Woods wins 13th Vuelta stage, Roglic takes another bite into O'Connor's lead


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PUERTO DE ANCARES, Spain — Michael Woods has won the mountainous 13th stage of the Spanish Vuelta for his third career win at the three-week race. The Canadian cyclist for Israel Premier Tech dropped the other breakaway riders and finished the 176-kilometer (109-mile) route from Lugo to a category-one finish at Puerto de Ancares 45 seconds ahead of runner-up Mauro Schmid. Primoz Roglic took another bite out of the race lead held by Ben O'Connor. O'Connor has seen his five-minute lead over Roglic from last week shrink to a 1:21 gap over the three-time Vuelta champion.

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