Mvery shortly after climbing to the top of the podium, not without suffering for the last day of crisis against the offensive of Carlos Rodríguez or Matteo Jorgenson, of the Dauphiné, Primoz Roglic sports new ‘war’ colors. It was what was expected after the agreement of his team, the German Bora-Hansgrohe, with the giant factory of energy drinks Red Bull, and the Slovenian is already another ‘red bull’. He will wear, as other cyclists like Wout Van Aert do, the case decorated with the characteristic blue, yellow and silver from other greats like Max Verstappen (Formula 1).
The official photo of Roglic.
Red Bull, on its page dedicated to athletes, published the ‘presentation’ of Roglic with his new colors. It remains to be seen if his teammates will also wear those colors, although it could be perfectly viable because they acquired 51% of the team and everything pointed to a huge sponsorship. sports such as the Formula 1 champion team or the football clubs led by Leipzig of the Bundesliga.
Roglicalthough he raised some doubts after staying on the last ascent of Dauphiné, he will travel to the Tour as leader of the ranks. Bora’s other strong man will be Jai Hindley, stage winner in the last Grande Boucle, although it seems subordinate to the Slovenian and his race. The same one that eludes him, being relevant that episode of 2020 against Tadej Pogacar.
The 2020 Tour de France was not a failure
Primoz Roglic
In fact, that moment of La Planche des Belles Filles, where Roglic arrived as a solid leader of the Tour and ended up ‘broken’ by the strength of Pogacar, was remembered in the presentation itself with Red Bull. “It was a success. Being second in the best race in the world is a magnificent result“, says Roglic. He did not raise his head again in the Tour, although, for example, he won the 2023 Giro and was on the podium, along with his former teammates Kuss and Vingegaard, from LaVuelta.
You have legs or you don’t
Primoz Roglic
He will return to the Tour. His options are many, but the Slovenian summarizes them with a simple phrase. “You either have legs or you don’t,” he says.. And that is the summary with which he will seek to face the Tour after winning the main preparation test for the French round. Roglic is another ‘bull’. Like Verstappen.
