VIDEO The biggest favorite is already in the red jersey: Roglič won the sprint of the fourth stage at the Vuelta – Športky.sk

Primož Roglič won the 4th stage Source: SITA/AP/Miguel Oses VITORIA – Slovenian cyclist Primož Roglič from the Jumbo-Visma team became the winner of Tuesday’s 4th stage of the Vuelta a Espaňa and moved to the top of the overall standings. In the sprint, he beat the second Dane Mads Pedersen from Trek Segafredo and the third Enrico Mas from Movistar. The cyclists had a 152.5 km long stage from Vitoria to Laguardia with a slightly undulating profile. A small climb was also prepared at the very end, the adepts for the overall championship and specialist sprinters fought for the championship. Finally, Roglič had the most strength, who is trying for the fourth overall success at the event. Sprinter Pedersen took second place for the third time in a row. 🏁Stage 4 | Stage 4🙋🏻‍♂️🏆 @rogla 🏆#LaVuelta22 pic.twitter.com/sqTPMavMOh — La Vuelta (@lavuelta) August 23, 2022 Roglič took over the red jersey of the overall leader from his teammate Eduardo Affini from Italy. Thanks to the successful team time trial, the Dutch stable still has several representatives in the foreground, overall second is the American Sepp Kuss with a deficit of 13 seconds. Vuelta a Espaňa – 4th stage (Vitoria – Laguardia, 152.50 km): 1. Primož Roglič (Slovenia/Jumbo-Visma) 3:31:05 h, 2. Mads Pedersen (Dan./Trek-Segafredo), 3. Enric Mas (Sp./Movistar), 4. Quentin Pacher (Fr./Groupama-FDJ), 5. Pavel Sivakov (Fr./Ineos Grenadiers), 6. Ben O’Connor (Aust./AG2R Citroen), 7. Ethan Hayter (V.Brit./Ineos Grenadiers), 8. Remco Evenepoel (Belg./Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl), 9. Wilco Kelderman (Hol./Bora-hansgrohe), 10. Jai Hindley (Aust./ Bora-hansgrohe) all time as the winner Overall ranking: 1. Roglič 11:50:59 h, 2. Sepp Kuss (USA/Jumbo-Visma) +13 s, 3. Hayter, 4. Sivakov, 5. Tao Geoghegan Hart ( V.Brit./Ineos) all +26, 6. Evenepoel +27, 7. Richard Carapaz (Eq./Ineos Grenadiers), 8. Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Sp./Ineos Grenadiers) both +33, 9. Pedersen +34 , 10. Simon Yates (U.Brit./BikeExchange) +51 Photo gallery for the article Number of photos: 5 Author: © Video list: Twitter/La Vuelta Source: TASR