Ben O’Connor has turned the Spanish Vuelta on its head. The Australian rider grabbed a huge lead with a commanding victory of the hilly sixth stage. O’Connor claimed the red leader’s jersey from Primoz Roglic and jumped 4 minutes, 51 seconds ahead of the three-time Vuelta winner.
YUNQUERA, Spain — Ben O’Connor turned the Spanish Vuelta on its head Thursday when the Australian rider grabbed a huge lead with a commanding victory of the hilly sixth stage.
“I did feel a little bit like I was in my own world today,” O’Connor said about his fine day on the bike. “I seized my opportunity and laid it all out there. It is pretty special when you can pretty much crush it from the start.” The next rider, Marco Frigo, crossed over 4:30 minutes later, and the peloton, including Roglic of Red Bull-BORA hansgrohe, finished over 6:30 minutes later.Matt Richardson was a Paris Olympics track cycling star for Australia and now will race for Britain“O’Connor is not just any other rider. It is going to be tough to reel in those five minutes he has,” said Almeida of UAE Team Emirates.
Vuelta A Espana Sports - Europe S Sports
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Bittner sprints to photo finish victory on Spanish Vuelta stage 5, Roglic remains in redCzech cyclist Pavel Bittner sprinted to the biggest victory of his career as he won the fifth stage of the Spanish Vuelta in a photo finish. Primoz Roglic stayed in the leader’s red jersey.
Read more »
American rider Sepp Kuss takes on leading role as he begins title defense in Spanish VueltaThis time the spotlight will be on Sepp Kuss from the start as he tries to retain his title in the Spanish Vuelta. Kuss won last year’s race over Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard, who then were the top riders for Team Visma-Lease a Bike.
Read more »
Groves wins 2nd stage of Spanish Vuelta and Van Aert takes overall leadKaden Groves has prevailed in the final sprint to win the second stage of the Spanish Vuelta. Wout van Aert finished second Sunday to take the overall leader’s red jersey. Groves is an Australian riding for Alpecin-Deceuninck. He held on at the end after a 194-kilometer (120.5-mile) route from Cascais to Ourem.
Read more »
Spanish Vuelta leader Wout van Aert wins third stage in a sprint finish in PortugalOverall leader Wout van Aert has won a sprint finish to take victory in the third stage of the Spanish Vuelta. Van Aert surged into the lead with about 250 meters to race to edge Kaden Groves into second place. That flipped the result of Sunday’s second stage when the Australian took the sprint win. Jon Abersaturi took third in a 191.
Read more »
American Brandon McNulty wins individual time trial in opening stage of the Spanish VueltaAmerican Brandon McNulty has won the opening stage of the Spanish Vuelta in Portugal. The rider from UAE Team Emirates finished the individual time trial with a time of 12 minutes, 35 seconds. He was two seconds faster than Czech rider Mathias Vacek. Wout van Art finished third, three seconds off the winning time.
Read more »
Who Is Jennifer? The Umbrella Academy Season 4's Vital New Character ExplainedThe Umbrella Academy season 4 Jennifer and Ben lying down next to confused Ben
Read more »