Ski jumping Born in
Trbovlje, Slovenia, Roglič pursued ski jumping from the age of 10, practicing at a local jump in
Zagorje ob Savi, 3 km from his childhood home. In 2003, at age 13, Roglič participated in his first
FIS competition in
Villach, Austria. In 2006, Roglič earned a place on the Slovenian team for the
2006 FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships, where they won silver. The next year, competing in
Planica, Slovenia, Roglič won gold in the
team event. In 2007, Roglič suffered a crash as a test jumper during official training in front of his home crowd at
Letalnica bratov Gorišek, the
ski flying hill in Planica, Slovenia. Despite being airlifted to the hospital, Roglič was not significantly injured and continued to compete. Roglič would continue to compete until early 2011, but his progression as a ski jumper had largely stalled, and he did not achieve any other major victories or get selected to the Olympic team. Roglič finished his career with a personal best of , set in Planica, and two
Continental Cup victories, the second-highest level of international ski jumping.
Transition to road cycling After officially retiring from ski jumping in 2012, as he felt unable to reach the high levels of the sport, Roglič explored other sports including
duathlon and
triathlon. During this period, he was enrolled at the University of
Kranj studying organization and management, and worked various jobs including selling cleaning products door-to-door. Roglič began participating in local amateur cycling races, and despite limited experience—Roglič later estimated he had only ridden in his life up to that point—decided to pursue the sport professionally. Inspired by a meeting with former professional cyclist
Andrej Hauptman, now a
directeur sportif at , Roglič sold his motorcycle, bought a racing bicycle, and began riding with the development team affiliated with the
UCI Continental team . While he initially lacked bike handling skills and knowledge of racing, Roglič showed immediate promise as a climber. At the age of 22, Roglič underwent testing at a sports lab, where his
VO2 max was recorded at 80.2, close to the best numbers of riders such as
Chris Froome and
Egan Bernal. Roglič has credited the work he undertook on building
core stability, balance, flexibility and acrobatics as a ski jumper as being beneficial in his switch to cycling.
Adria Mobil (2013–2015) After less than a year of focused training for cycling, Roglič signed his first professional contract for the 2013 season with the continental team. His best result in 2013 was 15th place overall at the
Tour of Slovenia. where he surprised with a second place in the opening
time trial in
Apeldoorn, a hundredth of a second slower than winner
Tom Dumoulin. He won the 9th stage, a
individual time trial in
Chianti. That victory came as a surprise for many as Roglič had to use his spare bike because his bike did not meet the UCI requirements. Roglič did not manage to transfer his cycle computer onto his spare bike in time for the start, and it was therefore hard for Roglič to know how much time he had left of the stage, and what his power numbers were. Just two weeks after finishing the Giro d'Italia, Roglič won the
Slovenian National Time Trial Championships. He finished 10th in the
Time trial at the
Olympic Games in
Rio de Janeiro.
2017 - first Tour de France stage win . During the 2017 season, Roglič started out by winning the overall title at the
Volta ao Algarve. One month later he finished 4th overall in
Tirreno–Adriatico, and at the
Tour of the Basque Country, Roglič won stages 4 and 6 – the latter of which was an
individual time trial – and finished 5th overall. It did not take long before Roglič secured another win; at the end of April, Roglič participated in the
Tour de Romandie where he won the stage 5
individual time trial, en route to placing 3rd overall. At his final preparation race before the
Tour de France, Roglič won the prologue of the
Ster ZLM Toer, and finished 2nd overall. In June 2017, Roglič was named in the startlist for the Tour de France. He won stage 17 of the race becoming the first Slovenian to win a stage of the Tour de France. He had also collected so many points on the climbs that he finished 2nd in the
Mountains classification. At the
World Championships in Bergen, Roglič targeted the
individual time trial, which finished on Mount Floyen, a climb averaging 9%. He finished 2nd in the
event behind
Tom Dumoulin.
2018 - stage race success in
Pokljuka, 8.5 seconds behind rider
Tadej Pogačar. The 2018 season showed Roglič's potential in stage races and grand tours. He managed to win the general classification in the
Tour of the Basque Country, the
Tour de Romandie and the
Tour of Slovenia.
