Primož Roglič happy to let bonus seconds go in Alps as tables turn at Tour de France

While the current yellow jersey built his lead over Egan Bernal in the opening week thanks to bonus seconds, Roglič is now content for breakaways to swallow them up and slow the momentum of Tadej Pogačar

Primož Roglič on stage 15 of the 2020 Tour de France (Yuzuru Sunada)

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

Three weeks is a long time in a bike race, and while Primož Roglič looked to be benefitting in the early stages from bonus seconds, possessing a better kick than his then-main rival Egan Bernal (Ineos), another youngster will now challenge him for the Tour de France title, and this one looks to have the more explosive lunge for the line.

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) is in the ascendancy as the French Grand Tour enters its final week, and Jumbo-Visma will not be complaining that other teams, increasingly desperate for a result, will be flinging riders up the road in search of stage victories.

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