Primož Roglič to join Tadej Pogačar at Rwanda World Championships

SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN - AUGUST 02: Primoz Roglic of Slovenia and Team Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe reacts after crosses the finish line during the 44th Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa 2025 a 211.4m one day race from San Sebastian to San Sebastian / #UCIWT / on August 02, 2025 in San Sebastian, Spain. (Photo by Antonio Baixauli/Getty Images)
Roglič will ride the road race in Rwanda, according to reports (Image credit: Getty Images)

Primož Roglič is set to compete at the Road World Championships in Rwanda this month, as part of the Slovenian team assembled around current world champion Tadej Pogačar.

The Slovenian selection has not been officially revealed, but Het Laatste Nieuws reported on Monday that their sources indicate that Roglič will be part of it, with Pogačar's intention to race the Worlds already well known.

Roglič rode both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France this year, but hasn't raced since the Clásica San Sebastián at the start of August, and it was not previously clear how he was going to round out his 2025 season, understandably skipping the Vuelta a España despite winning four editions of the Spanish race.

According to Het Laatste Nieuws, Roglič will not race the time trial in Rwanda, opting just for the road race. With Pogačar the defending champion and hoping to take a second title – especially in the absence of Jonas Vingegaard – Slovenia will likely be assembling their strongest riders in pursuit of that goal.

HLN also report that Roglič will not be doing any warm-up races in the lead-up to the Worlds, opting to skip the GP Québec and Montréal in Canada, where Pogačar will return to racing.

However, with Roglič, the start list has added another Grand Tour champion, with him, Pogačar, and Remco Evenepoel some of the biggest names set to compete in the road race.

Other riders likely to be selected alongside Pogačar and Roglič include Matej Mohorič, Jan Tratnik, Luka Mezgec, Domen Novak and Gal Glivar.

They may also enter two riders into the elite time trial. The women's road race team is likely to be spearheaded by Urška Žigart, with full team announcements expected to be made in the coming weeks ahead of the Championships.

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Matilda is an NCTJ-qualified journalist based in the UK who joined Cyclingnews in March 2025. Prior to that, she worked as the Racing News Editor at GCN, and extensively as a freelancer contributing to Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Velo, Rouleur, Escape Collective, Red Bull and more. She has reported from many of the biggest events on the calendar, including the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France Femmes, Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. She has particular experience and expertise in women's cycling, and women's sport in general. She is a graduate of modern languages and sports journalism.


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