by Pia Šimić
Primož Roglič is a Slovenian racing cyclist born on 29th of October 1989. His nickname is Rogla.
Primož is 1.77 meters tall, and weighs 65 kilograms. He currently rides for UCI World Team Jumbo-Visma.
primož roglič
Primož started his career with ski jumping. He started to compete in 2003. Later in 2007 he became Junior World Team event champion. He also achieved two Continental Cup wins in the second lever international ski jumping. His personal best distance was 185 meters in Planica. In 2007 he suffered a crash as a test jumper during official training in Planica. In 2011 Primož performed his last competition and officially ended his ski jumping career in 2012.
Roglič started cycling in 2012. He started to be paid in the 2013 with the Adria Mobil team. After three successful seasons he got a contract to ride with LottoNL-Jumbo for next season. During 2016 season he showed his talent at the Volta ao Algarve, when he placed 5th. Later he won the Slovenian National Time Trial Championships. He also finished 10th in the Time trial at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
He started the 2017 season by winning overall title at the Volta ao Algarve. Not so long after Roglič achieved another win which was at the end of April, he participated in the Tour de Romandie where he won the Stage 5 individual time trial and then he placed 3rd overall. At his final preparation race before the Tour de France, he won the prologue of the Ster ZLM Toer, and finished 2nd overall.
In June 2017, Roglič was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. He won Stage 17 of the race and became the first Slovenian to win a stage of the Tour de France. At the World Championships in Bergen, he targeted the individual time trial, which finished on Mount Floyen. He finished 2nd.
In season 2018 Primož showed his potencial. He won the general classification in the Tour of the Basque Country, the Tour de Romandie, and the Tour of Slovenia. He finished the 2018 Tour in fourth overall, after Froome was able to keep the final podium position in the final time trial.
In 2019 he won the 2019 edition of Tirreno–Adriatico and the Tour de Romandie and was one of the favorites going into the Giro d’Italia. He finished on the podium in 3rd place, wore the race leader’s pink jersey for six stages and won two stages. In August 2019 he was named in the start list for the Vuelta a España. Going into the stage ten individual time trial, he trailed the race leader by six seconds and recorded the fastest time over the 36.2-kilometre stage by 25 seconds over the next closest competitor. He held the red and green jerseys as the leader of both the general and points classifications. He became the first Slovenian rider to win a Grand Tour. He also won in two Italian races in October -the Giro dell ‘Emilia and Tre Valli Varesine.In season 2018 Primož showed his potencial. He won the general classification in the Tour of the Basque Country, the Tour de Romandie, and the Tour of Slovenia. He finished the 2018 Tour in fourth overall, after Froome was able to keep the final podium position in the final time trial.
In 2019 he won the 2019 edition of Tirreno–Adriatico and the Tour de Romandie and was one of the favorites going into the Giro d’Italia. He finished on the podium in 3rd place, wore the race leader’s pink jersey for six stages and won two stages. In August 2019 he was named in the start list for the Vuelta a España. Going into the stage ten individual time trial, he trailed the race leader by six seconds and recorded the fastest time over the 36.2-kilometre stage by 25 seconds over the next closest competitor. He held the red and green jerseys as the leader of both the general and points classifications. He became the first Slovenian rider to win a Grand Tour. He also won in two Italian races in October -the Giro dell ‘Emilia and Tre Valli Varesine.
In season 2020 his first race was the Slovenian National Road Race Championships, on 21 June, which he won. The next weekend he placed second in the Slovenian National Time Trial Championships because he was beaten by Pogačar. Then he recorded a sixth-place finish in the road race at the World Championships.
At Liège–Bastogne–Liège he took his first Monument classic victory. Two days later, on stage ten, he was declared the race leader and he claimed the red jersey from Carapaz. On stage twelve, Primož struggled on the slopes of the Angliru and he crossed the line in 5th place. Following the rest day, he won his fourth stage of the race, the individual time trial and he reclaimed the red jersey. On stage 16, he gained an additional 6 bonus seconds on his rivals and he placed second. On the penultimate stage, he was unable to follow an attack from Carapaz with around 4 kilometers to the top of La Covatilla. Then he successfully defended the Vuelta title. He became the first rider to repeat as Vuelta champion since Roberto Heras. Aside from winning the red jersey, he also took the points classification for the second successive year. Primož took the lead in the points classification on the first stage and held it for the entire race and that is something that has not been done in decades.
