The triple consecutive winner of the Vuelta and defender of the last red jersey, the Slovenian Primoz Rogic (Jumbo Visma), arrived at the Utrecht exit with doubts about how he recovered from injuries. that he suffered in the last Tour that forced him to retire and what his level will be.
“I have recovered, although there are times when I still feel pain. We will see. I’m here and I’m ready“, He assured in his media appearance before the start of the competition.
“I don’t really think about others, but only myself“, affirming the defender of victory in the Vuelta, the race in which he achieved the best performance of the big three.
Although he thought about what had happened in the previous Tour and the problems that caused him to unexpectedly fall, He made sure he had time to examine why “certain things happen, but you always have to focus on the future. It’s always about the next race.”
Roglic is one of the top favourites With the two men who stepped on the first two podium boxes of the last Giro, the Australian Jai Hindley (Bora Hansgrohe) and the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers), or the British Simon Yates (BikeExchange-Jayco), they are all winners of one big.
In the Vuelta, the former ski jumper has not yet known another position that has been the highest on the podium, although in the analysis of this 77th edition he was especially suspicious in the first three stages in the Netherlands.
“The team time trial will be important for the general classification, so it’s important to get it right in the Netherlands. After that, there will be other important stages where we will see where we are.”
Source: La Verdad
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