“Roglic told me twice that he doesn't care” – Plapp reveals strange insight into Primoz Roglic’s Tour de France

Primoz Roglic has kept a low profile through the opening week of the 2025 Tour de France, and by all accounts, that’s very much by design. The Red Bull – BORA - hansgrohe leader is coming off a battered and bruised Giro d’Italia, where multiple crashes forced him to abandon. Now, less than two months later, he’s back in the Tour, which he has not finished since 2020, when he famously lost yellow to Tadej Pogacar on La Planche des Belles Filles.

“It would be great to get to Paris again,” Roglic told ITV Cycling. “It was tough to get here with this start. If I had to describe it, it feels like I'm riding with one leg these first few days. I have to dig really deep to get through it."

Despite his understated approach, those around him aren’t reading it as a lack of ambition. According to Jayco AlUla’s Luke Plapp, Roglič is simply uninterested in the noise around the Tour.

“Roglic told me twice that he doesn't care. And that's absolutely true," Plapp said on the Stanley St. Social podcast. "When he told me, I asked Laurence Pithie if Roglic was selling me nonsense. They don't pay him 4.5 million a year to tell the media he doesn't give a damn, do they? But he really doesn't care; he's not interested. When Jonas or Pogi attack, he doesn't react at all; he just does his own thing."

It’s a striking contrast to the driven, aggressive Roglic who once dominated week-long races and went toe-to-toe with the best climbers in the world. Now 35, and turning 36 later this year, Roglic appears to be recalibrating what this Tour means to him.

"I always say I want to win, but this time the time differences don't matter. I'm trying to give my all every day, and we'll see where that leads," he said.

Whether this signals the twilight of his career or just a pragmatic reset after a punishing spring remains to be seen. But for now, Roglic seems content riding to his own rhythm, regardless of the race unfolding around him.