Tour de France favourite Roglic says fit and ready to go


  • Cycling
  • Thursday, 27 Aug 2020

FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Tour de France - The 200.5-km Stage 19 from Lourdes to Laruns - July 27, 2018 - LottoNL-Jumbo rider Primoz Roglic of Slovenia celebrates his stage win on the podium. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

NICE, France (Reuters) - Slovenian favourite Primoz Roglic said on Thursday he is ready for the Tour de France, removing any doubts about his participation in cycling's biggest event of the year following a heavy fall in his previous race.

"I feel fine. I'm here at the Tour start now, so that's good news," the 30-year-old Jumbo-Visma rider told a news conference two days before the start of the race.

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