Roglic finishes a minute ahead of second-placed Tom DumoulinGreat Britain’s Geraint Thomas struggles in 12th placeSouth Americans will almost certainly disagree, but this summer of cycling surely belongs to Slovenia. After Tadej Pogacar followed up his second successive Tour de
France title with bronze in the Tokyo 2020 road race at the weekend, Primoz Roglic has given the country its first Olympic gold medal in cycling.
With Roglic finishing more than a minute ahead of his closest rival in the time trial, the only genuine racing was to decide who would occupy the two lower spots on the podium at Fuji International Speedway. In the end, just over four seconds separated the second- and fifth-placed riders.