"It's been a very hard Vuelta, very demanding" - Richard Carapaz nearing final podium with two stages to go at 2024 Vuelta a Espana
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Primoz Roglic launched what seems like a fatal blow for the Red Jersey fight at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana on stage 19. The fight for the podium behind however, now looks incredibly tight with an exciting finale to the Spanish Grand Tour expected.
Looking ahead to Saturday's queen stage, the focus will be on the fight for the final podium in the general classification. Ben O'Connor, Enric Mas and Richard Carapaz will fight between Saturday and Sunday for the 2 remaining spots on the final podium in Madrid. After stage 19, Carapaz, who lost 13 seconds to Enric Mas who now trails him by 34 seconds (but is 46 seconds behind O'Connor), explains how hard it's been to compete for the best overall positions, and what it's costing him to get to the end of La Vuelta.
"I had a very good climb," begins the EF Education-EasyPost leader, who crossed the finish line 9th and is 4th overall ahead of stage 20. "Tomorrow will be a new day and a different battle. It's been a very hard Vuelta, very demanding, with steep climbs, very explosive and at the end the fatigue shows."
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Results | Stage 19 of the 2024 Vuelta a Espana:
| 1 | ROGLIC Primoz | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 03:54:55 |
| GAUDU David | Groupama-FDJ | + 46 | |
| SKJELMOSE Mattias | Lidl-Trek | + 46 | |
| MORE Enric | Movistar Team | + 50 | |
| 5 | LANDA Mikel | Soudal Quick-Step | + 57 |
| RODRIGUEZ Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers | + 57 | |
| DUNBAR Edward | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 01:01 | |
| KUSS Sepp | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 01:01 | |
| CARAPAZ Richard | EF Education-EasyPost | + 01:03 | |
| LIPOWITZ Florian | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 01:23 | |
| RICCITELLO Matthew | Israel-Premier Tech | + 01:30 | |
| O'CONNOR Ben | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 01:49 | |
| VLASOV Aleksandr | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 01:49 | |
| FORTUNATO Lorenzo | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 01:49 | |
| RODRIGUEZ Cristian | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 01:49 | |
| PACHER Quentin | Groupama-FDJ | + 02:15 | |
| SIVAKOV Pavel | UAE Team Emirates | + 02:15 | |
| RODRIGUEZ Óscar | INEOS Grenadiers | + 02:29 | |
| PARET-PEINTRE Valentin | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 02:37 |
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- I hope he rides a bitmij15-11-2026
- Greatest athlete this world has ever produced ! LOL ... you definitely are a comdian ! Cycling is so sprecialized and you think he's the greatest athlete ever ! Still laughing !frieders315-11-2026
- b.s. headline. Jonas wasn't told anything, it is just a pundit telling him what to do. the actual article is not even close to the insinuation of the headline.mij15-11-2026
- I think Roglic could have beaten Sepp. not Jonas. I was referring to Sepp.mij15-11-2026
- I'm deeply sick of this guy and his unwillingness to race seriously for more than a month or two. I'll never respect riders who do that. Seixas will be stronger than him next season, and maybe Del Toro as well. I don't even think he'll finish on the podium at any GT where Pogi, Seixas, and Del Toro are racing.megasmacky15-11-2026
- Not a chance in hell.megasmacky15-11-2026
- If you go watch some races from last season other riders that have never caught Jonas...are now catching him. Some are just riding away from him and he can't hold the wheelmd197514-11-2026
- He just doesn't have the desire anymore. I read an article earlier today that said he almost retired last year. His reasoning was he is away from home to much. Visma was able to keep him riding by allowing him to skip certain camps. So, while currently Visma is doing altitude work...Jonas is at home. Which means 2 things. 1- He maybe fresher than other riders. But, not the condition. 2-Is a somewhat slap in the face to others on the team that are supposed to help him win. Yet feel like he hasn't done what they have so perhaps they don't provide as good of protection or they ride more for theme (which the team may not notice).md197514-11-2026
- Roglic could not have won anyway, after Jonas followed him when Roglic decided it was his turn for a stage win. Jonas had already attacked Kuss twice, so it was Jonas who was within seconds of taking the lead before Kuss was 'gifted' the win. It felt a bit like Roglic was being thrown under the bus when the team made his unhappiness public.Hills3314-11-2026
- POG1, another nice doc about our favourite, I watched most of it with a big smile on my face (except for the bits about his crashes 😢 obvs!).Lozza14-11-2026
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