Woods wins 13th Vuelta stage, Roglic takes another bite into O’Connor’s lead

PUERTO DE ANCARES, Spain (AP) — Michael Woods won the mountainous 13th stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Friday, while Primoz Roglic took another bite out of the race lead held by Ben O’Connor.

Woods dropped the other breakaway riders and finished the 176-kilometer (109-mile) route from Lugo to a category-one finish at Puerto de Ancares 45 seconds ahead of runner-up Mauro Schmid.

It was the third career win at the Vuelta for the Canadian cyclist.

Behind him, Roglic attacked the group of title challengers and opened up gaps ahead of all OF them. He carved almost two minutes out of O’Connor’s lead, who has seen the nearly five-minute lead he established on Stage 6 shrink to 1:21 over the three-time Vuelta champion.

The three-week race stays in northwestern Spain on Saturday for Stage 14, a mountainous 200-kilometer ride from Villafranca del Bierzo to Villablino. It finishes in Madrid on Sept. 8.

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