Primož Roglič won the Olympic time trial and won Slovenia’s historically first Olympic gold in all cycling disciplines. The silver was won at the Games in Tokyo by the Dutchman Tom Dumoulin, the bronze by the Australian Rohan Dennis. The only Czech at the start, Michael Kukrle, took 26th place.
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Primož Roglič won the Olympic time trial
Christophe Some, ČTK / AP
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Today, the 31-year-old Roglič followed the bronze of Tadeje Pogačar from Saturday’s road race, in which the winner of the last two years of the Tour de France took care of Slovenia’s first cycling medal.
Roglič, who has two overall triumphs from the Vuelta (2019 and 2020), won the title of Olympic champion with a fantastic performance and won by more than a minute ahead of Dumoulin. Kukrle lost over five and a half minutes to the winner.
| XXXII. Tokyo Summer Olympics: |
| Road cycling – time trial: |
| Men (44.2 km): |
| 1. Roglič (Slovenian) 55:04, |
| 2. Dumoulin (Niz.) -1: 01, |
| 3. Dennis (Austr.) -1: 04, |
| 4. Küng (Switzerland) -1: 04, |
| 5. Ganna (It.) -1: 06, |
| 6. Van Aert (Belgian) -1:41, |
| 7. Asgreen (Paste.) -1:48, |
| 8. Uranus (COL) -2: 15, |
| … |
| 26. Kukrle (CZE) -5: 37. |
| Women (22.1 km): |
| 1. From Vleutenova (Niz.) 30:13, |
| 2. Reusser (Switzerland) -56, |
| 3. Van der Breggenová (Niz.) -1:02, |
| 4. Brown (Austr.) -1: 09, |
| 5. Nebenova (USA) -1: 13, |
| 6. Brennauer (DEU) -1: 57, |
| 7. Dygertová (USA) -2: 16, |
| 8. Moolman-Pasiová (JAR) -2: 24. |
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