Primoz Roglic wins eighth stage of Vuelta, Sepp Kuss new leader

Primoz Roglic wins eighth stage of Vuelta, Sepp Kuss new leader

Primoz Roglic (Jumbo Visma) sprinted to victory in the eighth stage of the Vuelta a Espana, the 165-kilometer Dénia-Xorret de Catì beating Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) and Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) in the last meters.

For the 33-year-old Slovenian, triumphant in the last Giro d’Italia and hunting for his fourth success in the great Spanish stage race, è his 13th success of the season. Today’s stage featured five Grands Prix de la Montagne, the last with 3.3 kilometers to go.

Within 2 seconds of the leading trio è came another small group consisting of Enric Mas, Jonas Vingegaard, Tour triumphant and Roglic’s teammate, Joao Almeida, Sepp Kuss and Marc Soler.

The U.S. Kuss, also of Jumbo-Visma, è the new red jersey: he snatched it from Frenchman Lenny Martinez, who was 1’10” off, and who is now è third at 1’ while at 43” there’ Soler, bearer of the UAE Team Emirates.

Tomorrow’s ninth stage, Cartagena-Collado de la Cruz de Caravaca of 184.5 km with an uphill finish.