Tour de France: leader Primoz Roglic displays strength on first mountain stage
- Spanish Vuelta champion Primoz Roglic looks to be the rider to beat at the 2020 Tour de France
- Roglic puts on an impressive showcase of summiting during the fourth stage at Orcieres-Merlette
After just four stages at the Tour de France, the balance of power is already clearer: Primoz Roglic and his Jumbo-Visma team are looking like the ones to beat.
Roglic, the Spanish Vuelta champion, used the race’s first summit finish on Tuesday in the ski resort of Orcieres-Merlette to erase any lingering doubts surrounding his form.
Following an impressive collective performance from his teammates, the former ski jumper from Slovenia won a sprint to secure his third career stage win at the three-week race. Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe managed to follow the late accelerations and kept the race leader’s yellow jersey after crossing the line in fifth place.
“It was quite a fast day, it was hard but the guys again did a really good job,” Roglic said, thanking his teammates for their support in the final climb. “I was always in a good position and so could do a nice sprint, so I’m very happy.”
Roglic completed the 160.5-kilometre (100-mile) ride in four hours, seven minutes, 47 seconds.
