{"id":930919,"date":"2026-05-01T15:02:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/930919\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:02:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:02:29","slug":"red-bull-management-must-get-tired-of-primoz-roglic-completely-idiotic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/930919\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRed Bull management must get tired of Primoz Roglic… completely idiotic\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cIt\u2019s Roglic throwing away his general classification and just riding in, even laughing a bit. There must be people in the Red Bull management who get a bit tired of Primoz Roglic from time to time,\u201d Bay said on Eurosport.<\/p>\n

The criticism centred not just on the time conceded, but on what it meant for the team\u2019s broader ambitions in the race. \u201cIt\u2019s completely idiotic, tactically, in terms of helping Florian Lipowitz<\/a> and the team. It\u2019s totally unnecessary. It\u2019s yet another strange episode in what is becoming a long list of odd decisions, especially from Roglic,\u201d Lund added.<\/p>\n

Bay also questioned the Slovenian\u2019s approach within the race itself. \u201cIt\u2019s like he\u2019s riding in his own world. I know he did some work on the climb, but still.\u201d<\/p>\n

Time lost on a manageable stage<\/p>\n

The context only sharpened the reaction. Stage 2 had not been especially selective, with 31 riders finishing in the same time as stage winner Tadej Pogacar, making Roglic\u2019s loss of more than two minutes all the more striking.<\/p>\n

After briefly moving to the front on the climb of Vuillens, Roglic faded from contention and ultimately chose not to contest the finale, instead crossing the line at a markedly reduced pace. That decision effectively removed him from general classification contention, despite starting the day within touching distance of the race lead.<\/p>\n

\"Primoz<\/p>\n

Primoz Roglic at the Tour de Romandie<\/p>\n

Pattern of \u201cstrange\u201d decisions<\/p>\n

The criticism also pointed to a broader pattern. \u201cIt started at last year\u2019s Tour de France, where Lipowitz was fighting for the podium,\u201d Bay said. \u201cRoglic went on the final stages, especially the last mountain stage, and rode what I would call \u2018suicide racing\u2019. He rode his own race instead of staying and helping Lipowitz. He even threw away his own fifth place.\u201d<\/p>\n

The parallels to Romandie were clear. \u201cToday he throws away his GC again. He goes to the front and does what Pogacar called an attack on the climb, and then he rolls to the finish smiling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tactical opportunity missedFor the team, the situation carries broader implications. With both Roglic and Florian Lipowitz well placed in the standings heading into the stage, Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe<\/a> had a numerical advantage over Pogacar that could have been used more effectively. \u201cTheir chance in Romandie was that they were numerically strong in the GC, with both Lipowitz and Roglic,\u201d Bay explained.<\/p>\n

Instead, that advantage was lost in a single stage. \u201cHe almost demonstratively throws away his GC on a stage where it didn\u2019t seem that hard to finish in the same time as the winner, if you have the qualities that Roglic has.\u201d<\/p>\n

Questions without answers<\/p>\n

The team have not publicly explained Roglic\u2019s approach, leaving the reasoning behind his ride open to interpretation.<\/p>\n

It remains unclear why he chose to ride on the front earlier in the climb rather than adopting a more aggressive or coordinated tactical approach alongside his teammates. For now, what is clear is the consequence.<\/p>\n

On a stage where Tadej Pogacar once again imposed himself on the race, Roglic\u2019s decision has left Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe with one fewer option in the fight for overall victory, and sparked fresh debate over his role within the team.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cIt\u2019s Roglic throwing away his general classification and just riding in, even laughing a bit. There must…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4104],"tags":[4230,77930,77932,42460,79,246619,16,15],"class_list":["post-930919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-florian-lipowitz","tag-primoz-roglic","tag-red-bull-bora-hansgrohe","tag-sports","tag-tour-de-romandie","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116499929322031027","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}