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‘He crashed really, really hard’ – Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe faced with latest Tour de France setback for Primož Roglič

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‘He crashed really, really hard’ – Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe faced with latest Tour de France setback for Primož Roglič

One of the few crumbs of comfort on Primož Roglič’s umpteenth tough day at the Tour de France was that after he crossed the finish line on stage 12, battered and bruised from a high-speed crash and with his GC ambitions seriously challenged, was the proximity of his team bus to the finish line. It was one of the closest.

Second in line next to the TotalEnergies cluster of vehicles in a line stretching down a long country boulevard on the outskirts of Viileneuve-sur-Lot, Roglič could therefore reach the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe bus in the space of just a few minutes. He headed inside without talking to reporters to remove his torn race kit and damaged helmet, and, after a shower, begin a full assessment of the scale of his injuries.

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