Vuelta a Espana: Defending champion Primoz Roglic wins stage 11

Olympic time trial champion Primoz Roglic has won the past two editions of the Vuelta

Defending Vuelta a Espana champion Primoz Roglic won stage 11 to reduce the gap to leader Odd Christian Eiking.

Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux's Eiking holds a 58-second lead over second place Cofidis rider Guillaume Martin, with Jumbo-Visma's Roglic 58 seconds further back.

Roglic claimed victory with a stunning attack on the final short, sharp climb.

"It was a hard stage, short but super hot again. I was suffering a lot but luckily I had enough to win at the end," Roglic said.

"It's always nice to win - you never know when'll be your last victory. It was a nice finish with steep uphill, which normally I can do well, so it was a nice challenge and the team did an amazing job, pushing really hard throughout the day."

Thursday's stage 12 is from Jaen to Cordoba.

Stage 11 results

1. Primoz Roglic (Slo/Jumbo-Visma) 3hrs 11mins

2. Enric Mas (Spa/Movistar Team) +3secs

3. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col/Movistar Team) +5secs

4. Jack Haig (Aus/Bahrain Victorious) +7secs

5. Adam Yates (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) Same time

6. Romain Bardet (Fra/Team DSM)

7. Felix Grossschartner (Aut/Bora-Hansgrohe)

8. Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus)/Astana-Premier Tech)

9. Egan Bernal Gomez (Col/Ineos Grenadiers) +11secs

10. Odd Christian Eiking (Nor/Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux) Same time

General classification standings after stage 11

1. Odd Christian Eiking (Nor/Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux) 41hrs 48mins 57secs

2. Guillaume Martin (Fra/Cofidis) +58secs

3. Primoz Roglic (Slo/Jumbo-Visma) +1min 56secs

4. Enric Mas (Spa/Movistar Team) +2min 31secs

5. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col/Movistar Team) +3min 28secs

6. Jack Haig (Aus/Bahrain Victorious) +3min 55secs

7. Egan Bernal Gomez (Col/Ineos Grenadiers) +4min 46secs

8. Adam Yates (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +4min 57secs

9. Sepp Kuss (USA/Jumbo-Visma) +5min 3secs

10. Felix Grossschartner (Aut/Bora-Hansgrohe) +5min 38secs

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