2019 - first Vuelta win , becoming the first Slovenian rider to win a
Grand Tour. Roglič won the 2019 edition of
Tirreno–Adriatico as well as the
Tour de Romandie and was one of the pre-race favourites going into the
Giro d'Italia. He finished on the podium in 3rd place, wore the race leader's pink jersey for six stages and also won two stages, both individual time trials. In August 2019, Roglič was named in the startlist for the
Vuelta a España. Going into the stage ten individual time trial, Roglič trailed the race leader
Nairo Quintana by six seconds; Roglič recorded the fastest time over the stage by twenty-five seconds over the next closest competitor, and at least one-and-a-half minutes into all of his rivals for the general classification. He became the 98th rider to
win stages at each of the three Grand Tours as a result of the victory. He held the red and green jerseys – as the leader of both the general and
points classifications – for the remainder of the race, as he became the first Slovenian rider to win a
Grand Tour. A successful 2019 season was crowned with wins in two Italian races in October: the
Giro dell'Emilia, and
Tre Valli Varesine.
2020 - Tour runner-up, second Vuelta win of the
2020 Tour de France Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, Roglič's first race of the season was the
Slovenian National Road Race Championships, on 21 June. On the final climb to the finish at
Ambrož pod Krvavcem, Roglič soloed away from
Tadej Pogačar in the closing , winning the national road race title for the first time. The following weekend, Pogačar beat Roglič by 8.5 seconds in the
Slovenian National Time Trial Championships. Roglič started strong at the
Tour de France, winning the fourth stage, ahead of Pogačar; he took the overall race lead on the ninth stage, finishing second, behind Pogačar, in a five-rider sprint finish in
Laruns. Pogačar was the only rider that was within a minute of Roglič in the general classification; Roglič had extended his advantage from 40 seconds to 57 seconds on the summit finish to the
Col de la Loze, maintaining that lead going into the penultimate day, a
individual time trial that finished at
La Planche des Belles Filles. He rode fairly well in the final time trial, being bested by several riders, but Pogačar managed to overturn the advantage that Roglič held, bettering his stage time by almost two minutes, giving Pogačar an ultimately race-winning margin of 59 seconds. The following weekend, Roglič recorded a sixth-place finish in the
road race at the World Championships, finishing at the back of a five-rider group that had been battling for the silver medal. At
Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Roglič took his first Monument classic victory, pipping world champion
Julian Alaphilippe on the line, after Alaphilippe had slowed down to start celebrating his presumptive victory. Roglič then contested the
Vuelta a España as defending champion; he won the race's opening stage at the Alto de Arrate in
Eibar, before losing the race lead to
Richard Carapaz on stage six, after encountering issues putting on a rain jacket. However, he bounced back on stage eight, which finished atop the Alto de Moncavillo. After following attacks from
Hugh Carthy and Carapaz on the steepest section of the climb, Roglič put in an attack in the final kilometre that was answered only by Carapaz. Although Carapaz tried to distance Roglič, Roglič countered his attack, eventually soloing across the line 13 seconds ahead of Carapaz. This win elevated Roglič to second place overall, 13 seconds behind Carapaz. On stage ten, Roglič followed a move initiated by
Guillaume Martin () and taken up by
Andrea Bagioli () in the final kilometre of a relatively flat stage; he passed Bagioli to win the uphill sprint by several bike lengths. Carapaz, despite having been present in the front positions for much of the final kilometres, crossed the line three seconds behind Roglič and by virtue of the ten bonus seconds awarded to the stage winner, both riders were equal on time at the end of the stage. With a lower value of cumulative stage placings, Roglič took the red jersey ahead of the mountainous third weekend of the race, characterised by challenging mountain stages. At the start of stage 11 a rider protest was held in
Villaviciosa, led by Carapaz's teammate
Chris Froome, regarding the decision made by the commissaires to change the three-second time gap ruling to a one-second time gap. Even though the decision was in Roglič's favour, his teammate
George Bennett claimed that Roglič was in agreement with the protest. On stage 12, Roglič struggled on the steepest slopes of the
Alto de l'Angliru, crossing the line in fifth place. He lost 26 seconds, including time bonuses, to stage winner Carthy, who moved into third overall. Additionally, he lost ten seconds to Carapaz, who assumed the red jersey ahead of the race's lone individual time trial. Following the rest day, Roglič won the time trial – his fourth stage win – which finished atop the steep climb of
Mirador de Ézaro. He gained 25 seconds on Carthy and 49 seconds on Carapaz, reclaiming the red jersey. On stage 16, Roglič gained an additional six bonus seconds on his rivals after he sprinted to second place on the stage, giving him an advantage of 45 seconds over Carapaz and 53 seconds over Carthy ahead of the final mountain stage. On the penultimate stage, Roglič was unable to follow an attack by Carapaz around from the top of
La Covatilla. He lost 21 seconds to Carapaz, almost halving his race lead to 24 seconds; with only the flat, ceremonial stage to
Madrid left, this put Roglič in position to win the race. He safely negotiated the last stage to successfully defend the Vuelta title, the first rider to repeat as Vuelta champion since
Roberto Heras, who won the Vuelta from 2003 to 2005. Aside from winning the red jersey, Roglič also won the points classification for the second successive year, holding the lead from start-to-finish – the first rider to do so at a Grand Tour, since
