Almost sentenced, but not quite. The 79th edition of La Vuelta The curtain comes down today with a time trial of almost 25 kilometers, the second of 21 stages, which rewards the cyclists who defend themselves best in the fight against the clock and which will end up deciding the podium positions. Only a misfortune can prevent the success of Primoz Roglicin what would have been his fourth victory in the great cycling tour he was treated to the best. He has a two-minute margin over the second-placed Australian. Ben O’Connormore than enough distance for ‘Rogla’ stamp your signature on the La Vuelta record. And, to complete the party, he will also achieve the stage victory, even though he always says that he is not a time trial specialist. In fact, in his last victory at La Vuelta (2021), he rounded out his superiority by winning the CRI of Santiago de Compostela. Yesterday, the former ski jumper was cautious. “I’m a day away, but I’m heading in the right direction. Tomorrow (today) is the real day of general classification. I just have to give it my all along the way.”
Once the winner is known, the question is clear: can O’Connor retain second place? Can Mas close the nine seconds separating him from the Australian? HeHead of Movistar I expect it that way – “we hope to get out of nine seconds and climb another position on the podium. I hope we do a super time trial” – while critical: “We have to accept reality. It’s true that the podium is nice , but we came to win His rival, O’Connorhe appreciates the work of his colleagues and hopes to present his best version now.
He had more than a margin of 49 seconds Richard Carapazwhich yesterday could not shave any seconds from the Balearic cyclist. A priori it seems like a big difference, but we have to see how the Ecuadorian recovers from yesterday’s effort, who in Picón Blanco is excited to return to his best level “after some bad years.” He assured the Ecuador time trial champion to be “happy like a child,” and said he didn’t feel “defeated,” while warning that “there’s still tomorrow (today), which is important.”
And one who does not think about the test of time today is the Irishman EDee Dunbar after achieving his second La Vuelta victory. He is on cloud nine: “This stage is really the sweetest victory. I said after winning the Padrón last week that I never thought about winning a grand tour stage like I did. “What I always dream of is winning the top of a mountain pass.”
Source: La Verdad
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