Vuelta a Espana 2021 – 'No, no, no!' – Primoz Roglic almost goes the wrong way in awkward moment on Stage 21
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Updated 05/09/2021 at 19:02 GMT
"Thank heavens that cordon was there, for goodness' sake. That’s a reminder that you can take nothing for granted," said Carlton Kirby on Eurosport commentary after Roglic almost disappeared down the wrong road. The Slovenian put the hiccup behind him to win a third straight title in Spain – and the stage – finishing the race 4:42 clear of Enric Mas in GC, with Jack Haig completing the podium.
‘No, no, no!’ – Roglic almost goes the wrong way
Only a disaster could stop Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) from winning a third straight red jersey at La Vuelta... so he tried to orchestrate one himself.
The Slovenian was on the hunt for a fourth stage win on the race-concluding time trial from Padron to Santiago de Compostela when he spotted a detour.
The 31-year-old was navigating a roundabout and started to veer towards the wrong exit, heading straight for a taped-off road.
Just as it looked as though he would fly through the flimsy barrier – and risk a crash – he spotted the actual route and swerved back on course.
“No, no, no!” screamed Carlton Kirby on Eurosport commentary, while Sean Kelly just said: “Wow”.
“That would have been something Sean,” continued Kirby. “Thank heavens that cordon was there, for goodness' sake. That’s a reminder that you can take nothing for granted.”
He may have lost a few seconds – and likely a few years off his life through panic – but Roglic put the episode behind him to crush the field on Stage 21 and win a third red jersey in style.
“When you’re in that zone, you can just get it wrong,” added Kelly.
“With that taping, he saw it at the last moment – and luckily because if you panic there, it could all go wrong. That might just make him concentrate and say, ‘I have to pay a bit more attention and not push it too much’.”
Roglic also won the Vuelta in 2019 and 2020.
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