In the upcoming 2025 season, five-time Grand Tour winner Primoz Roglic plans to compete in the Tour de France as well as the Giro d’Italia.
For the first time since his overall victory in 2023, when he passed Geraint Thomas on the final stage, the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe captain will be competing at the Giro. Additionally, he has unresolved business with the Tour de France, which he will once again aim for after losing to fellow countryman Tadej Pogacar in 2020 and crashing out last year.
Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe Head Sport Director Rolf Aldag said in a press conference: “To start with the Giro, luckily, we aligned with the idea that Primoz will target the Giro d’Italia in combination with the Tour de France.”
Aldag added: “Going to the Tour de France, Primož is also going to be our leader there… Dani Martinez is also planning to do the double and then we’re going to have more [riders] join. We know how important the climbs are; the Tour is decided there, so Aleksandr Vlasov will also be there.”
Moreover, Roglic remarked: “To choose the Giro, we decided it quite easily because somehow I thought it would be cool to come close to Slovenia again.” Regarding the Tour, he said: “It would be a pity if I wouldn’t be there, so looking from that view it was easy.”
Roglic left his old team, Visma-Lease a Bike, who switched to Vingegaard as their leader because they thought he could still fight for the Tour de France. During his first Tour in Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe colours this summer, it fell apart when he pulled out of the race on Stage 12 because of the effects of a collision.
He has suffered years of misfortune at the race, losing the yellow jersey on the final stage in 2020 and withdrawing after another crash in 2022.
Source: Eurosport