Roglic retains red jersey, but loses road captain Martin to a crash
A heavy crash at sixty-five kilometres from the finish caused a lot of disruption in the nineteenth stage of the Vuelta a España. General classification leader Primoz Roglic was delayed with the whole team, but came back and managed to keep his red jersey.
In the finish town of Toledo, the Slovenian crossed the line together with his main competitors. Roglic was naturally relieved that he had not suffered any serious injuries.
"The boys crashed in front of me. I was unable to dodge the crash and hit a wall. We were forced to chase. The battle is still in full swing. Fortunately, I have kept little in the bank and I look forward to tomorrow's stage."
Because of the crash, Tony Martin was forced to leave the race. In the hospital, he had stitches in a wound on his face. The German road captain of Team Jumbo-Visma seems to be dealing with the situation reasonably well.
La Vuelta ciclista a España
Stage 19
Result
1
Rémi Cavagna
Deceuninck - Quick Step
03:43:34
2
Sam Bennett
BORA - hansgrohe
+0:05
3
Zdeněk Štybar
Deceuninck - Quick Step
s.t.
10
Primož Roglič
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
46
Neilson Powless
Team Jumbo-Visma
+0:41
70
Lennard Hofstede
Team Jumbo-Visma
+2:36
149
Robert Gesink
Team Jumbo-Visma
+15:32
150
George Bennett
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
151
Sepp Kuss
Team Jumbo-Visma
s.t.
-
Tony Martin
Team Jumbo-Visma
DNF
Rankings
1
Primož Roglič
Team Jumbo-Visma
75:00:33
2
Alejandro Valverde
Movistar Team
+2:50
3
Nairo Quintana
Movistar Team
+3:31
24
Robert Gesink
Team Jumbo-Visma
+1:11:47
25
Neilson Powless
Team Jumbo-Visma
+1:14:44
29
Sepp Kuss
Team Jumbo-Visma
+1:18:13
35
George Bennett
Team Jumbo-Visma
+1:42:38
153
Lennard Hofstede
Team Jumbo-Visma
+5:07:24
