The commissaires of the Vuelta a España have given Primoš Roglic a 20-second point deduction. This was for drafting behind the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe team car on the final climb to Cuis Negres on stage 15.

Roglic, who finished fifth on this stage, was 43 seconds behind Vuelta a España GC leader Ben O'Connor (Decathlon-AG2R). He remains in second place overall after the time penalty, but heading into the second and final rest day, the gap has widened to 1:03.

Roglic stopped to change bikes with just over 20 km to go in the valley before the final climb to the finish began. The Slovenian switched to a single-chainring setup to tackle the steep upper slopes of Kuitu Negru, where the gradient reaches 24%.

The race jury found that Roglic and his teammates Daniel Martinez and Roger Adrià had profited improperly from the team car. The riders were each awarded 20 seconds in GC and 15 UCI points for “sheltering behind or taking advantage of the slipstream of a vehicle. [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...]