Primoz Roglic has a chance to redeem himself for miserable Paris-Nice at Itzulia Basque Country, leading stacked BORA - hansgrohe lineup
CyclingSaturday, 30 March 2024 at 01:00
Itzulia Basque Country will be a spectacle and a first chance to see all four Tour de France favourites in one place. And neither of them seems to be taking the Spanish WorldTour race lightly. BORA - hansgrohe bring a real armada for Primoz Roglic.
The German team's backup leader will be third man of recent Tirreno-Adriatico, the 2022 Giro d'Italia winner Jai Hindley. Another excellent climber in the selection is German champion Emanuel Buchmann (4th at the 2019 Tour de France).
Still, the biggest mystery that remains to be solved surrounds Roglic's form. It's been a rare sight at Paris-Nice to see the Slovenian struggle to hold up against the best and take a rather modest role instead. For Roglic, the tenth place overall is his worst result in any completed stage race since 2021 Paris-Nice, where he still managed to grab three stage wins along the way.
BORA - hansgrohe lineup for Itzulia Basque Country:
Primoz Roglic, Roger Adrià, Emanuel Buchmann, Jai Hindley, Bob Jungels, Max Schachmann and Matteo Sobrero
Primoz Roglic, Roger Adrià, Emanuel Buchmann, Jai Hindley, Bob Jungels, Max Schachmann and Matteo Sobrero
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- what a pity... he could have easily won the stage. He stopped his attack.
maria2024202422-05-2025 - Poor decision to let Primoz come back. Should have tried to put time into him.
Front24222-05-2025 - You're so wrong ! Froome needs to go away!frieders322-05-2025
- Shows a lot of class for such a young guyCrashjames22-05-2025
- Think how strong the team could be without Froome consuming all that money with nil to show for it. Sad. Selfish on his part tbhCrashjames22-05-2025
- Tom Dumoulin said out loud what many people were already thinking.
santiagobenites21-05-2025 - He’s also taking the place and money of many more deserving (and just as useful) riders (who’d significantly reduce costs). Only thing CF does for IPT is help them stay relevant for discussion because there’s no such thing as bad publicity if you don’t have a reputation to consider.Mistermaumau21-05-2025
- We’ll see. I’m still trying to figure out how GT cycling went from being a climbing defined event to a 3 week event around a couple of short TTs. All the contenders more or less cancel each other climbing and then grow huge (as the media defines the time spans now) gaps when riding on bikes not made for GTs, quite ironic really.Mistermaumau21-05-2025
- When you read this you get the impression they ride without radios or don’t have a common language for communication.Mistermaumau21-05-2025
- That was a very nice ride by Richard Carapaz. His team set him up perfectly for that attack.santiagobenites21-05-2025