With a dramatic demise in the Tour de France and a glorious victory in the Vuelta a España, the cycling season has become a rollercoaster of emotions for Primoz Roglic. NOS cycling analyst Stef Clement suspects that the leader of Jumbo-Visma will need time to process everything.
“So much has happened to that boy in four months, I don’t think he had time to realize it,” said Clement.
Due to the corona crisis, the cycling peloton also sat in the waiting room for a long time this summer. It was not until August that cycling was possible again, with the result that all major races were held in a relatively short period of time. And wherever Roglic reported, he fought on the front line. Dramatic and heroic alternated at a rapid pace.
After a power demonstration in the Tour de France that lasted almost three weeks, fellow countryman Tadej Pogacar stole the yellow jersey from him on the penultimate day, to everyone’s surprise, in Liège-Bastogne-Liège he himself took the victory in front of the too early cheering Julian Alaphilippe. and in the Tour of Spain he had to overcome a few breakdowns and fend off vicious attacks from competitors before reaching Madrid as a glorious winner.
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