The Slovenian pedaler already has three overall victories in Spain. Only Roberto Heras has managed four.
20:40•Updated 20:41
Irish Eddie Dunbar won the 172-kilometer, penultimate stage of the Tour of Spain from Villarcayo to Picon Blanco. The stage win was his second in this year’s Vuelta.
The second of the penultimate stage was Enric Mas before taking the overall lead on Friday Primoz Roglicia. Mas was seven seconds behind Dunbar, Roglic ten.
Roglic leads the race by two minutes and two seconds to Ben O’Connor before the final race on Sunday, a 25 km individual time trial.
The Slovenian pedaler is close to his fourth victory in the Tour of Spain. He has only managed four wins in Spain Roberto Heras.
Roglic had to stop the Tour of France due to a fall, but quickly recovered to a top shot.
20. STAGE, 172 KM
1. Edward Dunbar IRE 4.38.37
2. Enric Mas ESP + 0.07
3. Primoz Roglic SLO + 0.10
4. Richard Carapaz ECU + 0.12
5. Urko Fernandez ESP + 0.14
6. Ben O’Connor AUS + 0.14
7. David Gaudu FRA + 0.21
SITUATION AFTER STAGE 20/21
1. Primoz Roglic SLO 81.22.19
2. Ben O’Connor AUS + 2.02
3. Enric Mas ESP + 2.11
4. Richard Carapaz ECU + 3.00
5. David Gaudu FRA + 4.48
6. Mattias Skjelmose DEN + 5.18
7. Florian Lipowitz GER + 6.26
8. Mikel Landa ESP + 6.57
9. Pavel Sivakov FRA + 8.50