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LUGO, SPAIN - AUGUST 30: (EDITORS NOTE: Multiple exposures were combined in camera to produce this image.) Primoz Roglic of Slovenia and Team Red Bull Bora - hansgrohe prior to the La Vuelta - 79th Tour of Spain 2024 - Stage 13 a 176km stage from Lugo to Puerto de Ancares 1659m / #UCIWT / on August 30, 2024 in Lugo, Spain. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)

Cycling

Primoz Roglic Shows He’s Up For The Fight

(From L) Team Jumbo Visma's Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark wearing the best young's white jersey, Team Ineos Grenadiers' Richard Carapaz of Ecuador and Team UAE Emirates' Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey cross the finish line at the end of the 11th stage of the 108th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 198 km between Sorgues and Malaucene, on July 07, 2021. (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP) (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

The Real Race At The Tour de France Is No Longer For The Yellow Jersey

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