Tour de France 2021 - ‘Disaster!’ – Primoz Roglic crashes late on Stage 3, Jumbo-Visma sent into panic mode

ByBen Snowball

Updated 28/06/2021 at 16:16 GMT

"What a disaster and Primoz Roglic needs a right old chase to get back. I’m afraid he’s not looking good. I’m afraid he’s looking pretty banged up and this is disaster for Primoz Roglic," said Rob Hatch on Eurosport commentary. On a day of carnage at the Tour, Roglic hit the deck to hamper his GC bid at the Tour de France.

Primoz Roglic crashed with 10 kilometres remaining to send panic surging through the Jumbo-Visma ranks at the Tour de France.

The Slovenian arrived in France hoping to banish memories of his near-miss in the 2020 edition, but suffered a very untimely fall as his GC hopes suffered a serious hiccup.

Jumbo-Visma rushed to his aid, helping Roglic back on his bike before launching into team time trial mode as they desperately tried to claw back seconds for their man.

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“What a disaster this is for Jumbo-Visma today," said Eurosport commentator Rob Hatch.

"They’ve already lost Robert Gesink [who abandoned earlier on Stage 3]. And Primoz Roglic is down. He needs a right old chase to get back. I’m afraid he’s not looking good. I’m afraid he’s looking pretty banged up and this is disaster for Primoz Roglic.

“We need a team time trial from Jumbo-Visma to save their Tour de France.”

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Roglic, sporting huge road rashes on his left shoulder and left hip, came home 1:21 down on stage winner Tim Merlier (Alpecin–Fenix) and, crucially, 55 seconds behind defending champion Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates).

The 31-year-old slipped to 20th in the general classification, 1:35 adrift of race leader Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) and 56 seconds back of Pogacar.

The incident came after fellow GC hopeful Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) dislocated his shoulder in a nasty crash earlier on Monday's run from Lorient to Pontivy – although the Welshman managed to make it back into the peloton and avoided the late carnage.

Ineos co-leaders Richard Carapaz and Thomas are 0:31 and 1:07 off the pace.

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