20/08/2024

2024 Vuelta a Espana GC Update after stage 4: Primoz Roglic takes over Red Jersey after brutal summit victory

Dealing the first general classification blow of the 2024 Vuelta a Espana, Primoz Roglic put any doubts over his form to bed with a brutal win ahead of Lennert Van Eetvelt on the stage 4 summit finish.

As a result, the Slovenian is now in a jersey he is very comfortable wearing, the Red Jersey of race leader the Vuelta a Espana. Holding an 8 second advantage over Joao Almeida, it's far from a race deciding gap but the first mental blow has been landed by the Slovenian leader of Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe.

Primoz Roglic rules again at La Vuelta after brutal finale atop Pico Villuercas on stage 4

In 3rd, comes the leading Spaniard at his home Grand Tour, Movistar Team's Enric Mas, 32 seconds down on Roglic. Antonio Tiberi and Lennert Van Eetvelt follow hinting to what could be a very exciting battle for the White Jersey of Best Young Rider at this Grand Tour.

Completing the top 10, Felix Gall sits 6th after a very bright performance on the final climb whilst somewhat surprisingly, it's Brandon McNulty who has proven the second best of the UAE Team Emirates brigade in 7th, with Mattias Skjelmose, Mikel Landa and Aleksandr Vlasov rounding out the top of the general classification standings.

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2024 Vuelta a Espana GC Update after stage 4:

1	Roglic Primoz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	14:33:08
2	Almeida Joao	UAE Team Emirates	+ 08
3	Mas Enric	Movistar Team	+ 32
4	Tiberi Antonio	Bahrain Victorious	+ 38
5	Van Eetvelt Lennert	Lotto Dstny	+ 41
6	Gall Felix	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 47
7	McNulty Brandon	UAE Team Emirates	+ 50
8	Skjelmose Mattias	Lidl-Trek	+ 58
9	Landa Mikel	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 58
10	Vlasov Aleksandr	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 01:00
11	Sivakov Pavel	UAE Team Emirates	+ 01:01
12	Riccitello Matthew	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 01:04
13	Kuss Sepp	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 01:14
14	Haig Jack	Bahrain Victorious	+ 01:20
15	Gaudu David	Groupama-FDJ	+ 01:24
16	del Toro Isaac	UAE Team Emirates	+ 01:26
17	Bennett George	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 01:26
18	Rodriguez Carlos	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 01:30
19	Kron Andreas	Lotto Dstny	+ 01:36
20	Lipowitz Florian	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 01:50
21	Fortunato Lorenzo	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 01:53
22	Yates Adam	UAE Team Emirates	+ 01:56
23	O'Connor Ben	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 01:56
24	Rubio Einer	Movistar Team	+ 01:57
25	Rodriguez Cristian	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 01:58
26	Carapaz Richard	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 02:02
27	Tejada Harold	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 02:06
28	Berrade Urko	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 02:07
29	Taaramäe Rein	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 02:08
30	Uijtdebroeks Cian	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 02:16
31	Berthet Clément	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 02:19
32	Rochas Rémy	Groupama-FDJ	+ 02:32
33	Arensman Thymen	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 02:57
34	Martin Guillaume	Cofidis	+ 03:05
35	De Plus Laurens	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 03:14
36	Meintjes Louis	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 03:28
37	Quintana Nairo	Movistar Team	+ 03:30
38	Dunbar Edward	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 03:34
39	Bou Joan	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 03:51
40	Parra José Félix	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 03:59
41	Martín Gotzon	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 04:13