'Primoz Roglic in trouble!' – Watch moment Remco Evenepoel cracks Jumbo star in 'biblical' rain at La Vuelta

Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) cracked Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) and a host of GC favourites to grab the red jersey at La Vuelta in a wet and wild finale to Stage 6. After being teed up by team-mate Julian Alaphilippe, Evenepoel hit the front of a fast-evaporating peloton with 8km remaining – quickly forming a four-strong select group with Roglic, Enric Mas (Movistar) and Pavel Sivakov (Ineos Grenadiers). Ad A kilometre later and four had become two.

Only Mas could hold on as Evenepoel turned the pace, with the pair opening up a gap on those behind and setting off in pursuit of two escapees up the road. Vuelta a EspañaRoglic admits he 'didn’t have legs' after Evenepoel humblingAN HOUR AGO “A little bit of a gap here,” cried Carlton Kirby on Eurosport commentary. “Evenepoel wants to know about it.

What’s going on is he’s going up this mountain and he’s finding space here!” Evenepoel, with Mas as a passenger on his back wheel, continued to pull clear as he pursued lone leader Jay Vine (Alpecin-Deceuninck), who had just cruelly overhauled Ukrainian escapee Mark Padun (EF Education–EasyPost). “He’s seen that Roglic is in trouble,” said Robbie McEwen. “Quick look over his shoulder and you saw that intensity go up, the cadence increased for Remco Evenepoel.

“This is a difficult moment for Roglic. Evenepoel not with a big acceleration, he’s just gradually turned the screw as he’s wound up the pace.” La Vuelta GC standings Horror crash as bike bounces across finish line and wipes out two riders As the rain hammered down on the race’s first summit finish, Kirby likened the unfolding events to Noah’s Ark. “Wow.