 Throughout much of the season with including the Tour de France, he rode as a domestique for Alberto Contador with few results.After a good performance at the Clásica de San Sebastián finishing 5th, he was given leadership at the Vuelta a España.On 25 August, Roche won stage two of the Vuelta by breaking away with three others on the final climb at the end of the stage from Pontevedra to Alto Do Monte Da Groba.