As it happened: Breakaway win on stage 13 as Roglič reclaims time on O’Connor

He continued: “I’m not getting any younger, I’m almost 38 now, I’m basically in the masters category so it’s nice to win against the young guys. 

“I know there’s not many more chances to win here so I’m going to cherish it and be proud of it.”

Some words from the stage 13 winner of La Vuelta, Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech):

“I had to suffer still [today], it hurt a lot. A really challenging day but I’m really proud. The team rode amazingly to get me into a breakaway, so I couldn’t have done it without them. 

“I’m so happy that I can back up all the support that I’ve got from the team over the year. I’ve had a lot of setbacks over the year but everyone has been in my corner, they’ve believed in me so it was so nice to pay them back today.”

Wout van Aert holds the outright lead in the points classification and the King of the Mountains competition.

He leads Groves by 112 points in the green jersey standings and has a margin of 13 points over Vine in the battle for the polka-dots.

Some thoughts from red jersey Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) after today’s tough stage.

“I was pretty cooked. I wasn’t going anywhere in a hurry today. [It’s] sad times but at least I’m still in red. To be honest, I’d already dropped by then [when Roglič attacked] so I didn’t really see. I was just trying to manage my effort. I didn’t have too much going on today.

“Tomorrow, I’ll just try and do my best to recover, have another day in the red jersey, then see how Sunday goes.”

What it means for ‘Rusty’.

Today’s stage has delivered a lovely battle for the podium.

Mas, Carapaz, and Mikel Landa are separated by 19 seconds in third, fourth and fifth on GC.

We’ll bring you the stage standings as we wait to hear from today’s winner and our red jersey.

O’Connor has wrestled his way up the climb, losing approximately 1:53.

He’ll remain in the red jersey with an advantage of 1:21 over the Slovenian.

Now O’Connor comes into the final stretches, he’s battling hard.

Carapaz has recovered well to overtake Mas in the…