Highlights Red Jersey - La Vuelta 2024
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00:00Welcome to La Vuelta a Espana, welcome to Portugal for the second time in history, Portugal hosts the grand salida of La Vuelta a Espana.
00:16Well, welcome to the 2024 edition of La Vuelta a Espana.
00:23From Lisbon to Oires, a 12 kilometre individual time trial, a race against the clock.
00:31Vacek is going to obliterate the time of Evfidi, that is an incredible performance.
00:40The time is green, he comes through, he takes two seconds to the good of Vacek, McNulty goes fastest, Watvanart takes third spot.
00:56The red jersey on the shoulders.
00:59This is really hard to believe for me.
01:08Stage two of La Vuelta a Espana, it's one for the sprinters.
01:13We'll see how the race goes, but for sure it's a stage where I look forward to.
01:22The peloton ebbs and flows.
01:26One kilometre to go.
01:28He's going really fast now.
01:30And it's Vismalisabike who have Watvanart in the wheel in the green jersey.
01:36He's starting to sprint.
01:38And now he starts to open up, he's got a big challenge from Caden Groves, but this is going to be a throw for the line.
01:45Groves takes his fifth stage victory in La Vuelta a Espana.
01:50Watvanart is the new leader.
01:53Today I knew that finishing in the first three meant the red jersey, so after all it was a good day.
02:02Today, another predicted stage for the fast men.
02:06The sprint starts to open up and the lead out riders are doing their last jobs.
02:11It's Watvanart who wants to take the wheel of Caden Groves.
02:15The two riders shoulder to shoulder and it's Watvanart who's got one bike length.
02:19He's coming in as the leader of this race, but Intermarché trying to come through.
02:23It's going to be close on the line.
02:25Watvanart takes the victory in the red jersey.
02:28He gets his revenge and well deserved.
02:39Unfortunately the fun is over.
02:41And for me it will be really hard to keep the jerseys.
02:44It will be the first test for the GC guys.
02:4940 degrees here at the moment.
02:52We are really climbing in temperature.
02:55Today is a very, very different story.
03:07We're at the base of the climb of the Pico Villocas.
03:11Monstrous gradients, 18% and there is no relenting.
03:15There's no hiding on a climb like this.
03:16Primoz Roglic set the tempo.
03:19More and more riders ejected down to the back of the peloton.
03:24One kilometre remain.
03:26Mikkel Landa of T-Rex Quick-Step.
03:29The 34-year-old who's trying to go and take a stage victory in La Vuelta.
03:33But Lennart van Eerdveld of Lotto Destiny.
03:36He's got the speed, he's got the power.
03:38But he's going to be close on the line.
03:40And it's Primoz Roglic who by the looks of it,
03:43Primoz Roglic who by the looks of things has just taken that on the line.
03:49This is a bad day for some riders and look at the grimaces.
03:53Big gaps opening up already.
03:55It is really unexpected.
03:58Primoz Roglic back into a red jersey.
04:02I'm just super happy and yeah, just enjoy it.
04:14This already on the paper looks like the perfect stage for a breakaway.
04:19A very, very animated start.
04:22A large group of riders go away.
04:27Ben O'Connor is feeling good.
04:30Now it's Ben O'Connor who has decided to leave his breakaway companion.
04:37Currently he's the virtual leader in the general classification.
04:42This has been an explosion across the Andalusian mountains.
04:47It's been an absolute masterclass.
04:49Ben O'Connor is the first rider from Decathlon H2O Le Mondial
04:54to wear the leader's jersey in La Vuelta.
05:04I've got the jersey now, I've got a stage win as well.
05:07So whatever comes afterwards, I'm going to ride my heart out
05:11all the way to the end in Madrid and see where we end up.
05:17Whilst the stage is 158 kilometers,
05:20we're going to see an explosive stage, an explosive race.
05:2615% the gradients already.
05:28Roglic is there on the front.
05:30He seems in control.
05:33Joao Almeida losing time.
05:37Roglic kicks once more.
05:40Felix Gal is doing a sterling job
05:43as Tejada goes under one kilometer to go.
05:46And Roglic is in control, but Mass is able to match.
05:51Ben O'Connor has not been able to follow Felix Gal.
05:54Mass takes control at the front of the race.
05:57He starts to sprint.
05:59He's giving a hard time to Primoz Roglic
06:01who can't quite get round the Spaniard.
06:03He's trying to come to the victory.
06:05They're head and head, neck and neck.
06:07He's got the upper hand.
06:09He comes to the finish at the top of this climb
06:11and it's victory number 14 in the Vuelta a España.
06:15And here comes the red jersey.
06:18He loses 46 seconds to Primoz Roglic.
06:28Stage 13.
06:30We're heading up to the Puerto de Ancares
06:32hosting a stage finish for the third time in history.
06:36Look at the pace that Dani Martínez is setting.
06:40There's a little gap opening up.
06:43Here's the red jersey.
