MADRID: Primoz Roglic (pix) won the last two Vuelta a Espana titles after crushing disappointments in other grand tours and he is on the hunt for a third successive victory to make amends for his painful withdrawal from this year's Tour de France.

The Slovenian won his first Vuelta in 2019 after losing out on the Giro d'Italia to Richard Carapaz and again triumphed in 2020, just weeks after surrendering the Tour de France to compatriot Tadej Pogacar after a dramatic time trial on the penultimate stage.