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If the Tirenno Adriatico is anything to go by, Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d will give Remco Evenepoel everything he could wish for \u2013 and much more \u2013 when they race against each other in the Giro d\u2019Italia. The Jumbo-Visma rider and three-time Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a<\/a> winner took control of the seven-day race on the 217-kilometre fourth stage, the first of three mountain finishes, by outsprinting the riders who had made it to the top of the climb with him \u2013 and then won the next two stages in exactly the same manner. And this was just his first race of the year!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The 33-year-old Slovenian underwent a bone graft to repair an injured shoulder late last year and did not hit the road until December. He later spent a few weeks training at altitude but the Tirenno Adriatico was the race he wanted to use as a springboard. And it was no easy test, with three difficult climbs and strong winds and cold weather buffeting the riders on the fifth stage, the second of his three stage wins. “I’ve only just come back to racing and I’ve won two stages,\u201d he told journalists<\/a> after stage 5. \u201cIt’s really cool.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rogli\u010d said he had suffered during the 10-km ascent to the finish line, which ended in a fierce headwind. The wind was so strong during this stage that it nearly blew some of the lighter riders off the road. The wind \u2013 a remnant of the winds that forced the organizers of Paris-Nice to cancel a stage \u2013 was also the reason that the final climb had been shortened by 2.5 km. And it was so cold that Rogli\u010d raced wearing five jerseys. After this stage, he added the race leader\u2019s jersey to his collection, taking it from Lennard K\u00e4mna (Bora-Hansgrohe).<\/p>\n

And he was racing against top racers, such as the quartet he outsprinted at the end of the brutal sixth stage, 190.5 km between Osimo Stazione and Osimo, to take his third consecutive stage win: Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers), Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates), Enric Mas (Movistar) and Mikel Landa (Bahrain-Victorious). That stage consisted of many short, steep climbs that take a toll on leg and lung. But at the end, Rogli\u010d<\/a> was the only one who had the legs, lungs and heart to win. And he was the only rider who looked as if he\u2019d just finished a stroll in the park after finishing. Whatever he did to prepare for his first race of the year, I would like to bottle it.<\/p>\n

He was understandably delighted. “It’s great to be back in the way we have this week,\u201d he told journalists<\/a> after the race. \u201cI’ve enjoyed it and we can celebrate this victory. We worked hard for this.” Rogli\u010d won the GC by 18 seconds over Almeida, with Geoghegan Hart a further 5 seconds adrift.<\/p>\n

He made a point of praising his Jumbo-Visma teammates, saying: “I may be on the podium by myself but, actually, we should be there with the whole team. The guys worked really hard all week to help me get the win and deserve it as much as I do.\u201d And he added on Instagram<\/a>: \u201cThe sea is never smooth. It takes a hell of a good team of sailors to reach the harbour.\u201d<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CpuaFcwt8PO\/<\/p>\n

Someone else who gave thanks to his teammates after the race was the Alpecin-Deceuninck sprinter Jasper Philipsen who won two stages aided by strong lead-out support, headed by none other than Mathieu van der Poel. “We managed to be in a really good position thanks to all the motivation we had from the previous sprint stage [win],\u201d he told Eurosport<\/a>. \u201cWe knew we were able to do it again. The team and Mathieu again did an amazing job.”<\/p>\n

Philipsen was so impressed by van der Poel\u2019s lead-out work in his first stage win that he was picked up by Eurosport microphones afterwards telling his teammate, \u201cYou make it too easy.\u201d However, he did not win the points classification. That jersey went to, yes, Rogli\u010d.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t a successful race for all the elite riders. Rogli\u010d\u2019s teammate Wout van Aert crashed on stage 4 when his bike got tangled with that of Tom Pidcock (Ineos-Grenadiers) with about 4 km left in the stage, as the Belgian was preparing to move up in the peloton to try and get a stage win. Neither rider suffered more than abrasions but Pidcock crashed again on the final stage and, though not seriously hurt, dropped out of the race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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