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Three-time Vuelta a Espana winner Primoz Roglic ruled out of 2022 race after nasty Stage 16 crash

Primoz Roglic will not start Stage 17 of the 2022 Vuelta a Espana following a horror crash at the end of the previous day's stage. His team, Jumbo-Visma, announced on Wednesday morning that the three-time champion is out of the race «as a consequence of yesterday's crash». Ad «Unfortunately, Primoz Roglic will not be at the start of Stage 17 as a consequence of yesterday’s crash,» they wrote in a tweet.

Opinion: Primoz Roglic’s latest crash punctures his fleeting chances of catching Remco Evenepoel

It’s hard to see how Primoz Roglic could have played his cards better at the end of an otherwise dull and dreary Stage 16 of La Vuelta – save for not undoing all his hard work by inexplicably crashing inside the final 100 metres. “We had planned to attack in the final phase of this stage,” Jumbo-Visma DS Addy Engels later said.

Mads Pedersen takes stage 16 of Vuelta a Espana as crash dents Primoz Roglic's chances

Mads Pedersen won a thrilling sprint at the end of stage 16 at the Vuelta a Espana as overall contender Primoz Roglic's hopes of dislodging leader Remco Evenepoel were hit by a heavy crash metres from the line.

Roglic suffers crash as Pedersen wins Vuelta 16th stage

:Mads Pedersen won a thrilling sprint at the end of stage 16 at the Vuelta a Espana as overall contender Primoz Roglic's hopes of dislodging leader Remco Evenepoel were hit by a heavy crash metres from the line on Tuesday.

Irish Champions Weekend: Ryan Moore expects Luxembourg to take a big step forward

Ryan Moore believes Vadeni has every right to be favourite for the Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown, but expects his mount Luxembourg to improve leaps and bounds for a comeback run last month.

Irish Champions Weekend cards take shape

Vadeni could clash with both Luxembourg and Mishriff in what promises to be a fascinating renewal of the Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday.

WTCR’s WEC guest slot “something special”, reckons FIA’s Gow

Alan Gow is in no doubt of the benefits the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup’s FIM World Endurance Championship guest slot in Bahrain will bring. The inaugural WTCR Race of Bahrain has been added to the 8 Hours of Bahrain WEC event timetable with the full support of the Bahrain Motor Federation and organised in partnership with WEC promoter Le Mans Endurance Management.

WTCR title race wide open heading to the Middle East

The race to win the 2022 WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup for Drivers and Teams is wide open as the series prepares to head to the Middle East for the first time later this season. Following the inaugural WTCR Race of Alsace GrandEst at Circuit l’Anneau du Rhin in early August Mikel Azcona is the Goodyear #FollowTheLeader with a 35-point advantage in the provisional title order, while BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse heads the entrants’ ranking.

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Three-time Vuelta a Espana winner Primoz Roglic ruled out of 2022 race after nasty Stage 16 crash

Opinion: Primoz Roglic’s latest crash punctures his fleeting chances of catching Remco Evenepoel

Mads Pedersen takes stage 16 of Vuelta a Espana as crash dents Primoz Roglic's chances

Roglic suffers crash as Pedersen wins Vuelta 16th stage

Irish Champions Weekend: Ryan Moore expects Luxembourg to take a big step forward

Irish Champions Weekend cards take shape

WTCR’s WEC guest slot “something special”, reckons FIA’s Gow

WTCR title race wide open heading to the Middle East