Primoz Roglic GIFTS INSANE Gap to Ben O'Connor | Vuelta a Espana 2024 Stage 6

If I had a nickel for every time a GC contender was given huge time in a breakaway on stage 6 of La Vuelta, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice

Staying up longer just so i can get the good recap/breakdown

You never know what can happen...Roglic has a pretty good record of being never too far from a Grand Tour ending crash.

Can't believe there's no coverage of the supermarket start 🤣

Whatever his form is, he’s no slouch when it comes to climbing and with this red jersey and 6 minutes gap he’ll not let it go that easily + they still got Félix gall in the GC. Such a dumb move form the gc guys especially Primoz who’s the strongest in this race so far.

aint gonna be easy to recover those minutes. Bit this just spices up la vuelta!

O'Connor took 4th at the Giro this year less than 3 minutes behind everyone but Pogacar.

O'Connor HELD and EXTENDED the gap against bahrain, movistar, and UAE. storng ride.

It depends if O'Conner's performance in stage 4 was really due to the extreme heat, and the rest of the mountain stages are not that hot. He could podium or even win. The fun thing is Roglic can not wait for sprints at the top of climbs, so he really needs to attack 4/5km out on the upcoming mountain stages, which makes the racing more exciting.

Would love to see Ben O'Connor win this tour, I don't know how likely that really is but he's a very likeable athlete.

Man, seriously disrespectful to O'Connor to keep saying it was "gifted." Yes, Bora completely bolloxed up management of the gap, BUT give Ben his flowers -- everyone knew what the score was by the final climb and Bora and Bahrain were going full gas and they did not gain back a single second on that final climb. If they'd pulled back 2-3 mins, there would be no talk of "gifting." It was Ben, who turned a routine intentional hand-off of the jersey into a race-defining gap. Give him his due! And recognize that for him to hold the peloton to ZERO time gain on the final climb after having been out driving the break for 100km was a tour de force an incredible show of strength.

Not just Roglic.....Mas and Almeida have something to think about as well.....

Bora must mean dumb as bricks in German. This must be one of the worst day ever in cycling tactics, except for Ben of course. Well done!

Roglic just gave himself an even bigger mountain to climb. He has to hope that O'Connor blows up marking him now.

This race ought to be great now, cause everyone is gonna have to team up and attack Decathlon

Great day for Ben. I hope he can stay calm and make it a exciting battle for gc

Thanks Pat for this great summary. To such a good job takes time and I appreciate it. As to the seeming insouciance of Roglic about the gap to O’Connor going out and out, Nathan van Hooydonck acting as an expert commentator on Eurosport had an insightful reason, he said that the O’Connor lead of 4.5 mins does not worry Primoz as he knows that 1) he is 100% on form physically & mentally and 2) there are at least three days of big mountains coming up when he will easily take that back. Nathan said that the riders who will be worried are those aiming for third to fifth overall in the GC. This huge margin of Ben dooms them.

I understand if it was a minute or two but allowing him to get up the road by 5-6 minutes is insane to me. The race is long enough that it will likely be inconsequential, but let's say primoz has a bad day or a crash - its on for Benny

Congrats to O'Connor! Stage win in la Vuelta, completed the grand tour triple and rode into red - all in one day! Didn't have that on the bingo card for today which makes it even more beautiful. Very happy for him, who always comes across as such a genuine nice guy in the bunch

I delayed my "go to sleep time" to wait for this video