Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) won the general classification at the Vuelta a España for a record-equalling fourth time, finishing second in the time trial on the final stage behind Stefan Küng to seal his overall victory.
Roglič took the lead of the race on stage 19 from Ben O'Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), who held on to finish second overall ahead of Enric Mas (Movistar) in third place, with the Spaniard finishing on the podium for a fourth time at his home Grand Tour.
Matthias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) comfortably took the white jersey over Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) after Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) capitulated on the penultimate stage.
In the points classification, Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) retains his lead in the points classification after he took over the green jersey following the abandonment of Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike), who crashed out on stage 16.
After an intriguing battle between two UAE Team Emirates teammates for the mountains classification, Jay Vine sealed victory over Marc Soler in the classification on the penultimate stage of the race and got through the final time trial unscathed to win the polka-dot jersey. Their squad also won the teams classification ahead of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe.
Vuelta a España 2024, stage 21: Madrid > Madrid, 24.6km
1. Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ, in 26:28
2. Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, +31s
3. Matteo Cattaneo (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step, +42s
4. Filippo Baroncini (Ita) UAE Team Emirates, +43s
5. Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco AlUla, +46s
6. Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek, +52s
7. Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Dstny, +56s
8. Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek, +1:02
9. Harry Sweeny (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost, +1:03
10. Bruno Armirail (Fra) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, at same time
Vuelta a España 2024 general classification after Stage 21
1. Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, in 81:49:18
2. Ben O'Connor (Aus) Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale, +2:36
3. Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar, +3:13
4. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost, +4:02
5. Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek, +5:49
6. David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, +6:32
7. Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, +7:05
8. Mikel Landa (Spa) Soudal Quick-Step, +8:48
9. Pavel Sivakov (Fra) UAE-Team Emirates, +10:04
10. Carlos Rodríguez (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers, +11:19
Vuelta a España 2024 points classification after stage 21
1. Kaden Groves (Aus) Alpecin-Deceuninck, 226 pts
2. Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, 140 pts
3. Max Poole (GBr) dsm-firmenich PostNL, 118 pts
4. Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Kern Pharma, 117 pts
5. Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek, 110 pts
Vuelta a España 2024 youth classification after stage 21
1. Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek, in 81:55:07
2. Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, +1:16
3. Carlos Rodríguez (Esp) Ineos Grenadiers, +5:30
4. Matthew Riccitello (USA) Israel-Premier Tech, +1:40:48
5. Max Poole (GBr) dsm-firmenich PostNL, +1:50:46
Vuelta a España 2024 mountains classification after stage 21
1. Jay Vine (Aus) UAE Team Emirates, 78 pts
2. Marc Soler (Esp) UAE Team Emirates, 76 pts
3. Pablo Castrillo (Spa) Kern Pharma, 43 pts
4. Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, 32 pts
5. Marco Frigo (Ita) Israel Premier-Tech, 32 pts
Vuelta a España 2024 teams classification after stage 21
1. UAE Team Emirates in 245:12:58
2. Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, +33:53
3. Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, +1:23:09
