"Ultimately, it's all about who's on top after 21 days" - Primoz Roglic shrugs 43-second loss to Remco Evenepoel
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Primoz Roglic was a big favourite to win the opening time-trial. He put in a solid ride but has sustained almost a minute of loss to Remco Evenepoel, not a large gap in the bigger picture of the Giro d'Italia but significant already for the first day of racing.
"The legs felt good; I'm happy with that. I rode as fast as I could, and after today, I am optimistic. There are still 20 stages to go," Roglic said in a press release. After a shoulder operation this winter put him in a difficult position when it came to the time-trial bike earlier in the year, the issues seem to have been worked through. The Slovenian put in big miles on the bike at his recent training camp in Tenerife, but that wasn't enough to contain the attack of Evenepoel.
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The Jumbo-Visma rider rode to sixth on the day, 43 seconds down on Evenepoel and 14 seconds down on João Almeida who was the next of the GC contenders. On paper, the Slovenian did not take advantage of the day, with Tao Geoghegan Hart also taking time. It does not mean the same situation will take place on stage 9's 35-kilometer time-trial, but now Roglic is being forced to use the mountains as his weapon to win time.
"Of course, you want to finish ahead of your rivals, but this is a solid result. I'm not three minutes down," Rogllic adds, shrugging off the pressure from the first of 21 days in this Grand Tour. He prefers to look at the bigger picture. "Evenepoel was faster today. Ultimately, it's all about who's on top after 21 days, and I don't think I could have gone faster."
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- More to the point, it isn't his remaining goal.Renz08-11-2026
- lol yeahmij08-11-2026
- I know, their headlines can be so misleading. Pidcock had a great season with 5 wins. and some solid 2nds. no reason to take away from that with a fake headline.mij08-11-2026
- You can clearly see the the posture change from slightly sitting to again out of the saddle while changing of gears in the video of the sprintabstractengineer08-11-2026
- He has already beaten Pogi twice in the TDF. the achievement is over. He cannot beat Pogi now and he only has a few years left at the top. Win Giro and compete in the TDF, maximise palmares.abstractengineer08-11-2026
- Just looked again at the photo. Yeah I stand by that. If MS had fallen over in Brands direction I don’t even think she would have hit her. You must be a UCI race commissioner. I’ll be sure to check my sock height should I ever see you on a ride. Looks like everyone else on here sees what I see.mij08-11-2026
- I said looking at the photo it doesn’t appear she deviated. Chill out, not stating my word is the final judgement. Just commenting that based on the photo I don’t see it. And BTW the Dutch coach even said she didn’t impede her.mij08-11-2026
- Blah Blah Blah !frieders308-11-2026
- MS said she was changing gears so that caused her slight deviation. Nothing was intentional.frieders308-11-2026
- How can you use a photo post incident to judge the incident itself (which is not hard to find if you’re prepared to invest the same amount of time in searching as writing that comment? It’s harsh but technically right even though this or worse is not always sanctioned in every race. The two things that went against MS (who unfortunately for her would still have won without making her mistake) are that it was not a bunch sprint where there could have been an overlooked incident or mitigating circumstances explaining a deviation. Everything was focused on just those 2, Schreiber was riding beautifully balanced which made her sudden deviation look unnatural stroke as if it could have been in some part intentional whilst she was slowly drifting ever closer towards the barrier to a point that would have reached obstruction level. In her defence, it might have been the realisation she was heading towards that that made her react suddenly and caused the deviation involuntarily. In any case, congratulations to her for the ride of her life, in people’s minds she will be credited for it.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
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🇮🇹 #Giro It’s 6️⃣th place for Primoz in the end. We build up from here! 👊
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