"Sometimes you gain some seconds and sometimes you lose some" - Primoz Roglic shows face at intermediate sprint to gain handful of bonus seconds
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Despite not much drama taking place during stage 12 of the 2023 Vuelta a Espana, Primoz Roglic showed his face late on at the intermediate sprint to pinch four seconds in bonus seconds.
In the grand scheme of things, four seconds might not sound like much of a difference but as Roglic has found out in past Grand Tours, every second can be vital. "We'll see," he says, keeping his cards close to his chest in a post-stage interview. “I don't care if it took a lot of energy.”
Finishing second behind the Green Jersey wearer, Kaden Groves, Roglic was happy to pick up the seconds on offer. “But I was in the right position and then you go for it," he says. "Sometimes you gain some seconds and sometimes you lose some seconds. The fact that I am now taking a few seconds is very nice.”
With a monster day of mountains to come on stage 13, bigger time gaps than four seconds are expected, as Roglic himself admits. “We'll see what it's worth,” the Jumbo-Visma man concludes. “Tomorrow the differences will be a lot bigger, I think. We'll all see.”
Kieran WoodDeputy Editor-in-Chief
Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He regularly contributes to DartsNews.com and CyclingUpToDate.com, where he covers professional cycling and darts. In cycling, his work includes liveblogs from major races, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España, alongside race reports and analysis. He has also conducted interviews with professional riders.
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- exactly, he had an amazing season, but with these overstatements they don‘t do him good.Ketterechts08-11-2026
- More to the point, it isn't his remaining goal.Renz08-11-2026
- lol yeahmij08-11-2026
- I know, their headlines can be so misleading. Pidcock had a great season with 5 wins. and some solid 2nds. no reason to take away from that with a fake headline.mij08-11-2026
- You can clearly see the the posture change from slightly sitting to again out of the saddle while changing of gears in the video of the sprintabstractengineer08-11-2026
- He has already beaten Pogi twice in the TDF. the achievement is over. He cannot beat Pogi now and he only has a few years left at the top. Win Giro and compete in the TDF, maximise palmares.abstractengineer08-11-2026
- Just looked again at the photo. Yeah I stand by that. If MS had fallen over in Brands direction I don’t even think she would have hit her. You must be a UCI race commissioner. I’ll be sure to check my sock height should I ever see you on a ride. Looks like everyone else on here sees what I see.mij08-11-2026
- I said looking at the photo it doesn’t appear she deviated. Chill out, not stating my word is the final judgement. Just commenting that based on the photo I don’t see it. And BTW the Dutch coach even said she didn’t impede her.mij08-11-2026
- Blah Blah Blah !frieders308-11-2026
- MS said she was changing gears so that caused her slight deviation. Nothing was intentional.frieders308-11-2026
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