La Vuelta 2022: Did Primoz Roglic miss a chance to gain time on Remco Evenepoel on Stage 13?

As Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) stormed to a maiden La Vuelta victory, the general classification contenders finished together although Dan Lloyd believes Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) missed a chance to gain some time on Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl). Roglic was initially put into a good position with 1km to go but he was blocked at the final turn as the road began to climb and other riders overtook him.

Ad Going into the weekend’s two summit finishes, Roglic is 2’41” behind Evenepoel who has held the red jersey since Stage 6. Vuelta a EspañaLa Vuelta Stage 13 highlights: Pedersen brings wait for stage win to an end in styleAN HOUR AGO “In the end Roglic is left kind of isolated and he gets blocked a little bit later on where he loses a lot of his speed and momentum,” said Lloyd on The Breakaway.

“On a day like today where you’ve got that uphill finish it takes so much strength and power and energy to get your speed back up again. “It was interesting that Remco and quite a few of the other general classification riders were a little bit further back by the time we got to the finish because had Roglic had a better run of things towards the line, maybe he was able to stay close to Pedersen, and then there was a split — we saw the distance between Pedersen, to [Bryan] Coquard, to [Pascal] Ackermann to Fred Wright.

“Had Roglic been up there and round there, he could have potentially taken a five, 10, 15-second gap depending on where that gap appeared.” Adam Blythe feels Roglic’s form hasn’t changed, when asked by Orla Chennaoui if Roglic’s ninth place and good initial positioning on Stage 13 was a sign of confidence from Jumbo-Visma. “Those finishes for Primoz are his bread and butter,” said Blythe.