Primoz Roglic proved he has fully recovered from his Tour de France-ending crash with stage four victory in the Vuelta a Espana on Tuesday.
The three-time Vuelta winner triumphed atop the daunting closing climb to Pico Villuercas to stake his claim for a record-equalling fourth success in one of cycling's three Grand Tours.
💥 A stage marked by a tough summit finish that has given us a battle from the start with a quality breakaway and a spectacle in the mountains. Relive it now in 1'. In a desperate scramble for the line Lennert Van Eetvelt had his arm raised in victory only for Roglic to pip him to the post, with Almeida in third.
"It's life, eh. It doesn't go all the way up, we have challenges. I'm just happy today with how the team worked and that I could finish it off at the end," he added.:"It wasn't the main objective of today, but when you see the guys riding hard in this heat... you're happy to finish it off. You never know when it's the last one, so just enjoy it.
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