30/08/2024

Vuelta a Espana 2024 stage 13 GC update | Ben O'Connor loses a lot of time on Primoz Roglic; BORA rider 1:40 ahead of Enric Mas

The Vuelta a España 2024 faced this Friday, August 30, one of its decisive stages for the general classification. The Puerto de Ancares was going to test Enric Mas, Primoz Roglic, Richard Carapaz, Mikel Landa and Carlos Rodríguez, who were looking to cut time with the red jersey, Ben O'Connor.

The Decathlon rider started the day with a lead of 3 minutes and 16 seconds over Roglic, who was 2nd, and 3:58 over Mas. The leaders of Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe and Movistar Team were the ones who had the most obligation to attack on the Puerto de Ancares. The final climb of the day had to activate the fight for the general classification.

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The race did blow up with BORA pushing the pace and Primoz Roglic attacking, dropping everyone in his wake. He gained significant time on the entire competition taking another 58 seconds on Enric Mas who cracked in the final kilometers and almost two minutes in a Ben O'Connor who found himself against in hot water.

However he remains in the red jersey, with a lead of 1:21 minutes over Roglic. Enric Mas remains in third place but now 3:01 away from the race lead and 1:40 minutes away from Roglic.

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Vuelta a España overall classification after stage 13:

1	O'CONNOR Ben	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	52:10:15
2	ROGLIC Primoz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 01:21
3	MAS Enric	Movistar Team	+ 03:01
4	CARAPAZ Richard	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 03:13
5	LANDA Mikel	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 03:20
6	RODRIGUEZ Carlos	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 04:12
7	LIPOWITZ Florian	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 04:29
8	GALL Felix	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 04:42
9	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	+ 04:44
10	YATES Adam	UAE Team Emirates	+ 05:17
11	SKJELMOSE Mattias	Lidl-Trek	+ 05:24
12	BENNETT George	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 06:29
13	SIVAKOV Pavel	UAE Team Emirates	+ 06:31
14	RODRIGUEZ Cristian	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 06:55
15	KUSS Sepp	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 07:28
16	MARTIN Guillaume	Cofidis	+ 09:02
17	VLASOV Aleksandr	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 10:55
18	DUNBAR Edward	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 11:19
19	HAIG Jack	Bahrain Victorious	+ 12:53
20	FORTUNATO Lorenzo	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 13:09
21	TEJADA Harold	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 20:41
22	PARRA José Félix	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 22:54
23	WOODS Michael	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 23:59
24	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 28:38
25	MEINTJES Louis	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 30:16
26	BERTHET Clément	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 31:44
27	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 38:18
28	RICCITELLO Matthew	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 40:16
29	OOMEN Sam	Lidl-Trek	+ 42:10
30	CATTANEO Mattia	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 42:36
31	RUBIO Einer	Movistar Team	+ 45:12
32	TAARAMÄE Rein	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 45:47
33	CEPEDA Alexander	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 46:27
34	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar Team	+ 46:43
35	VALTER Attila	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 49:13
36	SOLER Marc	UAE Team Emirates	+ 49:20
37	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 49:27
38	PACHER Quentin	Groupama-FDJ	+ 50:19
39	NARVAEZ Jhonnatan	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 51:05
40	MARTINEZ Daniel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 51:22