Primoz Roglic's future remains uncertain despite months of transfer rumours - Grand Tour icon's final decision expected after Montreal Worlds

Primoz Roglic is expected to wait until after the 2026 World Championships in Montreal before making a final decision over where he will continue his career next season, with the five-time Grand Tour winner's 2027 destination still unresolved despite months of speculation.

According to information from respected Gazzetta dello Sport journalist Ciro Scognamiglio, Roglic has not yet decided which team he will represent in 2027. A final decision is expected only after the World Championships, where the 36-year-old will lead Slovenia's challenge for the elite men's road race rainbow jersey in the absence of Tadej Pogacar.

It prolongs one of the biggest remaining stories on the transfer market. Roglic's departure from Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe at the end of the season is already confirmed, but what comes next remains considerably less clear.

Team manager Ralph Denk confirmed earlier this summer that Roglic would not receive a new contract when his current deal expires on December 31, ending a three-year spell that began when the Slovenian left Team Visma | Lease a Bike ahead of the 2024 season. Slovenian reports after the Vuelta reiterated that several possible destinations remain in the picture.

Lotto-Intermarché have featured particularly prominently in the speculation surrounding Roglic. Belgian reports in August indicated that negotiations were taking place over a possible move, with Cycling News subsequently reporting that the Tour de Suisse and another appearance at the Tour de France could form part of Roglic's ambitions for 2027. The Tour de Suisse remains one of the few major week-long races missing from his palmares, while another Tour appearance would reopen the chapter of his career most famously defined by his second place behind Pogacar in 2020.

Lotto's interest has since been publicly acknowledged, but no agreement has been announced. Slovenian outlet Siol reported following the Vuelta that Lotto-Intermarché, Tudor, Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team and even a possible return to Team Visma | Lease a Bike had all been linked with Roglic.

Asked about his future immediately after finishing the Vuelta, Roglic offered little indication that a decision was imminent. "The future will tell us where we end up. If I knew myself, I could say more. We'll see," he told Slovenian national radio Val 202. "Now we've really finished this Vuelta. There are still some challenges to come. At home too, after all. Do things one by one and then see how it goes."

Scognamiglio's latest information now places a clearer timescale on that uncertainty, with Roglic seemingly intent on completing his World Championships campaign before settling the question of his next team.

The decision comes at the end of a season in which Roglic deliberately stepped away from his usual Grand Tour schedule. He skipped both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France before targeting a record-breaking fifth Vuelta victory, only for his preparation to be badly disrupted when he was hit by a car during training in late July.

Roglic revealed before the race that the resulting haematoma had left him unable to train normally and, little more than two weeks before the start, struggling even with everyday movements. Despite that preparation, he finished second overall behind Enric Mas, returning to a Grand Tour podium for the first time since winning the 2024 Vuelta.

It was his ninth career Grand Tour podium and added another major result to a palmares already containing four Vuelta titles, the 2023 Giro d'Italia, Olympic time trial gold and victory at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

Rather than winding down his season after Spain, Roglic has travelled to Montreal as Slovenia's leader for Sunday's elite men's road race. National coach Uros Murn has described him as being in form "like he's not been for a long time", with Pogacar's season-ending Vuelta crash handing Roglic an unexpectedly prominent role on the 273.7-kilometre Canadian course.

The World Championships will be followed by the European Championships on home roads in Slovenia, another appearance Roglic has already confirmed. Whether his season stretches further into the Italian autumn classics remains open.

By then, there could also finally be clarity over the jersey he will wear next year. For now, Lotto-Intermarché and several alternative destinations remain on the table, with Montreal set to come before the decision that shapes the next stage of Roglic's career.