Canada’s Michael Woods won the hilly 13th phase of the Spanish Vuelta on Friday, while Primoz Roglic took one more bite out of the race lead held by Ben O’Connor.
Woods, of Ottawa, went down the various other breakaway motorcyclists and ended up the 176-kilometre course from Lugo to a category-one surface at Puerto de Ancares 45 secs in advance of runner-up Mauro Schmid.
It was the 3rd occupation win at the Vuelta for the biker from Ottawa.
“I’m on Cloud 9 right now,” the 37-year-old Woods stated. “My big goal was to win a race with this Canadian jersey. I’ve had a tough season this year with illness and I’ve had a tough race with some bad luck, a lot of mechanicals, crashes and mistimed moments. So, this is a big moment of catharsis, a big moment of relief. The pressure has been building and to get this win now, I’m on cloud 9.
“It’s my 3rd Vuelta phase win and I’m truly happy with that. Just the Giro d’Italia phase win is missing out on. I’m not obtaining any type of more youthful so it’s constantly good to win at this age. I’m mosting likely to enjoy this set.”
Behind him, Roglic struck the team of title oppositions and opened voids in advance of every one of them. He sculpted virtually 2 mins out of O’Connor’s lead, that has actually seen the almost five-minute lead he developed on Stage 6 reduce to 1:21 over the three-time Vuelta champ.
The three-week race remains in northwestern Spain on Saturday for Stage 14, a hilly 200-kilometre experience from Villafranca del Bierzo toVillablino It surfaces in Madrid onSept 8.
