Published on October 9, 2024 at 4:10 p.m. – updated on October 9, 2024 at 4:42 p.m. Guillaume Marion
While Primoz Roglic will not compete in the Tour of Lombardy this Saturday, Red Bull – Bora-Hansgrohe announced this Wednesday that the Slovenian was ending his 2024 season.
For those who wanted to see Primoz Roglic in action again soon, you will have to wait. Indeed, a time announced among the participants in the Tour of Lombardy this Saturday October 12, the Slovenian (34 years old) will finally be absent from one of the last big meetings of the year 2024. This Wednesday, the Red Bull team – Bora-Hansgrohe even announced that the latter was even putting an end to its season. “ A long season is coming to an end. Primoz and the performance team have decided to end an exciting year and begin the offseason immediately », We can read in a short press release published on October 9 on the team’s social networks. After having recently had to abandon twice in a row, during the Tour of Emilia and during the Coppa Bernocchi, the one who will be 35 years old at the end of the month (the 29th) has therefore said stop and will now turn towards 2025 after a happy new year 2024.
One more Vuelta on his record
Indeed, for his first season under the colors of Red Bull – Bora-Hansgrohe, Roglic has had some great successes recently. After winning a stage on the Tour of the Basque Country, the Slovenian then won the Critérium du Dauphiné last June, having notably been the winner of the 6th and 7th stages of the event. Subsequently, once again forced to abandon the Tour de France (for the third time in four years), the former ski jumper was able to bounce back very well. Because, a few weeks later, Roglic managed to shine during the Tour of Spain, where he won three stages (the 4th, the 8th and the 19th) and the general classification of the last Grand Tour of the year. Thus, for the fourth time in his career, the Slovenian wore red upon arrival in Madrid, after 2019, 2020 and 2021.
