Primoz Roglic admits he 'didn’t have legs' after La Vuelta humbling by Remco Evenepoel

Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) admits he “didn’t have the legs” after Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) rode away from him and seized the red jersey at La Vuelta on Stage 6. The three-time champion wilted on the race’s first summit finish in the rain to come home 1’37” down on stage winner and Esport convert Jay Vine (Alpecin-Deceuninck), and leaked 1’22” to Evenepoel in the hunt for the GC. Ad Evenepoel leads the general classification by 21 seconds from Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ), with Enric Mas (Movistar) into third at 28”.

Roglic is fourth at 1’01”. Vuelta a España'Roglic in trouble!' – Watch moment Evenepoel cracks star in 'biblical' rain2 HOURS AGO “I didn't have the legs for the win, so I just fought all the way to the finish,” Roglic said. “It’s still a long way [to the finish].

Today we lost a bit but hopefully we will gain a bit later on." On his rivals, he added: “They were going strong, but I didn’t need that proof. It was quite untypical weather today for the Vuelta also. Everything is fine and we’re going onto the next stages.” Roglic finished in a select group of GC hopefuls including Giro d’Italia champion Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) and 2018 winner Simon Yates (BikeExchange-Jayco).