The road to the Tour de France starts this weekend for Primož Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) as they take on the first races of their respective seasons – Roglič at Paris-Nice on Sunday and his Slovenian compatriot at Strade Bianche the day before.
Their two other obvious Tour de France rivals – Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step) and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) have already started their campaigns, and in the most promising way at that. Evenepoel won overall at the Volta ao Algarve, collecting a stage along the way, while Roglič's former team-mate Vingegaard took an even more emphatic victory at O Gran Camiño in Spain, with a clean sweep of the overall, mountains and points classifications, plus three stage wins.
