Primoz Roglic’s sportsmanship after the La Vuelta time trial: “I can’t do anything other than congratulate Enric Mas”
A true gentleman. Primoz Roglic started today in the time trial The Return with the hopes of obtaining a large haul of seconds that would allow him to get as close as possible to the leader of the race, the Balearic Enric Mas.
In the end, the Slovenian cyclist, four-time winner of the Spanish round, could only be 33 seconds faster than the race leader, which after the 18th stage leaves him 1’37” behind Mas with three stages remaining.
This was ‘Rogla’s assessment after his participation in the IRC: “We started well, but as the time trial progressed I became more tired,” he said with a face that the words disappointment or defeat could not be identified with.
We have tried to do our best, but Enric has shown a very high level
He Red Bull-Bora-hansgroh leadere, his contract ends this year, he regretted not having been able to do many kilometers of time trials this season, he recognized that in the final part he could have negotiated some curve or roundabout more quickly, and he surrendered to the performance of Enric Mas.
“We have tried to do our best, but Enric has shown a very high level. I can’t do anything other than congratulate him. We have two days left, maybe three. I have put everything on the road, I can be happy,” said Primoz.
In turn, the Red Bull team director, Patxi Vila, He added: “We did an excellent time trial, but so did Enric. We will try to win La Vuelta, but we are not going to risk everything.” We will see how these words are translated starting tomorrow.
