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'Not the best scenario' Primo Rogli hit by car driver on training ride
Red Bull-Bora-hangrohe rider Primo Rogli has revealed he was struck by a car driver on a training ride earlier this week. The four-time Vuelta a Espaa winner shared a picture of his heavily bruised leg on Instagram on Friday, writing: "Got hit by a car few days ago..." As a result, he will miss Saturday's Clsica San Sebastin and the upcoming Vuelta a Burgos, both races he had planned to start. "Not the best scenario, but its life, eh?" he wrote. A post shared by Primoz Roglic (@primozroglic)A photo posted by on Rogli went on to say that his plans are now "all systems go" towards the Vuelta a Espaa, for which he faces a three-week race to regain fitness before the event begins in Monaco on 22 August. "We work and hope things will turn around," he said. The 36-year-old last competed at the end of June at the Slovenian National Championships, where he won the individual time trial and placed fourth in the road race. He did not race the Tour de France, choosing instead to build his season around a bid for a fifth Vuelta title.
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