Primož Roglič: The Best Cyclist To Never Win The Tour de France 

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I was very bummed when Roglic said he wouldn’t be in this years TdF, but what he did in the Giro was magical.

Small correction: Roglic and Vingegaard were co-leaders in 2022, and that was what helped them win the Tour. Being able to isolate Pogacar from his team and then attacking him continously with two GC threats on stage 11 was what broke Pogi.

Primož is such a special person, much bigger than TDF..so if he wins it or not, doesn't make any difference.

You can't imagine the shock in Slovenia after the tdf2020 when some other Slovenian named Tadej took away the win from Slovenian hero Roglič. The rest is history.

Biggest part you forgot to mention is that he was actually discovered when he had 75 vo2max as a ski jumper when doing aerobic test…The main doctor at Slovenia national sport faculty immediately called the best Slovenian cycling team and said to them: If you don’t take him i will create my own team and he will ride for me.

Thank you for covering my idol. He's the best and i know he'll win a TDF one day. And Olympic champ, 3 time Vuelta winner and a Giro D'Itlia. He can do it.

Raymond Poulidor finished 8 time in the Top 3 at the Tour de France. Easily the best cyclist to never win.

Only started biking @ 22 years old & about 2-3 years won grand tours already...... though except TDF!

A move to Ineos with full focus on him as sole captain would be insane

champion. might not have won the TDF, but he won it for team JV in 2022

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19:50 The question is how tired Vingegaard will be. If Vingegaard is near his best, Roglic has no chance to win the Vuelta. At least Roglic must have been pleased to see Vingegaard avenge the Planche des Belles Filles time trial by crushing Pogacar even worse in this Tour's time trial.

good video! very well made.

Great!!!

Well produced video.

Thanks for the education 😊I had no idea that Primoz was such a Beast, he’s amazing. Wow 😮; I enjoyed watching him support Jonas last TDF. Is Wout the steamroller at TDF this yr? I hope so, he’s races ruthlessly 😂

Cycling owes Roglic a Tour de France just like Football owed Leo Messi a World Cup.

The best cyclist to never when the TdF is Raymond Poulidor

It was a mistake and rather bizarre sending him to the giro in 2019 as I think he would have won the 2019 tour comfortably and now it looks like he will never win the tour

I think you're being a bit harsh on Roglic for crashes, while yes they have been a significant problem costing him 2021's Paris Nice and 2019's Giro most notably, his crashes in the 2021 and 2022 editions of the Tour De France were not his fault. 2021 had the now infamous 1st week with 3 Jumbo Visma riders dnf'ing, beginning with the stage 1 "Allez opi omi" sign crash that caught Jumbo Visma at the head of the peloton, and then further incidents that plagued the first week of the tour with terribly designed final sections resulting in many riders going down and Roglic dnf'ing after loosing significant time at the first mountain stage dropping nearly 20 mins. 2022 also was a pretty chaotic first week of the tour with some pretty terrible crashes, not as bad overall as 2021, but for Roglic on stage 6 he'd clip a hay bale positioned horrendously close to the track, and in a technical chicane. He would finish the stage dropping some time, but he dislocated his shoulder at this time, and later would be found to have possibly fractured 2 vertebrae. The fact that he didn't immediately dnf from the tour was impressive, and his heroics in stage 11 absolutely slaughtering Pogacar and UAE in route to securing Vingegaard the initial lead on gc that would only extend with some amazing efforts from Wout played a pivotal role in Pogacar winning the TDF. His winning of the GIro this year proved that he is still a force to contend with and gives him a poetic final major win to his career. I don't think that he will ever win the TDF, that window has come and gone, Vingegaard is simply an alien and a close second to Pogacar, and with him in Jumbo Visma, I can't see Roglic getting another shot at GC as well in the TDF, he's pretty loyal to Jumbo Visma so I think hes gonna run out the rest of his career with them, but given how close this last Giro was, and the fact that his competition wasn't quite the level as the TDF this year (Geraint Thomas, Joao Alemeida, Thibaut Pinot rounding out the gc at the Giro with Remco Evanepoel retiring from the race with covid19 while still in the maglia rosa at the time with quite the lead) I'd doubt that we will be graced with a Roglic win at the TDF. That being said, I hope to god that TJV decide that 2024 is going to be another wierd dual GC TDF and have Roglic Ride as the GC along with Vingegaard, and task Sepp Kuss with the lead GC mantle at the other world tours, maybe even Wout at those, as he'd definitely be a solid option. Although realistically Vingegaard is just the way to go, hes younger, is the defending TDF champ, currently leading the GC and doesn't have the same volitility as Roglic. I say all of this as a massive Roglic Fan and TJV fan, I've been a big fan of Roglic for a while, and have thoroughly enjoyed watching him and cheered him whenever he races, I'd love to see him win the Tour, it would be a fitting achievement that would cement him in legacy as one of the greatest and most unlikely stories in all of cycling history. However I don't think that he even needs to do this to be remembered as an all time great. He 100% has a few more stage race gc's in his bag, and I'm excited to see him at this year's Vuelta, the absolutely heinous course that they have devised for this years rendition will definitely suit him and the fact it has team time trial will always benefit TJV as they have arguably the most stacked lineup of any world tour team. It might be fireworks at the vuelta, or it could be a cake walk for roglic but either way hes going down in history as an all time great with or without a GC win at the Tour.

