Primož Roglič will not be getting over his crash at Vuelta a España any time quickly. The Jumbo-Visma rider not too long ago pointed fingers at Fred Wright (Staff Bahrain Victorious) saying that it was Fred who sparked the crash.
Fred’s teammate and buddy at Bahrain Victorious, Matej Mohorič has come to his rescue. He claimed that Rogilic went out of his line attributable to which he crashed. Rogilic was all able to overtake Evenepoel on the Vuelta however the crash left him with a number of accidents on the appropriate facet of his physique.
In an interview on Friday, Rogilic claimed that:
Wright got here from behind and rode the handlebars out of my fingers earlier than I knew it
Wright’s workforce Bahrain Victorious additionally backed up Wright saying that he did nothing fallacious. Matej Mohorič was very vocal about his views, he mirrored on the incidents that occurred on stage 16:
I noticed three or 4 totally different movies. There’s nothing to say, it is rather, very clear that Primož deviated from his line. He didn’t test over his shoulder to see if anybody was there, and he was clearly on the white line
Mohorič is aware of each the riders, Rogilic and Wright very intently. But, he selected to defend his teammate saying:
It’s not applicable and it’s not honest to make an announcement like that towards Fred, who I do know personally rather well
He continued so as to add:
We’ve respect within the peloton however some riders are extra wanting to push for place than others. I feel in case you ask the peloton, everybody will inform you that Primož is extra wanting to push for place than Fred
Mohorič even went so far as saying that Rogilic tends to crash loads:
We all know that Primož crashes loads and this isn’t the primary time this occurred
The Slovenian rider Matej Mohorič has been driving with the workforce Bahrain Victorious since 2021. He holds a specialty within the one-day races. Matej has gained a number of levels on the Tour de France (2021), Giro d’Italia (2018) , Vuelta a España (2017) and lots of extra.
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