Slovenia's Primoz Roglic emerged victorious on stage 21 of the Tour of Spain on Sunday as he claimed the red jersey for a third successive year.

The Jumbo-Visma rider, who clocked 44:02, finished the 33.8 kilometers individual time trial from Padron to Santiago de Compostela 14 seconds ahead of second-placed Magnus Cort Nielsen. Jack Haig of Team Bahrain Victorious finished third, while Adam Yates of Team Ineos ended the tour fourth.

The winning margin is the biggest at a Vuelta since Alex Zuelle in 1997.

"It's the last stage and all this week was hard. Definitely I knew how I was on the way and still I enjoyed quite some support and crowd by the road definitely," Roglic said. 

"I tried to focus on the stage. On the day itself, I do my best, and then you see how it goes at the end."

"It's unbelievable. It's crazy. Sometimes you win by a lot and sometimes a little. As long as you can win it's super nice. I'm not focusing on numbers, statistics or all these things. I go day by day and enjoy it and I'm honored to be in this place," he added.