(Madrid) Primoz Roglic’s unprecedented quest to win a fourth Tour of Spain came to an end on Wednesday when he retired from competition following a crash he was involved in the day before.
The Jumbo-Visma team announced that the Slovenian would not start the 17e stage on Wednesday, in the south of the country.
Roglic fell heavily some 75 yards from the finish line as he tried to win the 16e stage. When he finally crossed the wire, it was covered in bruises and bleeding from his leg, shoulder and right arm.
The injuries didn’t seem serious, but the team and the rider decided it was best not to continue the competition.
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Roglic had slowly but surely narrowed the gap separating him from the leader in the general classification, Remco Evenepoel, who now has the path wide open to victory, which would be his first in the Grand Tours.
The 22-year-old Belgian from the Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team had a lead of one minute, 26 seconds (1:26) ahead of Roglic. He is more than two minutes ahead of the Spaniard Enric Mas (Movistar), his closest pursuer.
The three-week race will end on Sunday, at the conclusion of the 21e stage in Madrid. The cyclists will face another difficult stage on Wednesday, including an uphill finish at the monastery of Tentudia.
Aged 32, Roglic was trying to join Spaniard Roberto Heras, the only cyclist with four Vuelta titles. Heras won the race in 2000, then from 2003 to 2005. Tony Rominger and Alberto Contador are the only other cyclists with three crowns in Spain.
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