Mario Cipollini at the
1997 Giro d'Italia.
2021 - third Vuelta win Roglič won three stages at
Paris–Nice, but lost the overall victory on the final day, after crashing twice and falling to 15th overall. With his stage victories, he also won the points classification. Roglič also won the general classification at his next start, the
Tour of the Basque Country; he won the opening stage
individual time trial, and also won the points and mountains classifications. Roglič contested all three
Ardennes classics for the first time, recording a best finish of second place, at
La Flèche Wallonne. After taking two third-place stage finishes in the opening weekend of the
Tour de France, Roglič crashed on stage 3 and lost over a minute. Having regained his top-ten placing overall after the fifth stage individual time trial, Roglič lost over half an hour on the first stage in the Alps, and ultimately failed to start the ninth stage. He returned to racing at the
COVID-19 pandemic-delayed
Tokyo Olympics; he finished 28th in the
road race, before taking the gold medal – Slovenia's first in cycling – in the
time trial, finishing over a minute clear of his teammate
Tom Dumoulin, riding for the Netherlands. Roglič maintained this form going into the
Vuelta a España, winning the opening individual time trial stage in
Burgos. He ceded the lead of the race on stage three to
Rein Taaramäe, following a successful breakaway. Roglič regained the race lead from
Kenny Elissonde following stage six, finishing second to
Magnus Cort on the stage. On the mountainous ninth stage, Roglič and two other riders bridged up to a previous attack that had been made by
Miguel Ángel López and
Adam Yates on the final climb of the Alto de Velefique. Roglič and
Enric Mas were able to drop the others, and they finished second and third on the stage behind
Damiano Caruso; Roglič led Mas by 28 seconds going into the first rest day, with nobody else within 1' 20". Following the first rest day, Roglič ceded the race lead again, as a 31-rider breakaway including
Odd Christian Eiking and
Guillaume Martin finished clear of the peloton; Eiking and Martin both moved ahead of Roglič, who was 2' 17" down in the general classification. Roglič had attempted to go clear of a select group of general classification contenders, but crashed on the descent of the Puerto de Almáchar. On the following stage, Roglič won his second stage of the race, culminating on a steep uphill finish in
Valdepeñas de Jaén. He maintained his third place overall for the next five stages, but was able to close in on Eiking by twenty seconds on stage fourteen. On stage seventeen to
Lagos de Covadonga, Roglič followed an attack by
Egan Bernal with remaining, with the pair working together to achieve and maintain a lead of around 90 seconds prior to the final climb. With left, Roglič dropped Bernal and soloed to the stage victory by 1' 35" from the chasing group of general classification contenders. Roglič extended his lead over Mas on each of the two remaining uphill finishes, and bookended his race with another individual time trial victory in
Santiago de Compostela, winning his third successive Vuelta a España by 4' 42" over Mas – the biggest winning margin at the race since
Alex Zülle's second Vuelta win in
1997.
