Tadej Pogačar knows a thing or two about the unlimited heartbreak Primož Roglič has endured over the years at the Tour de France. In 2020, after all, Pogačar won his first Tour by divesting his compatriot of the yellow jersey in the most traumatic of circumstances at La Planche des Belles Filles.
Roglič’s subsequent visits to the Tour have been even more accursed. A year later, his rematch with Pogačar was ended before it started by a crash in the opening days. In 2022, another crash forced Roglič to hand leadership of Jumbo-Visma to Jonas Vingegaard.
