2023-10-06 11:41:49
Primoz Roglic sealed his departure from Jumbo Visma this Friday, October 6. After several weeks of rumors, the Slovenian cyclist decided to end his relationship with the Dutch squad to join another team.
After winning three titles of the Back to Spain and a crown Tour of Italy, The runner decided to leave the European team. A few weeks ago it was said that internal competition with Jonas Vingegaard ended up marking the decision.
For the Slovenian rider, the situation in the Jumbo was not the most comfortable. Everything became evident during the competition for the 2023 Vuelta, where it was seen that the squad did not have a defined leadership and had to compete directly with Kuss and Jonas.
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Roglic announced as new runner of the Bora Hasgore for the 2024 season. The Slovenian rider joins the German squad to be a teammate of Sergio Higuita and Daniel Felipe Martínez.
Upon his arrival at Bora, Primoz will assume leadership as team leader. The European will be in charge of a squad specialized in having several sprinters, but with the arrival of him and Martínez, he begins to unite climbers to fight in the Tour of France and the grand tours.
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For now, it is expected that in the following weeks, the cyclist will take a break. World Tour teams will return to training in mid-November.
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