The Slovenian cyclist Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) won the eighth stage of the Tour of Spain this Saturday, in which his North American teammate Sepp Kuss took the lead in the individual general classification.
Roglic, who won the Vuelta between 2019 and 2021, covered the 165 kilometers between Dénia and Xorret de Catí in 04:13.52 hours, beating Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep), champion in 2022 and today second, in a restricted sprint, and the Spanish Juan Ayuso (UAE Emirates), third, with the Portuguese João Almeida (UAE Emirates) in sixth place, two seconds behind.
In the general classification, in which Almeida is 11th by XX in the red jersey, the new leader is Sepp Kuss, with the Spanish Marc Soler (UAE Emirates) second, 43 seconds behind, and the French Lenny Martínez (Groupama-FDJ) third . , one minute.
On Sunday, the ninth stage, which precedes the first rest day, will join Cartagena with Collado de la Cruz de Caravaca over 184.5 rough kilometers, including a final climb.
Source: TSF
