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La Vuelta Stage 6: Every Second Counts

La Vuelta Stage 6: Every Second Counts

The Vuelta's GC battle springs back to life & one trident surges while another crumbles into a chopstick

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Spencer Martin
Aug 19, 2021
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La Vuelta Stage 6: Every Second Counts
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After a few days in the doldrums, the Vuelta a Espana sprung to life with Magnus Cort, who had spent nearly the entire day out front in the breakaway, holding off a surging Primoz Roglic on the short, steep final climb by less than a second above the Mediterranean hamlet of Cullera. Despite not being able to reel in Cort for the stage win, Roglic collec…

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