The Slovenian Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) enjoyed the second rest day of the Vuelta with calm and optimism from second place overall 1:03 minutes behind the leaderthe Australian Ben O’Connorand the 20-second penalty for doing “after the car” at the Cuitu Negru stage is not given importance.
“Now I have to make up those 20 seconds. Whether I agree or not with the 20 second penalty nothing will change. I don’t want to lose anything, but I can live 20 seconds less. I changed my bike for the climb, but I lost more time than I gained,” he explained. Roglic at a press conference.
He triple winner of the Vuelta He faced the final week with a positive mindset and showed no concern about the back pain he has suffered since his fall in the Tour de France.
“It’s hard to know if I will have any discomfort because the third week of this Vuelta has been very difficult. So far everything is going well, I’m not too worried and I’m staying positive,” he commented.
Roglic to O’Connor
Roglic sand referred to the leader of the Vuelta, the Australian Ben O’Connorwho has been wearing the red leader’s jersey for 10 days.
“Ben is in great condition, he’s a great runner, he always has great results, so in that aspect It’s not a big surprise to see him at this level.. He got time thanks to a rare event. Right now he’s very strong and he’s running well.”said Roglic.
As for when he plans to lead the general classification, the Slovenian doesn’t offer too many hints. “It doesn’t just depend on me, it also depends on the team. It’s hard to know when we can recover because we don’t know the form of our opponents. I still need to lose by 1.03 minutes and I’m going to give it my all ,” he said.
About his German teammate Florian Lipowitzwho wears the white shirt of the best man, Roglic He had only words of admiration.
“Florian is flying. It’s the first time I’ve raced with him, but this year he had already shown that he was very strong with great performances. He showed it again here at the Vuelta. It’s the white jersey and I’m lucky to have it with me,” he commented.
Source: La Verdad
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