TakeVuelta4 weeks ago
Enric Mas has won the Vuelta a España, Spain's first overall victory since Alberto Contador in 2014. The final margin was 2:15 over Primož Roglič — but that gap didn't exist when Mas inherited red on stage 8, when he trailed by 1:00. He turned that deficit into a decisive lead across five mountain stages.
This wasn't a jersey he sat on. Between stage 8 and Granada, Mas flipped a 1:00 deficit into a 2:15 advantage over Roglič in the mountains, the kind of margin that gets built, not inherited. It's also his fifth Vuelta podium and first win, after three second places — a run Contador summed up: «Then it can feel as if nothing has been worthwhile, but now cycling is finally recognising Enric Mas for his true value.» Felix Gall took third at 2:44, and Tobias Halland Johannessen won the stage 21 sprint in Granada, but the number that matters is the drought Mas just ended.
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