Primož Roglič
.jpg) Roglič at the 2017 Tour de France | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Primož Roglič |
| Born |
29 October 1989 Trbovlje, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | LottoNL–Jumbo |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber, Time-trialist |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2013–2015 | Adria Mobil |
| 2016– | LottoNL–Jumbo |
| Major wins | |
| |
Primož Roglič (born 29 October 1989 in Trbovlje) is a Slovenian racing cyclist currently riding for LottoNL–Jumbo.[1] Roglič started his career as a ski jumper but then shifted to cycling.
Career
Ski jumping
Roglič is a former ski jumper who competed from 2003–2011, and was the Junior World Ski Jumping champion in 2007.[2] He set his personal best at 183 metres (600 ft) at Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze flying hill in Oberstdorf, Germany in 2011. He suffered a crash in front of his home crowd in 2007 at the Letalnica bratov Gorišek ski flying hill in Planica, Slovenia.[3][4]
Road cycling
Roglič started in the 2016 Giro d'Italia,[5] where he surprised with a second place in the opening time trial in Apeldoorn, being only one hundredth of a second slower than winner Tom Dumoulin.[6] He won the 9th stage, 40.5 km. individual time trial in Chianti. In 2016 he finished 10th in the Time trial at Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.[7] He won stage 17 of the race[8] becoming the first Slovenian to win a stage of the Tour de France.
Career achievements
Major results
- 2014
- 1st Croatia–Slovenia
- 1st Stage 2 Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
- 3rd Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
- 1st
Mountains classification
- 1st
- 2015
- 1st
Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
Mountains classification Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali - 2nd Overall Tour of Croatia
- 4th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 1st Stage 5
- 2016
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - 1st Stage 9 (ITT) Giro d'Italia
- 4th Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes
- 5th Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 7th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
- 10th Time trial, Olympic Games
- 2017
- 1st Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Stage 17 Tour de France
- 2nd Overall Ster ZLM Toer
- 1st Prologue
- 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 5 (ITT)
- 4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Stages 4 & 6 (ITT)
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
General classification results timeline
| Grand Tour general classification results | ||
| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
58 | — |
| Tour de France |
— | 38 |
 Vuelta a España |
— | — |
| Major stage race general classification results | ||
| Race | 2016 | 2017 |
| Paris–Nice |
— | — |
| Tirreno–Adriatico |
52 | 4 |
 Volta a Catalunya |
44 | — |
| Tour of the Basque Country |
— | 5 |
| Tour de Romandie |
— | 3 |
 Critérium du Dauphiné |
— | — |
| Tour de Suisse |
— | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ↑ "Primož Roglič". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ↑ Woodpower, Zeb (20 January 2016). "Former ski jumper Primož Roglič on domestique duty at Tour Down Under". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ↑ "horrible crash at Letalnica bratov Gorišek ski flying hill in Planica, Slovenia in 2007 shorter version". YouTube. 22 March 2007.
- ↑ "horrible crash at Letalnica bratov Gorišek ski flying hill in Planica, Slovenia in 2007 longer version". YouTube. 22 March 2007.
- ↑ "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ↑ "Giro d'Italia: Tom Dumoulin wins Apeldoorn time trial". BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ↑ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ↑ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Stage 17". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 19 July 2017.