06:45He's starting to be distanced.
06:47Carapaz is also distanced.
06:50And there's the acceleration of Roglic.
06:53Now Mass is unable to follow Roglic.
06:57Roglic going in pursuit of more time.
07:00And look at how easy the Slovenian makes this look.
07:03The high cadence.
07:05This is hurting O'Connor.
07:07Primoz Roglic coming to the hoarding.
07:09300 meters to go.
07:11He's still catching riders who were formerly
07:14in the breakaway of the day.
07:16He keeps that high cadence.
07:18He's going to have to fight for each and every second.
07:21Three minutes and 16, don't forget, to Ben O'Connor.
07:25This is a day where we could see a huge shakeup
07:28in the general classification.
07:30Look at the way that Mass is fighting tooth and nail.
07:33This is painful. This is hurting.
07:35Carapaz fighting for every second
07:38to try and move himself up in the general classification.
07:41Here's the red jersey, Ben O'Connor.
07:44What is the time difference going to be
07:46between Primoz Roglic and Ben O'Connor
07:48by the end of stage 13?
07:50He crosses the line.
07:521.54 down on Primoz Roglic.
08:01Welcome to stage 16 of the Vuelta a España
08:03from Luanco.
08:05We're heading for Lagos de Covadonga.
08:106.2 kilometers from the top of the Lagos de Covadonga.
08:13And here at the front of the red jersey group,
08:16that's Enric Mass.
08:18He's opting to take things up here.
08:21And one bike length opens up to Ben O'Connor.
08:25He can't hold the wheel of the Frenchman David Gaudieu.
08:28He starts to struggle.
08:30Don't forget, he's only got one minute and three seconds
08:31to his nearest rival, Primoz Roglic,
08:34in the general classification.
08:38Mass goes from the group of Roglic.
08:41Roglic once again is distant,
08:43and each and every time that Enric Mass
08:45puts in an acceleration on the Lagos de Covadonga.
08:51This is Ben O'Connor who's isolated,
08:54and he's losing time.
08:56It's about 50 seconds now, the gap.
08:58At the end of stage 16, Mass leading things through.
09:023.54 is their time.
09:05Stop the clock and start counting.
09:10And here he is, sprinting for everything he's worth.
09:13He's not going to give away this red jersey easily.
09:16Is it going to be enough?
09:18He comes to the line.
09:20Ben O'Connor might have just held on
09:22by the skin of his teeth.
09:24It could be five seconds.
09:25What a fighter!
09:27I still have the jersey,
09:29so I've just got to enjoy it to the max,
09:32because I'm not sure I'll be having it in Madrid.
09:39It's only five seconds to Roglic.
09:41You then have Enric and Carapaz there,
09:44so the battle for the podium is going to be pretty tight.
09:49This is the 19th start of Overwheltered.
09:51Well, today is going to be a good one.
09:52Critical day.
09:54I think Roglic and Carapaz
09:56really want to try and win today's stage.
09:58The base of the climb is here.
10:00We're heading for the Altadere, Man Calvillo.
10:03There's Roger Adria.
10:05He's out of the saddle,
10:07and he's the man who's doing all of the damage
10:09as it stands right now.
10:11Job done for Adria,
10:13and it's Martinez to continue.
10:15So far as it looks,
10:17there is the split.
10:19The split is gone,
10:20and it's leaving Richard Carapaz
10:22to have to close the gap.
10:24Mass is on the wheel,
10:26and right now,
10:28this is a three-up time trial
10:30for Red Bull Bora-Hansgrohe.
10:32Job done for Martinez,
10:34and it's the role of Vlasov now to keep the pace.
10:36Vlasov is pushing,
10:38looking behind.
10:40It's like, OK, can we go more?
10:42Can you go more?
10:44And right now,
10:46the gap is being given as 20 seconds.
10:48There we go.
10:50He's got 24 seconds
10:52to the group of Mass.
10:55Mass goes.
10:57The rider who's third overall,
10:59he's trying to break Ben O'Connor,
11:01and he's trying to get rid of Richard Carapaz too.
11:04Now the red jersey starts to crack,
11:07and after 13 days in red,
11:09it's looking like this jersey's going to change shoulders,
11:12and Ben O'Connor's going to say goodbye to La Roja.
11:15Primoz Roglic is going to win the stage.
11:17Stage 19 up to the Alto del Mon Calvillo,
11:20and he's going to ride his way
11:22into the red jersey,
11:24into La Roja.
11:26Had some really nice memories
11:28from this climb,
11:30and yeah,
11:32didn't disappoint me again.
11:34Beautiful.
11:42He's going to win his fourth
11:44Vuelta a España of his career.
11:45What a performance.
11:47A new team,
11:49Red Bull Bora-Hansgrohe.
11:51What a team it's been.
11:53And Primoz Roglic,
11:55he's going to come across the line,
11:57is a winner again at the Vuelta a España.
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