Primož Roglič
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Primož Roglič at the Giro 2016
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Primož Roglič |
| Born | 29 October 1989 Trbovlje, Slovenia |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team LottoNL–Jumbo |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber, Time-trialist |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2013–2015 | Adria Mobil |
| 2016– | Team LottoNL–Jumbo |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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| Infobox last updated on 15 May 2016 |
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Primož Roglič (born 29 October 1989 in Trbovlje) is a Slovenian racing cyclist currently riding for the Team LottoNL–Jumbo cycling team.[1]
Career
Ski jumping
He is a former ski jumper who competed from 2003-2011, and was the Junior World Ski Jumping champion in 2007.[2] He set his personal best at 183 metres (600 ft) at Heini-Klopfer-Skiflugschanze flying hill in Oberstdorf, Germany in 2011. He had a horrible crash infront of his home crowd in 2007 at the Letalnica bratov Gorišek ski flying hill in Planica, Slovenia.[3][4]
Road cycling
He started in the 2016 Giro d'Italia,[5] where he surprised with a second place in the opening time trial in Apeldoorn, being only one hundredth of a second slower than winner Tom Dumoulin.[6] He won the 9th stage, 40.5 km. individual time trial in Chianti.
Palmares
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- 2014
- 1st Stage 2 Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
- 1st Croatia–Slovenia
- 3rd Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
- 1st Mountains classification
- 2015
- 1st
Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 1st 20px Mountains classification Settimana Coppi & Bartali
- 2nd Overall Tour of Croatia
- 2016
- 1st Stage 9 (ITT) Giro d'Italia
- 5th Overall Volta ao Algarve
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2016 |
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 Giro |
58 |
| Tour |
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 Vuelta |
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WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress
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