Tour de France latest news: Primoz Roglic drops out ahead of Stage 9

Slovenian rider Primoz Roglic, who was second in last year’s Tour de France, has dropped out of this year’s race, his Jumbo team said.

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Here's what Primoz says about his departure from @LeTour pic.twitter.com/C8EdM8dAJQ

— Team Jumbo-Visma cycling (@JumboVismaRoad) July 4, 2021

Roglic, who fell heavily on stage three and was 40 minutes behind race leader Tadej Pogacar, said in an audio clip on his team’s Twitter account: “We took the decision all together with the team, it  doesn’t make sense to continue the way it was going.”

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Primoz Roglic won’t start in today’s stage of @LeTour. He suffers too much from his injuries.

Get well soon @rogla

— Team Jumbo-Visma cycling (@JumboVismaRoad) July 4, 2021