Vuelta: Roglic of climbing
The Este Rein Taaramäe has replaced the Slovenian favorites Primoz Roglic as a total tip rider at the Spain tour of the wheel professionals. The 34-year-old by Team Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert decided by the third stage over 203 km from Santo Domingo de Silos on the 1500 m high Picon Blanco after a short solo on the summit for himself. Roglic came 1:48 minutes to Taaramäe as a seventh. Ranked three of the overall standings with 30 seconds behind the new carrier of the red jerseot, however, the time-catching Olympic champion from the Jumbo Visa team continues to have good chances of a third Vuelta triumph successively. Taaramäe started the crucial attack two kilometers below the target. Ten years after his first stage victory at the Spain tour, the Routinian held his two co-offsers Americans Joe Dombrowski (UAE-Team Emirates) and Kenny Elissonde (Trek-SegaFredo). Domobrowski secured two seconds back two ranked in front of Elissonde (0:36 minutes back). As the best German, the Essen Ben ...