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Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) showed his crash injuries from the Tour de France were well behind him as he rocketed to victory on stage 4 of the Vuelta a España on Tuesday.
Roglič prevailed atop the Pico Villuercas after 170.5 kilometres of racing, narrowly out-pacing Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto Dstny) who celebrated too soon and lost the sprint. João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) was third.
On a searingly hot day, the peloton waited to chase down the day’s breakaway until the final 5 kilometres. Roglič was up front and ready for any attacks, but waited until the very last to make his move.
“It was tough – the heat, and for me now coming a bit back,” Roglič said, adding that he is still struggling with his back injury.
“I felt definitely the back already after some hours. But I have to see, hopefully it doesn’t get worse.”
Roglič said nobody asked him to try for the stage win, he just felt he had to after his team controlled the race all day.
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