"A nice way to wrap up the season" - Primoz Roglic enjoys trip to Singapore and pays tribute to retiring Mark Cavendish
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Primoz Roglic has had a relatively successful first season in the colours of Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, peaking at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana, where the Slovenian claimed a record-equalling 4th Red Jersey victory in Spain.
Last weekend in Asia, Roglic and a number of the peloton's biggest stars brought their respective seasons to an end at the Tour de France Singapore Criterium. "My first time in Singapore and Tour de France Singapore Criterium and it didn't disappoint!" Roglic writes on his official Instagram account, captioning a number of pictures from his time in Asia. "A nice way to wrap up the season."
Arguably the biggest transfer in the entire peloton from last year's window, Roglic’s switch from Jumbo-Visma to Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe didn’t succeed in bringing the Slovenian his ultimate goal of a Tour de France Maillot Jaune, but nevertheless there were multiple victories for the 34-year-old to reflect upon as his debut season at BORA comes to an end. Most notable of those victories was of course the aforementioned record equalling 4th Red Jersey at the Vuelta a Espana, but a stage of the Itzulia Basque Country and a narrow overall triumph at the Criterium du Dauphine ensured that even though his Tour de France dreams were postponed for another season, Roglic had a successful campaign.
Although Roglic was one of the stars of the end of season criterium, the main attraction of the day was the Astana Qazaqstan Team sprinter, Mark Cavendish. The legendary British sprinter and Tour de France icon raced for the final time in his professional career in Singapore last weekend, taking the victory ahead of Biniam Girmay and Jasper Philipsen, with Roglic keen to pay tribute to the Manx Missile. "Chapeau for an incredible career," Roglic says to 'Cav' alongside the salute emoji.
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- many people advise him to grow slowly and rather do giro and/or vuelta instead of tdf. but i can totally understand that he is not satisfied with taking over once pogi declines, but instead beat him in his prime. so if he goes for tdf again, i‘m all for it. let‘s hope that pogi recovers soon!Ketterechts07-11-2026
- So gracious to offer something no-one would be prepared to pay for. The Giro is not the Tour and doesn’t command the same interest or attract the same “elite” (those willing to pay to be a part of something they consider has ego boosting potential). Roadside viewing will always largely remain free for everyone outside circuits. Introduction of a symbolic entrance to mountain climbs is worthy of exploration. Asking 1-2€ isn’t going to repulse real fans (most will spend 50-100€ on their outing that day all things included) but will prevent a portion of the total knobhead thrillseekers who will join in any large gathering as long as it’s free, just because they’re attracted to crowds, without which it it difficult for them to work up their anti-social behaviour.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- How is radio going to help when someone went over a cliff or bridge or off the roadside into a forest unnoticed and is laying there unconscious?Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- Yep, next we’ll be accusing F1 drivers of avoiding Le Mans.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- But on what is that opinion based? Are you holding him to a different standard than others? Are you saying he should do learn to like something he doesn’t Are you saying he hasn’t achieved enough Are you saying he pretends to be better than his results? It’s actually a really strange opinion to oust if you consider it objectively or rationally. Try applying it to others or yourself by asking if not EVERYONE should then be doing more? Nobody in athletics or swimming gets criticism for not expanding their repertoire when a rival or someone else does. In fact, most who move to another event get accused of running from their rival. Opinions are boring, the reasons behind them are what count.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- for a medical chief to throw things like is just bad. There are already radios which were banned for spectacle. allow radios. Gps trackers are not a complete solutionabstractengineer07-11-2026
- Yeah man...PogiSloFans07-11-2026
- any rider less than 25 whether they are really ready for the position of leadership of GT is probably not the case. I think Pogi himself suffered when he was defeated by Jonas in the TDF twice. But that would be the team's job to ensure support so that they can bounce back. It requires a team and time to get back up and win after getting knocked down.abstractengineer07-11-2026
- I'm very glad he got the big late Quickstep Vuelta win and I hope he has a few left for Euskaltel-Euskadi.flyer07-11-2026
- My memories of Ivan Basso aren't good but I liked his sister Elisa ok.flyer07-11-2026
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