“I just had great fun here... the legs are ready" - Primoz Roglic sends out Grand Tour warning after Volta a Catalunya GC win

Sending out a real message of intent, Primoz Roglic has soloed to the overall victory at the 2025 Volta a Catalunya with a stunning final stage win this Sunday afternoon. As such, the Slovenian leader of Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe seems ready for the Grand Tour tests to come.

“For me, it was about time, no. Here I was already, like, two times second and, yeah, it's nice to finish it off," reflected a delighted Roglic in his post-stage interview afterwards, having finally seen off the threat of UAE Team Emirates - XRG's Juan Ayuso after a back and forth edition of the prestigious stage race. "We did actually great sprint. I mean, I really don't want to do these things, you know? I want to decide it, on the mountains or on the climbs. But at the end, [it] came down to bonus seconds and fighting till the last stage. And at the end, I had the legs. Also, after the second bonus sprint, I had no choice. So if I wanted to win, I had to do something."

“Normally I always say, you know, Catalunya is an honest race, you know, the legs are talking, but here I didn't really have the feeling till the very end stage, you know, because it was really tight. The big mountain stage yesterday that I was hoping for was cancelled. So, unfortunately, or luckily, depends how you see it, everything came down to the last stage," continues the experienced Slovenian. "The team was working well. I mean, we are racing, nice. We had a good time and really enjoyed this week."

And with Roglic and Ayuso likely to do battle once again at the Giro d'Italia coming up soon, it could be that the mental advantage is now with the Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe leader. “I just had great fun here. Didn't know exactly how it [would go]. Then pretty soon I figured it out that, yes, obviously I'm ready. The legs are ready,” he concludes.