Stage 17 of the Vuelta a Espana took place over 115 miles between Unquera and Lagos de Covadonga in northern Spain. Fog and low temperatures greeted the riders on the mountainous stage which featured four categorized climbs with a summit finish. Primoz Roglic broke away solo on the last climb forcing his overall race competition to chase him over the remaining 5 miles. The riders battled 10-percent-plus gradients as Roglic pulled away increasing the gap to nearly two minutes. Roglic held off the chasers to finish 1:35 ahead with his teammate Sepp Kuss outsprinting Miguel Angel Lopez and Adam Yates to the line. Roglic finished over 9 minutes ahead of Odd Christian Eiking to take the overall lead in the race. Roglic now leads Enric Mas by 2:22 and Miguel Angel Lopez by 3:11

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LA VUELTA STAGE 17 RESULTS

1	ROGLIČ Primož	Team Jumbo-Visma	4:34:45
2	KUSS Sepp	Team Jumbo-Visma	1:35
3	LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel	Movistar Team	1:35
4	YATES Adam	INEOS Grenadiers	1:35
5	HAIG Jack	Bahrain – Victorious	1:35
6	MAS Enric	Movistar Team	1:35
7	BERNAL Egan	INEOS Grenadiers	1:35
8	MÄDER Gino	Bahrain – Victorious	1:35
9	MEINTJES Louis	Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux	2:29
10	CHAMPOUSSIN Clément	AG2R Citroën Team	2:44

OVERALL STANDINGS

1	ROGLIČ Primož	Team Jumbo-Visma	68:42:56
2	MAS Enric	Movistar Team	2:22
3	LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel	Movistar Team	3:11
4	HAIG Jack	Bahrain – Victorious	3:46
5	MARTIN Guillaume	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	4:16
6	BERNAL Egan	INEOS Grenadiers	4:29
7	YATES Adam	INEOS Grenadiers	4:45
8	KUSS Sepp	Team Jumbo-Visma	5:04
9	GROßSCHARTNER Felix	BORA – hansgrohe	6:54
10	MÄDER Gino	Bahrain – Victorious	6:58

 

 Photos: Bettini