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09/03 11:14 CDT Mas extends lead over Roglic in Spanish Vuelta as Omrzel wins
stage
Mas extends lead over Roglic in Spanish Vuelta as Omrzel wins stage
CALAR ALTO, Spain (AP) --- Enric Mas extended his lead in the Spanish Vuelta
after a mountainous 12th stage won by Jakob Omrzel on Thursday.
Mas added to his gap over Primo? Roglic when the Movistar leader dropped his
Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe rival on a push up the final 10 kilometers (6 miles) to
the summit finish. His advantage over Roglic, a four-time Vuelta winner, is now
1 minute, 45 seconds.
Omrzel, a 20-year-old Slovenian cyclist, claimed his first win at a grand tour
after shedding his fellow breakaway riders. He won the 166-kilometer (103-mile)
stage in four hours, 29 minutes. His nearest chaser crossed the finish line
atop the Calar Alto summit nearly two minutes later.
"I am not surprised because I know how much work I have put in, I knew it would
happen sooner or later," Omrzel said. "I am just enjoying the moment."
The demanding route through the dry and sun-baked southern mountains finished
with back-to-back category-one climbs.
The 31-year-old Mas has finished the Vuelta as runner-up on three occasions, in
2018, 2021 and 2022. He is trying to become the first Spanish rider to win the
home race since Alberto Contador in 2014.
Mas has led the three-week race since Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar
withdrew following a crash on Saturday while wearing the red leader's jersey.
On Friday, riders will face a hilly 13th stage of 192 kilometers (119 miles)
from Almucar to Loja.
This year's Vuelta is entirely in southern Spain and without any of its classic
mountain finishes in the country's greener north. It finishes in Granada on
Sept. 13.
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