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"They’re on another level" but Robbie McEwan warns Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel of complacency
CyclingSaturday, 06 May 2023 at 12:00
Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel are two of the outright favourites for the overall victory at the Giro d'Italia and whilst Robbie McEwan believes "they’re on another level", he warns the duo of complacency.
“I certainly think that they’re on another level – both Remco and Roglic,” the Australian ex-pro tells Eurosport for whom he will be covering the Giro d'Italia. “It’s become obvious through the first part of this season, particularly in Catalonia. The way it was just those two battling but there's a saying that when two dogs are fighting over a bone, there's an opportunity for a third one to come in and steal it."
With the first Grand Tour of the year beginning in earnest later today, both Roglic and Evenepoel are also among the favourites for the opening stage, individual time-trial win. Discussing who else could cause trouble for the duo, McEwan expresses his belief that there are many possible dark horses.
“Roglic has had his problems in races in the past, closing them out and staying on his bike. He's been able to do it at the Vuelta but the Tour has been another story," McEwan explains. “Even last year at the Vuelta he fell off again. So that's his major hurdle. And everybody else will know that as well. So I think other teams will always be looking to keep the pressure on Roglic, and be really testing his skills to the maximum."
"Look back over the last few years also with Evenepoel. He's had his problems. He crashed in Lombardia. He broke his pelvis. He crashed in the Giro last time he rode it and was out after I think it was like nine days. So all is not lost for the rest," he continues. “I think there's the possibility of those two riders looking so much at each other, that maybe they can take their eye off another and this is how Carapaz won the Giro a few years ago.”
So who could mount a surprise Maglia Rosa challenge? "I'll be interested to see how Lennard Kamna from Bora can go because he's the co-leader of Bora and he was in part responsible for how they won the Giro last year with Jai Hindley," McEwan poses. “Also I like Jack Haig for the battle in the top six. Other than that, I'll be really interested to see how Tao Geoghegan Hart does. He's already won the Giro in the Covid year 2020."
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