Updated Friday, July 12, 2024 – 12:34
Slovenian Primoz Roglicone of the favorites for the Tour of France, dropped out of the race on Friday morning just before the 13th stage after his strong fall Last night, his Red Bull-Bora team announced it.
“After a detailed review by our medical team last night and again this morning, the decision was made that Primoz Roglic will not be in the starting lineup today“the team said.
The winner of the last Critérium du Dauphiné was sixth in the general ranking4:42 behind Tadej Pogacar in the yellow jersey.
Thursday dropped two places after a heavy fall at the end of the twelfth stage.
Eternal curse of the Tour de France, the only Grand Tour that missing from your collectioncrossed the finish line more than two minutes behind the winner and with the bleeding right shoulder.
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The 34-year-old Slovenian had already fallen on the same shoulder in the Dauphiné and has a reputation for often falling to the ground, either due to lack of skill or because he reached the cycling very late after a initial race in ski jumping.
On Thursday, he could not do much when the Kazakh Alexey Lutsenko It hit a sausage-shaped separator island, causing it to spin and run over several runners.
Pogacar and his two pursuers in the general classification, Remco Evenepoel (at 1:06) and Jonas Vingegaard (at 1:14) they passed without incident. It was not the same for Roglic, who positioned himself in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and ran over his bike.
2024-07-12 10:34:21
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