BARCELONA, Spain — Primoz Roglic made a late charge to take the lead from local favorite Juan Ayuso and win the Volta a Catalunya on Sunday.
A four-time Spanish Vuelta champion, Roglic prevailed in the final 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) to win the decisive 88-kilometer (54-mile) seventh stage in Barcelona and clinch the overall victory.
Roglic: 'Had the legs' to claim Volta in sprint
After he claimed the 2025 Volta a Catalunya and Stage 7, hear from Primoz Roglic on what he called an "honest race," the curveball that a shortened Stage 6 threw him and how he and his team adjusted to win.
Ayuso had entered the final day in the lead following a sixth stage that was shortened because of extreme wind.
Roglic, the 35-year-old Slovenian of team Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe, finished the race 28 seconds ahead of Ayuso of UAE Team Emirates XRG, and 53 seconds in front of Movistar Team’s Enric Mas, another Spaniard.
