"I told Kuss: 'keep fighting, keep believing, you'll make it'" - Primoz Roglic says, after dropping teammate at Alto de l'Angliru

Primoz Roglic took his second stage win in the Vuelta a España 2023. The Slovenian attacked Mikel Landa and rode a few meters ahead of his teammates Jonas Vingegaard and Sepp Kuss, who finally caught him. The leader, however, eventually gave way and Roglic entered the finish line with Vingegaard close behind.

"It was a much nicer climb today than last time. I just set my own pace and the climb decided who was first, second and so on." The Slovenian proved the strongest on the brutal final ascent, dropping Sepp Kuss in the final kilometers and winning the stage, with Jonas Vingegaard in the wheel.

Roglic appreciated the pace of the Bahrain Victorious team during the climb to the Angliru and attacked when he saw the pace dropping: "We let Bahrain go and the moment I saw the pace drop a little bit I decided to go for it and went at my pace until the end."

Asked whether he noticed that Sepp Kuss had stayed from him and Vingegaard, he commented as follows: "Yes, as I said I set my pace, I know, I talked to him, I know how he feels, on the climb everyone goes at the maximum they can, so we'll see, I've told him gue fighting, that he keeps believing, that this way he will make it."

There are still two hard stages left in the Vuelta a España, tomorrow's Thursday and Saturday's stage in the mountains of Madrid. Kuss is still the leader, 8 seconds ahead of Vingegaard and one minute and eight seconds ahead of Primoz Roglic. The fourth, Juan Ayuso, is four minutes behind, so the 3 leaders will play for the final victory in Madrid.