After years of finishing in the top places, the Spanish rider has clinched the red jersey at the end of the Spanish stage race. A race that has taken us back to a pre-Pogačar era of cycling. With its pros and cons

The Slovenian champion fell 33 kilometres from the finish of the eighth stage and withdrew from the race he had been dominating

Tadej Pogačar also won the sixth stage of the Spanish race. At the summit of Puerto El Bartolo, however, it was Enric Mas who emerged to occupy the solitary position in which the world champion is now accustomed to riding