From Drac to Rome, from Piran to Novo mesto

Tadej Pogacar with a pink and yellow shirt and Primož Roglič Last year, they provided another historic milestone, and Slovenia, as fourth countries in history, won victories in all three -week races in the same year. This has previously been succeeded only by the French, the Spaniards and the British, and this year Slovenia is opening the opportunity to get Giro, Tour and Vuelto for two years in a row.

The first step to realize the first « double triple » is Race in Italythat will on Friday, 9. Maystarted with Roglic in the role of the first favorite. This is recognized by both competitors and cycling experts, although at 35 he would become the oldest winner of a pink race in history. Even though he would already be one of the cycling veterans by age, the Zasavski eagle, who was sitting on the road wheel at the age of 22, after his career of a ski jumper, is in power.

This is how his last year’s fourth victory in Vuelta showed. For the next three weeks, he will compete for his second laurel on Gir, which he won in big style a year, with a remarkable twist in front of thousands of domestic fans in Višarje. This year, too, there will be a lot of Slovenian fans along the roads, who will not even have to go across the border in 14. Stage, as it will end in Nova Gorica.

Only then will he follow the decisive last week in the Alps, which could again crown Roglic as a cycling emperor in Rome. About his path from the historic first start of the race in Albania to the eternal city and the help that a team colleague will provide on it Jan Tratnikyou will be able to teach in Special annexes of Delo and Slovenske novice. In it you will be at 32 pages to learnwhy according to Primož Čerin Roglic still competing to younger rivals how is it Deadline Lozej Designed this year’s Slovenian stage and what is expected to visit Gira in Slovenia in the future.

Cheerleading atmosphere 2022. Photo: Dejan Javornik

This time you will not only get to know 108. Girabut also 31. Race in Sloveniathat will start already 4. Junejust three days after the end of the race in Italy. We discussed the « Slovenian Tour », which has cycled since the first performance in 1993, with the director of the race Bogdan Finkwhich will connect our country this year with cycling passion from Piran in the west to Ormož in the east and safely lead it to the destination in Novo mesto every year.