Primož Roglič

Career of Primoz Roglic

Primoz Roglic is one of the most successful cyclists of modern times. The former ski jumper's greatest successes were the overall victories in the Vuelta a Espana 2019, 2020 and 2021, the triumph at the Giro d'Italia 2023 and the gold medal at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo in the individual time trial.

Primoz Roglic and ski jumping

The Slovenian's career has been anything but uniform, as he started ski jumping professionally at a young age. He started at the age of eight and made his international debut in FIS ski jumping in 2003. However, after a serious crash, Roglic ended his career in 2011 and switched to road cycling. The late starter's successes therefore seem all the more remarkable.

2013 - 2015

From 2013 to 2015, Roglic rode for the Slovenian UCI Continental Team Adria Mobil, for which he won the Croatia-Slovenia one-day race the following season. In 2015, he also won the overall classification of the Tour of Slovenia.

2016

In 2016, the "Schweiger", originally from Trbovlje in central Slovenia, switched to the Dutch team Lotto NL-Jumbo, a UCI World Team. At the Giro d'Italia In 2016, he finished second in the opening time trial, just behind the winner Tom Dumoulin. He won the 40-kilometre individual time trial on stage 9. Roglic also became Slovenian time trial champion and finished tenth in the time trial at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

2017

Roglic's strong performance continued in 2017: he won the Tour of the Algarve and won two stages of the Tour of the Basque Country. Roglic received his accolade at the Tour de France when he became the first Slovenian ever to win a stage, and he did so in spectacular fashion after breaking away from a breakaway group on the Col du Galibier around 35 kilometres before the finish.

2018 - 2019

The success story continued with spectacular victories in 2018 and 2019: Roglic won the Tour of the Basque Country (2018), the Tour de Romandie (2018), the Tour of Slovenia (2018) and the 19th stage of the Tour de France (2019), Tirreno-Adriatico (2019), Tour de Romandie (2019) and the Vuelta de Espana (2019).

2020 - 2022

Roglic began the 2020 season, which was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, by winning the title at the Slovenian road championships. In August, he won the Tour de I'Ain, but had to abandon the Criterium du Dauphine while leading after a heavy crash before the final stage. He won stage 4 of the 2020 Tour de France and wore the yellow jersey for eleven days. He lost the overall lead to Tadej Pogacar on the penultimate stage, a 36.2-kilometre individual time trial, and finished second overall. In October, he won his first classic with Liège-Bastogne-Liège in the sprint of a five-man lead group. In November, he repeated the previous year's victory in the Vuelta a Espana after four stage wins. In December 2020, Roglic was awarded the prestigious Velo d'Or cycling prize.

Victories in 2021 at Paris-Nice leading the race or at the Tour de France were cancelled out by serious crashes. Having recovered, Roglic secured victory in the individual time trial at the Olympic Games. He also won the Vuelta for the third time. In 2022, Roglic won Paris-Nice and the Criterium du Dauphine. The 33-year-old had to retire early from both the Tour de France and the Vuelta after crashing.

2023

In 2023, Roglic won the Giro d'Italia. There, he snatched the overall leader's pink jersey from Geraint Thomas on the penultimate stage, a mountain time trial to Monte Lussari.

After the 2023 Vuelta a Espana, which Roglic finished in third place, rumours intensified that he could leave Jumbo-Visma for the 2024 season. On 6 October, his departure became official. The German World Tour team Bora-Hansgrohe announced the signing of Primoz Roglic.

2024

Roglic made his debut for Bora-Hansgrohe at Paris-Nice. There, however, the Slovenian fell short of expectations. His best stage result was a third place on stage 7 and he finished 10th overall.

Primoz Roglic family - wife and sons

Roglic lives in Monaco with his wife Lora Klinc (wedding 2021) and his sons Lev (born in 2019) and Aleks (born in 2023).

Primoz Roglic on Instagram

The Slovenian is active on social media. Primoz Roglic has around 700,000 followers on Instagram, who he regularly keeps up to date with his posts.