Primoz Roglic made the difficult decision to leave Team Visma | Lease a Bike in search of more Tour de France leadership opportunities over the winter. Having found a new home at Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, the Slovenian is ready to prove he made the right choice.
“It's really nice to be here with our guys. We are looking forward to have fun in France and, of course, in Italy. I'm doing well, I'm ready and I'm looking forward to start on Saturday. Hopefully we can show cycling on the highest level, deliver a good show and a nice battle," previews the 34-year-old from Florence, in conversation with his team's official website.
Surrounded by the likes of Aleksandr Vlasov and Jai Hindley among others, Roglic has some of the strongest support in the entire peloton. “Our guys showed in previous races that they are strong. We all know that cycling is a team sport. Each of us eight guys has his own tasks. Often, people just see the finale and a man-to-man battle. It's on us, the last guys, to finish all the work before off in the best way that we can. But before each guy plays his own part in that story,” he explains. “For me, it's just important to try to go for it. For 100%. Having super good guys around me is a huge support. I cannot wish for more. I just looking forward to start on Saturday and at the end we will see how we will go through this Tour.”
Roglic is also very aware of the immense level of competition at the 2024 Tour de France, as the so called 'Big 4' of Grand Tour cycling - Roglic, Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel - all at the start of a Grand Tour for the first time ever.
“Everyone will have his opportunity. We all start from zero and at the end the best one will win. I don't think so much about all the opponents. We are not the favourites, because we are competing against big champions. But it's not just the favourites - all guys starting at the Tour de France will be ready," says Roglic. “If you try to win the Tour de France you have to be there from day one till day 21. I am trying to stay in the moment and follow it day by day. For sure, it will be a big fight already on the first two stages. Then we are going over Galibier on stage four, and then it's the time trial, the gravel stage – it will be a crazy first week and even bigger things will follow.”
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