2021 Vuelta a España Stage 11 Results & Recap
Stage 11 of the 2021 Vuelta a España is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Roglič dominates
Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) won stage 11 of the Vuelta a Espana today after an attack up the final climb to the finish in Valdepeñas de Jaen after 190km of racing. The defending champion was challenged by Enric Mas (Movistar) during the uphill sprint, but the Spaniard had to be content with second.
“It was close again!" Roglic said. "The other day, Magnus Cort Nielsen was first and I was second, and this time it’s the other way around. It was a hard stage, short but super hot again. I was also suffering a lot, but luckily I had enough for the win in the end. Enric Mas is also very strong, luckily I had a little more. It’s always nice to win, you never know when the last one will be. It was a nice finish with a steep uphill. It was a nice challenge. The team did an amazing job, pushing really hard the whole day to keep the breakaway under control. A big thanks to them for making it possible in the end. Yesterday was still a good day [despite crashing] and I wanted to take positive things away. And today we won, it’s beautiful.”
Odd Christian Eiking (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux) retained La Roja for another day.
“My biggest opponents for the jersey were at the front with Primoz Roglic fighting for the win and Guillaume Martin also doing well," Eiking said. “My biggest opponents for the jersey were at the front with Primoz Roglic fighting for the win and Guillaume Martin also doing well. I didn’t want to lose too much time, so I just followed them and it resulted in a top 10, that’s also nice. I passed Martin in the last few metres to sneak in the top 10, I’m glad I did it. It was a really nice day. I really enjoyed being in the jersey. I just take it day by day, and today was actually a little bit harder than I expected, with tailwind all the way and a solid pace with teams wanting to keep it together to fight for the stage win. It was really hard, but I’m glad I could keep it, and I hope I can keep it tomorrow too.”
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