‘I was really suffering’ – Fatigued Primož Roglič falls short in World Championships time trial

Primož Roglič knew from the first pedal strokes that it was going to be one of those days. 46km is a long time to sit staring at the writing on the wall, but the Slovenian had little option but to grind out the Road World Championships time trial in Zürich and salvage what he could from the afternoon.

The rolling terrain in the middle portion of the course, not to his mention his recent Vuelta a España victory, had Roglič among the favourites for the title here. Instead, those efforts in Spain seemed to weigh heavily on Roglič, who faded from the hunt for the medals almost as soon as he left the start in the Oerlikon velodrome.