“A dream scenario for the team,” Roglič said a few minutes after his victory. “Today, things were in my favour. The team has my sincere gratitude for that. Everyone has worked hard. The stage win is the finest way to reward that.”
It was a fifth win for Roglič this season and a 41st for the Jumbo-Visma team.
“The Vuelta has only just begun but I think it’s better to gain seconds now than to ignore them deliberately. I am thrilled with this victory. The entire day the pace was very high. In the final phase, I took my chance to fight for the stage win. Fortunately, I was successful”, Roglič concluded.
“It’s nice that I have this jersey now but the big goal remains to get on the highest podium step in Madrid. The atmosphere around the team is very positive. It started with the team’s time-trial victory. We have had some great days. So far, everything is going crescendo.”
His Tour crash no longer has an impact on him. “I have recovered completely. It doesn’t bother me anymore.”
Will he take the red all the way to Madrid? Will the jersey stay in the Jumbo-Visma team for the entirety of the race? What do you think?
La Vuelta stage four results
- Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) – 3:31:05
- Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo)
- Enric Mas (Movistar)
General classification after stage four
- Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) – 11:50:59
- Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) + 13 seconds
- Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers) + 26 seconds
- Pavel Sivakov (Ineos Grenadiers)
- Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers)
- Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) + 27 seconds
- Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) + 33 seconds
- Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) + same time
- Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) + 34 seconds
- Simon Yates (BikeExchange-Jayco) + 51 seconds