2022 - injury struggles He started off the 2022 season with a block of racing in France, including
Paris–Nice. On the opening stage, split the race apart in the crosswinds, and on the finishing circuit around
Mantes-la-Ville,
Christophe Laporte upped the pace to an extent that only
Wout van Aert and Roglič were able to follow. The trio remained clear to the end with Laporte winning the stage ahead of Roglič and van Aert. After another second-place stage finish on the fourth stage
individual time trial, Roglič assumed the race lead the following day during the fifth stage to
Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut. He won the penultimate stage that finished at the top of the
Col de Turini, and finished third on the final stage into
Nice, as he won the race by 29 seconds ahead of
Simon Yates. He won the opening stage of the
Tour of the Basque Country, but lost the race lead on the penultimate stage after being dropped – this was attributed to a knee injury that had occurred pre-race; he ultimately finished the race in eighth overall. In June, he won the
Critérium du Dauphiné in preparation for the
Tour de France, finishing second on the two mountain stages at the end of the race. He started the Tour de France off with eighth in the opening time trial in
Copenhagen, slower than general classification contenders
Jonas Vingegaard and
Tadej Pogačar. On the fifth stage, Roglič lost more than two minutes to Pogačar after crashing into a hay bale that had been dislodged into the road. As a result of the crash, he dislocated his shoulder, which he had to put back into place himself. Having finished third on the summit finish to
La Planche des Belles Filles two stages later, Roglič and Vingegaard attacked Pogačar on several occasions throughout the eleventh stage as part of a multifaceted plan to confuse and break Pogačar. but lost the lead to
Remco Evenepoel after stage 6. Evenepoel further increased his lead over Roglič further during the stage 10 time trial to
Alicante. On stage 16's uphill finish, Roglič launched an attack to take back time on Evenepoel, but was caught by others riders and was then brought down in a crash with
Fred Wright. Despite the crash, he gained 8 seconds on Evenepoel. However, due to the injuries sustained, he had to retire from the race the following day. Following the events, Roglič and his team heavily criticised Wright, stating that "Wright came from behind and rode the handlebars out of my hands before I knew it". In October, Roglic was awarded the
Golden Order of Merit by Slovenia's president,
Borut Pahor, for "outstanding sports achievement" and promoting Slovenia on the world stage.
2023 - Giro d'Italia victory After two years of injury and disappointment at the Tour, Roglič elected to target the Giro d'Italia for the 2023 season, calling it ""a race I love but haven't won yet", and had unfinished business after his podium finish in 2019. Roglič began his season at
Tirreno–Adriatico, winning three successive stages and taking overall victory, 18 seconds ahead of
João Almeida (). Next, he raced the
Volta a Catalunya, winning two stages and again taking victory in the general classification by a narrow margin of 6 seconds ahead of
Remco Evenepoel. In May, Roglič started the
Giro d'Italia, where he was one of the favourites for overall victory. After suffering two crashes in the first week of the race, Roglič was still well positioned in the general classification, sitting in second overall behind
Geraint Thomas after race leader Evenepoel abandoned following a positive COVID-19 test. Roglič struggled on stage 16 to
Monte Bondone, losing 25 seconds to Thomas and
João Almeida, slipping to third in the general classification. After strong performances in the mountain stages 18 and 19, Roglič regained second overall and lay 26 seconds behind Thomas heading into the penultimate stage. Despite suffering a dropped chain during the steep mountain-top finish, Roglič won the stage, gaining 40 seconds on Thomas and moving into the overall lead. He held the lead on the final, largely cermonial stage into Rome to win the Giro d'Italia, becoming the first Slovenian ever to win the race. Roglič did not race again until August, where he rode the
Vuelta a Burgos, winning the general classification, points jersey, and two stages. He went on to the
Vuelta a España, where he won stages 8 and 17 before finishing third overall behind teammates
Jonas Vingegaard and
Sepp Kuss in a historic podium sweep for . To finish his season, Roglič raced the
Italian autumn classics, starting with the
Giro dell'Emilia. Prior to the race, Roglič announced to reporters that he would leave at the end of the season, despite his contract originally running through 2024 During the race, Roglič accelerated away from
Tadej Pogačar and
Simon Yates on the Colle della Guardia di San Luca to win the
Giro dell'Emilia for the third time in his career. Roglič ended his racing season at the
Giro di Lombardia, finishing in third behind Tadej Pogačar and
Andrea Bagioli. On 6 October, Roglič's transfer to for the 2024 season was confirmed at a press conference, ending his eight-year stint with Team Jumbo–Visma. While many details of the contract were kept private, team manager
Ralph Denk confirmed the deal was for "more than one year", and that Roglič would lead the team at the
