the race, narrowly beating Sam Bennett in a chaotic final sprint. The Irishman found himself boxed in and although he was closing fast was unable to add to his two previous stage wins. Jumbo Visma's Roglic, 29, finished two minutes 16 seconds ahead of Spain's Alejandro Valverde overall. Roglic became the first Slovenian to win the general classification in one of cycling's three Grand Tours - the Vuelta, the Tour of France and the Giro d'Italia. He moved into the leader's red jersey after winning the individual time trial on stage 10. He was favourite for the stage and put at least a minute and a half into all his main rivals. That gave him a lead of nearly two minutes in the GC over Valverde and with help from his Jumbo Visma team he was able to retain the jersey over the second half of the Vuelta all the way to Madrid. Like it? Share it! More by this author |