Primož Roglič once again proved he can fly up, and down, mountains, whether it be on a bike or on skis. In this year’s decisive individual time trial at the Giro d'Italia to the top of Monte Lussari, the Jumbo-Visma rider needed an unlikely assist that even a television script writer may have found too far-fetched to consider.
Trailing then-race leader Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) by 26 seconds as the two rocketed through the 18.6km mountain time trial on stage 20, he made up that deficit and put in another 14 seconds to swipe the maglia rosa and carry it into Rome for his first Italian Grand Tour win. But it wasn’t just the clock which Roglič fought on Saturday, but also a mechanical issue with his bike and a fortitude to stay calm.
