The Curious Case of Primož Roglič
At the Tour of Romandie this week, Primož Roglič has drawn some (to say the least) cycling pundits for his seeming lack of serious demeanor in a stage race where his teammate placed second overall while Roglič seemingly lost needless time on stage 3, then went in the break on stage 4 instead of working for Lipowitz. The attentive among us will have noticed that this behavior is a hold-over from the last week of last year's Tour de France, where Roglič went on several ill-fated escapades up the road, losing his top-5 placing in the process, all while seeming nonchalant. Coupled with a sparse racing calendar so far this year and a long break in racing planned until the Vuelta a España in August, some are wondering if the Slovenian is already riding off into the sunset at age 36. No crocodile tears but maybe an alligator smile? While this may, in fact, be the case, I am not so sure. We can argue that Roglič should have worked for Lipowitz in Romandie, given Lipowitz was branded with ...