{"id":769966,"date":"2026-09-14T03:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T03:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/769966\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T03:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T03:20:11","slug":"la-vuelta-2026-primoz-roglic-finishes-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/769966\/","title":{"rendered":"La Vuelta 2026: Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d finishes second"},"content":{"rendered":"

Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d grabbed another Grand Tour podium for Red\u00a0Bull \u2013 BORA \u2013 hansgrohe<\/a> at La Vuelta 2026, finishing second overall after three weeks of racing across Spain.<\/p>\n

“The result at the end is beautiful, it’s a win for me,” Rogli\u010d said to TNT Sports at the end of Stage 21. “The approach to it was hard, and I could never really expect to achieve this at the end.”<\/p>\n

\"Primo\u017e<\/a><\/p>\n

Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d celebrates his second-place finish at the 2026 La Vuelta<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Tim de Waele\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Overcoming a difficult road to La Vuelta<\/p>\n

Despite having won the race four times before, Rogli\u010d entered this year’s La Vuelta with few expectations of challenging for a fifth title. A training accident had disrupted his preparations and left the Slovenian without the ideal build-up, but he quickly put himself among the contenders for the overall win.<\/p>\n

Patience was key for Rogli\u010d, and he kept himself in the fight as the race changed around him. By the final week, that approach had paid off and he was still within touching distance of the red jersey as he pushed Mas all the way to the final mountain stages.<\/p>\n

How the battle for La Vuelta changed<\/p>\n

The most pivotal moment of the race came during Stage 8, when leader and five-time Tour de France winner Tadej Poga\u010dar crashed out while wearing the red jersey. The race favourite’s withdrawal suddenly opened up the battle for overall victory, with Mas eventually taking control on home soil as Rogli\u010d emerged as one of his closest challengers.<\/p>\n

Although Mas kept him at arm’s length, Rogli\u010d was still looking for an opportunity to close the gap heading into the final week \u2013 and it arrived with the individual time trial on Stage 18.<\/p>\n

\"Primo\u017e<\/a><\/p>\n

Rogli\u010d pushed hard to eventually finish runner-up to Enric Mas<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Tim de Waele\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Rogli\u010d makes a last push for red<\/p>\n

Rogli\u010d found another gear in the Stage 18 time trial, rolling home fourth to take 33 seconds out of Mas. Suddenly, he was just 1m 37s behind the Spaniard with the mountains still to come.<\/p>\n

Spurred on by that progress, Rogli\u010d looked like a man on a mission the following day. With around two kilometres left on the final climb to Pe\u00f1as Blancas, he made his move and went on the attack. Mas, however, was ready for everything the Slovenian had to throw at him and the pair eventually crossed the line together.<\/p>\n

Victory is our second place today<\/p>\n

There was still one last chance on Stage 20 in the Sierra Nevada, but this time Mas had the stronger legs. He pulled away from Rogli\u010d on the final climb to stretch his lead to 2m 15s, while Rogli\u010d in turn held off Gall to keep his grip on second place.<\/p>\n

That left just one job on Sunday’s final stage into Granada: finish it off and bring home another Grand Tour podium. Rogli\u010d crossed the line with second overall secured, bringing three demanding weeks of racing to an end with another strong result in the bag for Red\u00a0Bull \u2013 BORA \u2013 hansgrohe.<\/p>\n

“I did my best, together with the whole team,” said Rogli\u010d. “Big congrats to Enric and the whole Movistar team, they super deserved the victory. Victory is our second place today.”<\/p>\n

Part of this story<\/p>\n

Red\u00a0Bull – BORA – hansgrohe After securing the team’s first-ever Tour de France podium, Red\u00a0Bull – BORA – hansgrohe continue their bold pursuit of Grand Tour success, while shaping the next generation of cycling talent.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d grabbed another Grand Tour podium for Red\u00a0Bull \u2013 BORA \u2013 hansgrohe at La Vuelta 2026, finishing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":769967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-769966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}