⛰️⏱️ COL DU GRAND COLOMBIER | #TDF2023, Stage 13
2019 | 17.10 km | 47:45 | Thibaut Pinot | Tour de l'Ain
2020 | 17.17 km | 48:25 | Primoz Roglic | Tour de l'Ain
2020 | 17.15 km | 45:50 | Tadej Pogacar | Tour de France
"I can say that I and Geraint are friends and also drink beer together," said Roglič, who, like Thomas, lives in Monaco. "I have a lot of respect for him and it's very nice to have fought with him for the Giro victory."
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Geraint Thomas: "It's better to lose by this much then by a second or two. At least, Primoz smashed me. To be honest, Primoz deserves it. Mechanical as well, chapeau to him."
Hats off to G, always staying classy. 👏
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This is an amazing story. Apparently, the guy in red shirt jersey who pushed Primoz Roglic after the mechanical was Mitja Mežnar, his former teammate from the Slovenian ski jumping team. And today's stage started in Tarvisio where Rogla won the Junior World Ski-Jumping Championships, his last victory before he took up cycling full time! Full circle.
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It’s officially 3 days until I cycle 3000km across South Africa for 10,000 school shoes.
Read more here::
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