The best cyclist to never win the Tour is obviously Lance Armstrong.

Good video, only what it's missing I feel like you really rushed it at the end. Not showing how much even Roglic helped Vingegaard to win TDF where he completely sacrifised himself while being injured, redemption how he won giro on last time trial etc.

I like HIM and hè has won a lot and has lot of humor go primos

Sick athlete!

Jonas Vinegegaard is participating in Vuelta this is going to be massive GC fight.

Thnak you, very good vid.

Hey hey hey, just one word for that title: Poulidor ;)

ROGLA LEGENDA WHO CARES IF HE DOESN'T WIN TDF

I would definitely put Alejandro Valverde to mention here. Folks with more years experience would probably name Raymond Poulidor as a shoo-in. And if Nairo Quintana and Richard Virenque is mentioned at the end of this video then Alex Zülle, Tony Rominger, Gianni Bugno and Claudio Chiapucci certainly needs to be mentioned. Perhaps also Denis Menchov and Andrew Hampsten. You could also say someone like Raphaël Geminiani from the 50s or go way back in time and mention Jean Alavoine before the war.

Depending what happens this year with Vingo, he could get another crack at the tour, next year. But, 1 on 1 it looks impossible to beat Pogacar. So, he’d need a strong team & a little luck.

Didn't start cycling until he was 21?... So you're saying there's a chance?

He should just go to Ineos and they can surround him with quality people to win TdF.

Waiting for the Contador Part 2!

Rogla bo zmagu še na Tur d Franc ... Pol gre pa lahko mirno v penzijo. / Na domači polici bo imal vse največje pokale iz sveta kolesarstva.👍✌💪🙏🚴‍♂👀🚲🏆🥇☯🔆♾

Although I get creating a narrative of his fearlessness being the reason behidn all his crashes is something u want when trying to make a video on someones career in several sports. Howeve,r it may have been true for his skijumping crash, but there is a different reason for the ones in his cycling years. Lack of experience. Riding in a peloton and positioning there during long races, is a skill u learn over many years, most riders who make it to pros do this since their (early) youth, him coming in so late at 21 means he hasn't, and it caused most of his crashes whilst in the peloton. And whiel fearlessness may have played a part in some of his other crashes, many can be explained by lack of steering ability and knowing how to go around corners at fast pace, something u need to learn over many years too.

Primoz will win the tour de France cuz he still wants to be the best he'll get his chance

He would fit in Bora-Hansgrohe

Breukink, Kelly. Anderson. Bugno, Moser, Remco. Arguments can be made each have as good or better resumes without TdF.

going from skii jumping to cycling is wild, i guess he just didnt know how good his cardiovascular system is.

Great rider! At this point Ineos is the right team for him. At Jumbo he will never win TDF!

