While the rumor of an arrival of Remco Evenepoel is growing, the pattern of the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe Ralph Denk team ensures that Primoz Roglic will not be pushed towards the exit and says he is delighted with the progression of Florian Lipowitz.
Primoz Roglic could arrive at the crossroads. Arrived in the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe team at the start of the 2024 season after eight years in the Giron of Visma-Lease A Bike training, the Slovenian could suffer from a possible arrival of Remco Evenepoel in 2026. A rumor that the recent reorganization of the organizational chart with the arrival of Sven Vanthourehout, former coach of Belgium and Double Olympic champion, which revived the rumor. Despite everything, the boss of the German team assures that the native of Trbovlje will not move. “Primoz Roglic is under contract with us,” he said in a recently published podcast. On this occasion, the German leader returned to the change of optics decided by the Slovenian during the last Tour de France.
“When Primoz Roglic realized that he was not the third best runner in this Tour de France and after consulting us, he did everything to get a stage victory,” said Ralph Denk. Unfortunately, he did not succeed. I hoped for him but, in the end, he was in good shape and it is something that should be put forward. “As for the future of Primoz Roglic under the colors of the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe team, he claims to” discuss his goals and what can still motivate him “.
Denk delighted with lipowitz podium on the Tour de France
Highlighting the fact that the Slovenian “has almost everything won apart from the Tour de France and the Tour de Switzerland”, he evokes the possibility of “scaffolding a plan” to allow him to shine again. However, he will have to deal with the rise of Florian Lipowitz who “was able to do even better” than his third place on the Critérium du Dauphiné by going on the podium of the Tour de France.
A performance that no runner of this team had been able to achieve since its foundation in 2010. Ralph Denk does not hide it, it is “a new step” for its team. “We won the Giro, we won the Vuelta, we won Paris-Roubaix and we were world champion,” he said by recalling the performances of Jai Hindley, Primoz Roglic or Peter Sagan. We had already done so much in the history of the team but we had never been able to climb on the podium of the Tour de France. So it was the next step. But what most moves the boss of the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe team is to get the podium of the Tour de France with a runner who made his classes in his colors. “Developing Florian Lipowitz from amateur ranks to the podium of the Tour de France in Paris is really rewarding,” concluded Ralph Denk. The next step could be a victory on the big loop and Remco Evenepoel could be the key.
