I wouldn’t rule Primoz out just yet (although I’m not saying he’ll get to the level of Pocagar!). He had a rough start to the season last year at Paris-Nice, then came in hot at Basque Country four weeks later, winning the opening time trial (and beating Jonas by 15 seconds), and that despite going the wrong way at the final corner.
Let’s see if he makes similar improvements at the tour of Catalunya in four weeks time; if not, then that will definitely be concerning. Given Jonas will also be there, it will be a good marker of form.
And remember, he had some of his best climbing power numbers as recently as the Vuelta last year, but I appreciate that at 35, any room for improvement is markedly less than his three main rivals who are all in their twenties.
My main concern about Primoz is that in order to keep pace with Jonas and Tadej, a rider has to improve every year, and I’m not sure if we can realistically expect him to continue to improve at 35.
Having said that, nothing would shock me with him, and I do think he can win the Giro.
I wouldn’t rule Primoz out just yet (although I’m not saying he’ll get to the level of Pocagar!). He had a rough start to the season last year at Paris-Nice, then came in hot at Basque Country four weeks later, winning the opening time trial (and beating Jonas by 15 seconds), and that despite going the wrong way at the final corner.
Let’s see if he makes similar improvements at the tour of Catalunya in four weeks time; if not, then that will definitely be concerning. Given Jonas will also be there, it will be a good marker of form.
And remember, he had some of his best climbing power numbers as recently as the Vuelta last year, but I appreciate that at 35, any room for improvement is markedly less than his three main rivals who are all in their twenties.
My main concern about Primoz is that in order to keep pace with Jonas and Tadej, a rider has to improve every year, and I’m not sure if we can realistically expect him to continue to improve at 35.
Having said that, nothing would shock me with him, and I do think he can win the Giro.