A little over two years after his stint as the Tour de France race leader, Rohan Dennis' time in the red Vuelta a Espana's leaders jersey also lasted just one day. The Australian and his BMC team were aiming to parachute Daniel Oss into the red jersey only for Quick-Step-Floors with Yves Lampaert to steal in for the win and race lead.
Having lost the jersey, 27-year-old Dennis explained he isn't overly concerned to have dropped down to sixth place overall.
"The stage was nervous from the start to the finish. Not one part of the race was relaxed where you felt like you could sit back in the peloton with no risk," said Dennis. "I was hoping that Daniel Oss could take the jersey at the end of the stage so every now and then I tried to help him move up in the final 15km. In the end, the time bonus was taken by Quickstep Floors and we couldn't do much about losing the jersey.
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With several other goals for the remaining 19 stages in the race, Dennis added his next immediate aim is stage three into Andorra which is the first opportunity for the general classification riders to test their rivals.
"Time loss isn't a massive issue for me, it was more of a pride thing or not just sitting up and being lazy," he said. "I'm motivated to try and get a result in Andorra but the legs have to agree with what my head wants. It's a tough stage and will be interesting how the GC guys ride it."
At three seconds to Lampaert, Oss could potentially take the red leader's jersey on stage 3 but the Italian explained his aim was to secure the jersey in the sprint finale.
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