Tour, Roglic retires: ‘Proud of what I have done for the team’

Nothing to do, Primoz Roglic gives up and so the yellow jersey Jonas Vingegaard loses an important man on the road to Paris. The Slovenian born in 1989 in fact will not take the start of stage 15, which will lead the group after 202 km from Rodez to Carcassonne on a mixed route open to different solutions and with the unknown hot since 40 degrees are expected, even more on the ‘asphalt.

Fall

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The communication of Roglic’s retirement came from Jumbo-Visma itself: the Slovenian was unable to fully recover after the fall in the cobblestone stage, the fifth, in which he had also repaired a dislocated shoulder by himself. Despite this, until yesterday he had made himself available to Vingegaard, who has an advantage of 2 minutes and 22 ‘over Tadej Pogacar: the fight for the yellow jersey in Paris seems restricted to these two names. “I am proud of what I have done and I am confident that the team will realize our ambitions of the yellow and green jersey (on the shoulders of Van Aert, ed)”, said Roglic in greeting the Tour that remains bewitched for him. He will now probably focus on the Vuelta where he will hunt for the fourth success in a row.