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‘Because of that rest period, I may also be a bit fresher in my head’
AMSTERDAM – What seemed like a harmless pain turned out to be a serious problem that kept Primoz Roglic off course. The 32-year-old Jumbo-Visma leader left the hill classics to the left, because the complaints around his knee did not go away. Rest and intensive treatment proved to be the remedy to not jeopardize his participation in the Tour de France. “At first you think it’s not that big of a concern, but the pain kept coming back.”