Roglic claims European time-trial crown on home soil
SENCUR, Slovenia: Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar was missing, but Slovenia still had a home hero to celebrate as Primoz Roglic won the European Championships time-trial title on Wednesday.
Slovenia celebrated a home hero as Primoz Roglic claimed the European time-trial crown on Wednesday. The Tour de France champion, who won the Tokyo 2020 Olympic time-trial event, started strong and outpaced his competitors by 6.59 seconds. Competing without world champion Remco Evenepoel and Italian specialist Filippo Ganna, Roglic was cheered on by local fans in Sencur, a 22-kilometre course.
French prodigy Paul Seixas opted out of the European meet to concentrate on the upcoming Tour of Lombardy. In the women's event, world champion Marlen Reusser secured her fifth consecutive European title. Dutch rider Demi Vollering finished second, while Juliette Berthet of France took third.
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