“I knew there was a chance I could take the jersey depending on how the stage went,” Sepp Kuss said. “It wasn’t until I crossed the line that I realized I had done it.'
XORRET DEL CATÍ, Spain — Primoz Roglic beat Remco Evenepoel to win the mountainous eighth stage of the Spanish Vuelta, one of the leading cycling races in the world, while Jumbo-Visma teammate Sepp Kuss took the lead of the three-week race on Saturday.In a duel of the last two Vuelta winners, Roglic bettered Evenepoel in a sprint to the finish line after a climb up the category-one Xorret del Catí.
“I’m thrilled with this,” Roglic said. “It’s always a bit of a gamble in a sprint like this, but it worked out well.” “I knew there was a chance I could take the jersey depending on how the stage went,” Kuss said. “It wasn’t until I crossed the line that I realized I had done it.Lenny Martínez lost the red jersey he had worn for two stages after the Frenchman cracked on the day’s fifth and final ascent after a 165-kilometer ride from Dénia in eastern Spain.
Evenepoel said that he incorrectly thought there was another rider ahead of his group that had was set to win the stage when he and Roglic sprinted.
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