2024 Vuelta a España Stage 21 Results & Recap
Stage 21 of the 2024 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
Kung wins final stage, Roglic clinches Vuelta
Stefan Küng took the win in the final time trial of the Vuelta a España, while Primoz Roglic secured the overall victory. Ben O’Connor and Enric Mas rounded out the final podium.
“It’s amazing. I’ve been fighting for a Grand Tour stage win for a very long time," Kung said. "I really wanted that win today and I knew with this parcours you had to go out hard and keep it together until the end. That’s what I did I suffered a lot today but I think everyone did at the end of this hard Vuelta. And I’m just so happy that I got this win. It’s been a long time in the making. It’s always nice if you win with more than half a minute. It shows that you were absolutely the best, it was no coincidence today. It’s really nice and it finally repays all the work that we do as a team, that we do together with Wilier developing the new bike. We’ve just worked so hard, also myself. I always try to be professional; I always try to get the maximum out of myself. It feels good. There is a lot of big individual time trials coming up and when you get the confidence, you just want to stay on the wave. I also think the Vuelta was, for me, the best possible preparation for the home Worlds because they’re also gonna be hard.”
Roglic, Wout van Aert, and Kaden Groves all won three stages at the Vuelta. The race started in Lisbon on Saturday, August 17, and finished in Madrid.
“It’s nice [to hold the record for most overall victories in La Vuelta]," Roglic said. "Today, I wanted to finish it off. It was tough but everything went fine and I’m happy. I saw [Stefan Küng’s performance]. We all know he’s strong in this kind of flat time trials. Still, I tried to motivate myself to go for it. Otherwise, it’s even harder. So I pushed, and in the end, it was hard, but I definitely want to congratulate him; he did a really good job. He was incredibly strong today. On my side, I’m enjoying. I have no words. It’s incredible [that Slovenia won all three Grand Tours in 2024]. It’s a lot of sacrifice [to get there]. It’s not only me. My family and everyone around us all sacrifice dearly for this. I just feel happy that I can do it. I really appreciate the support that I get. Yes [five La Vuelta victories] would be nice [laughs]. It’s never enough… But four is already crazy.”\n
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