Winner of his first stage on the Tour of Catalonia on Monday by winning the uphill sprint against Remco Evenepoel, Primoz Roglic then appreciated having had “good legs”, without hiding that he is aiming for the final victory.
There was not much to do against Primoz Roglic, this Monday in the last bump where the finish of the 1st stage was judged. Remco Evenepoel, dominated in the sprint by the Slovenian without having to blush (he came back very strong in the last meters), was able to realize this at his expense, and with great regrets at the finish, as much as after a somewhat complicated start to the stage, the world champion felt very good again.
“Of course I hadn’t planned to go for the win today, but I thought why not aim for the win, come on. This is the first time that I find myself in the sprint against Primoz. We have a fairly similar speed point. After the race, it’s always easy to make excuses, but I think I could have won anyway. But hey, the victory went to Primoz (…) It was a little hard at the start, because the hard work I did, I felt it in my legs. But I started to feel good in the end. Afterwards, it’s true that it’s a shame to finish second today. But that’s life. »
Roglic: “Of course I want to win”
It must be said that the first leader of this Tour of Catalonia on which he had never raised his arms (well, so to speak, because Roglic did not do it on Monday) is insatiable at the start of the season. Evidenced by this fifth victory in … eight days of racing. The great gentleman from Tirreno-Adriatico recently now wants to win this Tour of Catalonia. “Of course I want to win, but there are six difficult stages left, so we will move forward day by day. »
In the meantime, he is having a lot of fun and appreciates having had “good legs” on Monday to get ahead of his Belgian rival. “It’s nice (laughs). It’s crazy. There were a lot of people and I have a lot of supporters here, I really enjoy being here. Did I expect it? Expect it is a big word. We always hope to do the best, that’s for sure. The guys did a great job and since I had good legs at the end I was able to win. »