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THE CONTENDERS

PRIMOŽ ROGLIČ

33 | Jumbo-Visma | Slo

Vuelta starts: 3

Best GC result: Winner, 2019-2021

Best stage result: 1st (x10), 2019-2022

The redemption arc was completed at the Giro d’Italia in May with Primož Roglič finally putting to bed the ghosts of the past and winning a Grand Tour courtesy of a mountain time trial, once and for all ending the memes and jovial derision that had come his way since that fateful day on La Planche des Belles Filles in 2020.

For many spectators, the sight of Roglič in pink was one of joy and relief, for he has dominated one-week races in the past five years, arguably being this generation’s most prolific and consistent GC rider.

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