Primoz Roglic crashed out of Itzulia Basque Country and has seince been healing a lot of road rash and bruises. In an Instagram post, a half-naked Roglic shows the extent of his injuries.
"Memories of stage 3 and 4 of Itzulia... feeling a bit better! Wishing everyone a speedy recovery. See you on the road!" he wrote. This is his first statement since abandoning the Basque race, where he crashed alongside Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel, Jay Vine and several others in a high-speed descent where there were bumps on the road.
The accident marked the race, and it was the second in two days for the BORA - hansgrohe rider who was leading the race at the time. After a brilliant display in the opening time-trial, the race went off the rails for the Slovenian who ultimately abandoned whilst in yellow.
However unlike his two major rivals in the race, he did not sustain fractures, which keep the possibility of him still racing this spring alive. Initially, he had anticipated to race in the Ardennes classics and with over a week until Flèche Wallone and almost to weeks to Liège-Bastogne-Liège, he could still well take part in both.
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Too bad he cannot go to shower while those wounds not fully healed yet🤕
It's wild to think, after looking at that photo, that he was one of the more fortunate riders to have crashed during that race.
Agreed. Others aren't so lucky. Jonas still in hospital, unlike Primoz 🤕😕
Seeing him standing off bed for a full day is already a relief
I was expecting worse considering the speeds and that it was two days in a row. Bet he’s happy he was wearing 2 layers :-)
Also, seems a very modest place for a multimillionaire, seems smart enough to realise the money may have to last a long time.
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santiagobenites09-04-2025 - Your last point is the most important one to consider. A riders data is private for a reason, and it's obvious that the reason that riders don't openly share it is to not give away any vital information that could benefit the competition.santiagobenites09-04-2025
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- Riders keep this information to themselves because other riders could create a strategy around a weak point, and he has weak points, all athletes do. I'd agree to it though if they offered forty million bucks.awp09-04-2025
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- That uber bet was huge more than made up for the losses by 10x. Still winning.
Front24209-04-2025 - Yawn! There were no ther top class sprinters there so he better have won! Let me know when he beats Jasper or Merlier or Milan!frieders309-04-2025