"Primoz Roglic hears the biological clock ticking" - Jens Voigt on cycling's big transfer story

Primoz Roglic is on his way out of Jumbo-Visma after eight seasons with the team. According to reports his new destination is BORA - hansgrohe and Jens Voigt believes the timing is right for the Slovenian to separate with his long term employers.

"Primoz Roglic hears the biological clock ticking," Voigt tells Eurosport. "At Jumbo, the younger and, at the moment, also strongest rider, Jonas Vingegaard, will probably always be the captain. With Bora, on the other hand, he would be guaranteed the number one spot and could once again attack his big lifelong dream, the Tour de France. The change would make absolute sense for Roglic in the current situation."

Now aged 33, Roglic has already tasted victory at both the Giro d'Italia (2023) and the Vuelta a Espana (2019, 2020, 2021), with just the Tour de France missing off his Grand Tour palmares. As Voigt points out, time is ticking against the Slovenian if he wants to join the elite list of riders to have won all three of cycling's biggest stage races.

With the likes of Aleksandr Vlasov, Segio Higuita, Lennard Kamna, Jai Hindley and Emanuel Buchmann, there is plenty of climbing talent at BORA, but the addition of Roglic adds that finishing touch according to Voigt. "Roglic guarantees you a podium, no matter where he starts. He wins very often. Such a rider is still missing at Bora," Voigt concludes.