Primoz Roglic Celebrates Return To Top In Vuelta a España 2024

okay hello Primos congratulations for that stage Victory and the red jersey we saw you you were one of the strongest this today did you feel it like that as well uh yeah I mean uh okay was just great uh to to finish it off actually because uh I'm just yeah then Jersey up or down but uh team showed really strong uh strong efforts uh was not easy I mean yeah is it's hot and yeah I mean I'm just really happy at the end that I could finish it off uh and yeah enjoy it now first year with the team and today we can say that it was like the first time that you were all um riding for this goal so how was that experience as you say of the team effort uh yeah exactly I mean uh because like I said I'm really uh uh still not completely at 100% I mean I still feel my back uh but uh yeah have no choice choice at the end I mean yeah I mean the the guys did really uh full effort and yeah I just had to go for it few years ago we were asking in the fourth stage um if if you want to keep it you wanted to keep it all the way to Madrid I mean the GC contenders but now it's not a question it's like you are going to defend it we can expect this jersey un to Madrid oh yeah we will see H like I said I mean uh it was great to win today uh yeah to to take the Jersey I mean we we have to be really happy we have to enjoy it and yeah still take it uh day by day I mean to to really see how how I will react and how I will feel thank you given what happened at the tour and with the new sponsorship of Red Bull how important is this Victory uh it's nice I mean you know every Victory is uh yeah it's it's great H so uh uh just like I said I mean uh for myself uh yeah I mean he's always a bit of yeah ups and downs and yeah a lot of challenges uh uh to to overtake and uh glad I mean to to to yeah that it pays off huh I mean uh I don't say it but yeah for sure I had really to to hard really really hard uh had to work really hard uh to to actually be even able to come here uh and yeah just uh just really super happy now tell us about de Cline five kid to go was super steep how did you manage it we saw the attack of Manda and then we saw Len vetv and it's kind of early celebration too which you're a wise old man and you don't celebrate early uh yeah I mean he's uh was steep uh was steep I forget that this steep climb so yeah I just deleted I already did I think in 21 this but uh yeah uh had the legs to to to be there to to ride with the best ones and yeah also at the end to to finish it off Antonio we saw the riding all day from Team Red Bull we saw UAE come up to the front then we this five kilometers to go it just kep really explosive with the gradients how did that all play out for yourself and for the team uh by rain Victorious yeah today was a really really hard day for the for the good Tempo uh from the Bora and the UA and also for the for the Heat and yeah they did a really nice bace all the day until the the last climb uh last climb was really really Steep and uh and hard yeah I super happy of my performance of today I didn't expect to wear ready the white jersey from the first stage and yeah now I try to keep it until the end are you surprised given the rough ride at the T of France are you surprised to see pretty most winning today and in the red jersey and how difficult of arrival is he how do you know him and how difficult is he going to be to face we still have eight more Summit finishes nearly 3 weeks to go yeah the wel is still uh really long but sincerly not I'm not a lot surprised because yeah we all know PR much how strong he is and yeah he show already in the TT that he's in a good shape so I was I expect to maybe that's he already we the the red jersey today get some rest thank you yeah thank you thank you about as you were saying not the red jersey today but the green um how's been the day and how do see now Brin read the situation now yeah uh about the situation I have not really an idea because I was too far behind to to see what happened but uh for sure the race was more controlled than uh we expected uh yeah Bora successfully controlled the race and was uh in that case not too hard uh and uh yeah for me personally uh was good I still could grab points for for the green jersey as a nice bonus and uh yeah the final climate took it easy and um tomorrow will be normally another opportunity and I guess you showed that today the green jersey does mean something for you we saw that Sprint against Kaden yeah yeah it's uh you could also see the days before right so if the breakway split it up it was the sign to to focus on the Sprint thanks you