Coach Roglic advised against a Gir’s performance

Before the start of the cycling race across Italy, the coach spoke Primož Roglič – Marc Lamberts. In a conversation for the Dutch medium Wielerflits He claimed that he advised Roglic to participate in Gir, because he was more suited to the race in Spain, that is, Vuelta. Lamberts also explained why Roglic was still progressing at 35 and why he had to change his training if he wanted to keep up with the younger ones as they are Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard.

“He started training differently. Previously, he only followed, followed and followed. In 2025, racing was additionally different than before. If Primož still had the same profile as five years ago, I think I would no longer judge the top five on the Grand Tour. But his training is now adapted, with greater ‘endurance’ and ‘resistance to fatigue’ at the expense of explosiveness. That was necessary, « Lamberts explained.

In principle, Vuelta always fits the best

Roglic’s coach also answered the question of consciously avoiding the big duo by choosing Giro d’Italia this year? “I wouldn’t say. In fact, in his mind, the Tour de France is still the main goal. This is the only major race he has not won yet. In addition, it was a team to attend Gira. Primož decided to take Giro and Tour himself. We talked about it for a long time, but I was honestly not for that. « 

Why not? “In principle, Vuelta always suits him. There, there is always their best cyclists there, and he certainly didn’t win four times. There he finds steeper, short climbs, twenty to thirty minutes long. This is much more appropriate for him than the Tour and Giro, where sometimes they throw climbs in front of the competitors’ bikes, one hour or more long. «