Primoz Roglic won the road cycling time trial in Tokyo on Wednesday, completing the hilly 44.2 km course in 55'04''19.
The Slovenian even crushed the competition by relegating to more than a minute the Dutch silver medalist Tom Dumoulin (at 1'01''39) and the Australian bronze Rohan Dennis (at 1'03''90).
Impressive.
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In view of the images of the finish, Roglic could have continued for a long time at this infernal pace (48.16 km / h on average).
Thrown like a ball headlong, the second of the Tour de France 2020, forced to retire this year on the Grande Boucle, did not relax his effort when he had crossed the finish line on the endless line right.
"But where is he going, what makes us Primoz?"
"
The commentator on Eurosport
The officials were forced to wave the flags seconds later to let him know he could finally get up on his bike. "You have to
stop Primoz!"
“, Laughed the commentator on
Eurosport
. "
But where is he going, what makes us Primoz?"
Added the other journalist on the air fearing that the Slovenian champion will set off for a third lap of the course.