2024 Tour de France.
Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe (2024–present) 2024 - record-tying fourth Vuelta victory . Roglič started his season at
Paris–Nice, where he was among the pre-race favorites for the overall win. Despite high expectations, Roglič struggled in his first race with a new team, finishing 10th overall and 5:33 behind the winner
Matteo Jorgenson. In April, Roglič won the opening time trial at the
Tour of the Basque Country, even after taking a wrong turn just before the finish line. He maintained the overall lead until stage 4, where a severe downhill crash involving multiple riders forced him to abandon the race. Several riders were hospitalized, but Roglič avoided any fractures or long-term injuries. However, his injuries were significant enough to disrupt his racing and training schedule, and he was forced to withdraw from the
Ardennes classics to focus on recovery, prioritizing his form for the year's main objective, the
Tour de France. Roglič returned to racing in June at the
2024 Critérium du Dauphiné. He showed strong form, coming third in the stage 3 time trial and winning consecutive mountain-top finishes on stages 6 and 7. However, Roglič struggled on the final stage 8, losing 54 seconds to second place
Matteo Jorgenson, hanging on to win the general classification by just 8 seconds. Roglič was named team leader for the
2024 Tour de France, the team's first race with the new
Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe name. In coverage of the race, Roglič was grouped together with
Tadej Pogačar,
Jonas Vingegaard, and
Remco Evenepoel as part of the
Big Four, known for their dominance in stage races. During the race, Roglič came third in the stage 7 individual time trial, and was in fourth place in the general classification before crashing on a descent near the finish line on stage 12. He pulled out of the race the following day. Roglič's next race was the
2024 Vuelta a España, where he started the race for the 6th consecutive year. After placing 8th in the opening stage time trial, Roglič took the overall lead and stage victory on stage 4. On stage 6, Roglič ceded the red jersey to
Ben O'Connor, who won the stage from the breakaway and established a nearly 5 minute lead over Roglič and the rest of the general classification contenders. Roglič took another stage victory on stage 8, beating
Enric Mas in a sprint on a mountain top finish to
Cazorla. Roglič gained further time on O'Connor on the mountainous stages 13, 15, and 16, despite a 20-second penalty on stage 15 for illegally drafting behind his team car before the final climb. Roglič reclaimed the overall lead on stage 19, with a solo victory on the
Alto de Moncalvillo. He defended his lead on the final two stages to win his 4th Vuelta, equaling
Robert Heras's record. Roglič was initially schedule to compete in
Il Lombardia, hoping to win the monument he had podiumed last year, but after poor preparation and consecutive DNFs in the
Giro dell'Emilia and
Coppa Bernocchi, his team decided that his season had ended.
2025 Roglič started his season at the
Volta ao Algarve, where he finished 8th overall. Despite not being in contention for the win, Roglič stated after the race he was satisfied with his performance and how his form was building to his main goals for the season, like the
2025 Giro d'Italia. In March, he raced the
Volta a Catalunya. After coming second in a
photo finish to
Juan Ayuso on stage 3, Roglič beat Ayuso on stage 4 in another close sprint to take the stage victory and go into the overall lead. After Ayuso placed third in an intermediate sprint, Roglič trailed him by one second heading into the final stage, a six-lap circuit around
Barcelona. Roglič attacked with 20 km to go, quickly gaining a gap and riding solo to win the stage and seal the overall victory. Starting the
Giro d'Italia as one of the favorites for the
General Classification, Roglič took the lead for the
pink jersey on
Stage 7; he ultimately dropped out of the bike race during Stage 16 due to the cumulative impact of the injuries he suffered through multiple crashes during the Giro. Roglič took part in the
2025 Tour de France, with the intention being that he would lead the team. After Stage 16 of the race, which finished at the top of
Mont Ventoux, he had climbed to fifth place overall, however his teammate
Florian Lipowitz was in third. On Stage 18, after Lipowitz had attacked and was caught, Roglič chose not to help him and finished 53 seconds ahead of him on the stage. On Stage 19, Roglič himself attacked on the
Col du Pre; he was caught and finished 12 minutes behind winner
Thymen Arensman, falling to eighth place on the General Classification, the position in which he finished the race. ==Major results==