Vuelta Stage Report: After strong lead-outs from first Movistar and then Trek-Segafredo, it was triple Vuelta a Espaa winner, Primo Rogli, who was first to swoop across the finish line in Laguardia ahead of Mads Pedersen and Enric Mas. Rogli also took the leader’s red jersey from his teammate Edoardo Affini. The stage 4 finalPrimo Rogli stage 4 winner and the new overall leaderPrimo Rogli won the fourth stage of the Vuelta a Espaa. On the uphill finish in Laguardia, the Slovenian leader of Jumbo-Visma was the strongest. He beat Trek-Segafredo’s Mads Pedersen into second place, Enric Mas crossed the line in third. Rogli also took over the red jersey.Jumbo-Visma sign on for stage 4Fernando Escartn: “Stage with a likely sprint to the finish-line in a reduced peloton. The Herrera mountain pass will be crowned 15 km before the finish-line, then followed by a descent to the end. Sprinters who know their way around abrupt terrain will do well and have real opportunities, but pure sprinters will not be able to keep up if they speed off. Careful with the possible gusts of wind in the final part of the stage.”After three stages in the Netherlands, the Vuelta caravan traveled to Spain on Monday. The 152.5 kilometre fourth stage went from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Laguardia. At the start of the stage, a leading group of six was formed. Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan) and Alessandro De Marchi (Israel-Premier Tech) were joined James Shaw (EF Education-EasyPost), Jarrad Drizners (Lotto Soudal), Ander Okamika (Burgos-BH)…
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