Had a quick look on the two best all time road rankings: "pro cycling stats" and Pieter van Uijtregt's fantastic "cyclingranking". Giving only the riders ranked ahead of Primoz on both sites he's currently behind Girardengo, Bitossi, Poulidor, Binda, Zabel, Rominger, Sagan, Maertens, Saronni, Jalabert, van Looy, Valverde, de Vlaeminck, Moser and Kelly amongst riders not to have won a Tour de France. Saronni, Zabel, Maertens and Sagan (and arguably van Looy and de Vlaeminck) could never think of winning a Tour de France. So Roglic still needs a few more successes elsewhere to get amongst the top ten of great riders with any kind of chance who failed to close the deal.

fino je videti kakšen posnetek njega

Funny story german world tour team Bora-Hansgrohe nearly signed him for his neo-pro contract but Primoz went to Jumbo because the could pay around 10000€ more. With Bora he could have continued to ride Spezialied.

I am still sure that will Primos one day win at the tour de France

"The Best Cyclist To Never Win The Tour de France" was Raymond Poulidor, Matthieu van der Poel's grandfather!

Never say never

Sean Kelly would like a word…

Roglic will ride the Tour next year and Jonas Giro + Vuelta so they both have a chance at completing the grand tour triple. Mark my words.

Everyone commenting as if Rogla cares about opinions🤣 he will do what he wants to do that's it. I know him personally and I know his former ski jumping coach very well, I'm from his hometown. One thing we all need to understand about Rogla..mentally he's on a whole next level-nothing we say here will have an impact on his life. Let guy be huh? Good video

2024 hopefully :(

At 1:10 we clearly see where Primoz’s love for bike crashing comes from😂

Sadly Primoz will never win the Tour in his career. Pogacar and Vingegaard are in a whole different category. If he started his career sooner he would have been one of the all time greats.

So Roglic won every world tour stage race execpt Tout de France and the one week races Tour de Suisse and tour de Pologne

POULIDOR.

not yet 😉

This is 100 percent incorrect. That title easily goes to Lance Armstrong who never won 7 TDF yellow jerseys in a row!

Sorry, but poulidor the best cyclist that never won the tour. Not even a discussion.

putting Quintana in the same sentence as roglic is insulting.

Roglic quintana dumoulin

Great video but Seán Kelly is the best to never win tdf.

First Slovenia stage win in the Tour???? Have we not heard of Peter Sagan, little known pro cyclist that he is????

Nairo Quintana?

Lance Armstrong?

Bardet>

Primoz will win TDF 2024

Uh, drop Virenque and Quintana. Put in Tony Rominger instead.

Alfredo Binda... Am I a joke to you?

Dude needs to up his bone broth game

Damn why wasn't he in the tour of France this year, he's a better cyclist than Vingegaard, he could've won last year tour if not because of the accident he had :(

So Roglic > Basso?? I think not.

'Promosm' 👀

Do you think Roglic has a chance to win the tour de france in the future or has his time past?

Wee bit different rider, not actually a GC/3 week guy, although he did win the Vuelta, KING KELLY. Best cyclist,by far, not to win the Tour. Again, not really a TDF type.

The best cyclist to never win the Tour de France is Nairo Quintana

I hope POG wrecks Jonas on tour this year and Jumbo decides to go with Primoz next year and that he gets his first in 2024.

I gave it a like but lance should not be included in anything.

The thing is he has always been the second best or the 3rd best. I think there is definitely others that should be considered the best to never to win. Hes just the best not to win in the last 5-10 years. He is going for the second most contested races in the giro and vuelta. And thats where the second or third best wins. As you cannot do either if you do tdf. The schedule is too tight to recover. So hes a very good and elite rider but he lacks that last umpf to be the best. But also in giro and vuelta I dont see him beating Remco - except when he pulls out of the race as in the giro this year.

Sorry but i refuse to Set him over polidor

Richie Porte was the best to never win. Just saying.

Doping before cycling, doping during cycling, retiring a millionaire

Roglic just won the last giro cause evenepoel had to go home for nothing...it s no true victory. This man would win nothing when the opponents would have been stronger in giro and vuelta. He struggled so much in his career. So much chances with jumbo. He s nothing compared to other performances in the past and athletes. Sorry.

Yet. Yet.

He is also the best cyclist that never had seven member support team on TdF. Courtesy of his team background games.

The best doper maybe, eating that well balanced Jumbo diet