{"id":225080,"date":"2025-10-19T17:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/225080\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T17:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:52:10","slug":"roglic-takes-inaugural-andorra-cycling-masters-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/225080\/","title":{"rendered":"Rogli\u010d Takes Inaugural Andorra Cycling Masters Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>End of season boost for Rogli\u010d in what is arguably pro cycling\u2019s quirkiest race, online documentary to follow.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Primoz Roglic (Red Bull - BORA - Hansgrohe) at Il Lombardia on October 11, 2025 (Photo: Dario Belingheri\/Getty Images)\" src=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2240423506.jpg\" data-loaded=\"true\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\"  bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2240423506.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"py-tight text-left font-utility text-utility3-size leading-utility3-line-height text-text-secondary\">Primoz Roglic (Red Bull &#8211; BORA &#8211; Hansgrohe) at Il Lombardia on October 11, 2025 (Photo: Dario Belingheri\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Updated October 19, 2025 11:38AM<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-primary underline hover:text-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/primoz-roglic\">Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d<\/a> ended up best in what is arguably the strangest race in pro cycling on Sunday, beating rivals <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-primary underline hover:text-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/isaac-del-toro\">Isaac Del Toro<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-primary underline hover:text-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/tadej-pogacar\">Tadej Poga\u010dar<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-primary underline hover:text-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/jonas-vingegaard\">Jonas Vingegaard<\/a> in the Andorra Cycling Masters races.<\/p>\n<p>Rogli\u010d was clearly best in the uphill time trial of the Coll de la Gallina, covering the 8.23 test in 25:39.<\/p>\n<p>This was 20 second better than Poga\u010dar, who started as race favorite after his wins in the world and European road race championships, Tre Valle Varesine and Il Lombardia.<\/p>\n<p>Del Toro\u2019s time was 28:05 while Vingegaard was almost four minutes behind Rogli\u010d with 29:24.<\/p>\n<p>The two-event race only featured those four riders, with no peloton taking part.<\/p>\n<p>The uphill TT was followed by a 32km urban criterium based in the center of Andorra la Vella and Escaldes-Engordany.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-race information stated that points would be clocked up in sprints on each of the 15 laps, with that total plus the time trial times settling the general classification.<\/p>\n<p>Rogli\u010d broke clear during the criterium but was hauled back before the end. Del Toro then pipped him in a photo finish at the line.<\/p>\n<p>Poga\u010dar was third with Vingegaard again fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Full race details are yet to be issued but Rogli\u010d won the overall, receiving a welcome end of season boost after a frustrating summer.<\/p>\n<p>Next up: a behind-the-scenes documentary<br \/>\n<img alt=\"Tadej Pogacar, Primoz Roglic, Isaac Del Toro and Jonas Vingegaard went go head to head in the Andorra Cycling Masters 2025 (photos: Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1626\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-969032\" style=\"color:transparent\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760896330_684_Pogacar-Vingegaard-Del-Toro-Roglic.jpg\"\/>Tadej Pogacar, Primoz Roglic, Isaac Del Toro and Jonas Vingegaard will go head to head in the Andorra Cycling Masters 2025 (photos: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Footage from both the race itself and also the buildup will now be used to make a documentary, which will be hosted in several weeks\u2019 time on an as yet unnamed international streaming platform.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the event the organizers said the new race would be \u201ca historic competition for world cycling that will transcend sport to become an international docushow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe protagonists, leading figures of modern cycling, will reveal both their competitive and personal sides in an innovative format that combines sport, emotion and audiovisual storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The documentary will show the riders with their familes, giving a behind-the-scenes look at the four big champions.<\/p>\n<p>The project is supported by IPG Mediabrands Entertainment, which manages over $47 billion in marketing investment globally on behalf of its clients. Also involved are Spanish audiovisual production company Wakai (WAP Media Group).<\/p>\n<p>More race details to follow later, see <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-primary underline hover:text-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/four-stars-two-races-no-peloton-is-this-pro-cyclings-strangest-event\/\">more here<\/a> about the project<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"End of season boost for Rogli\u010d in what is arguably pro cycling\u2019s quirkiest race, online documentary to follow.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,54263,82,107034,88388,57421,107035,54266,54267],"class_list":{"0":"post-225080","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-parent_category-road","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tag-andorra-cycling-masters","14":"tag-tag-isaac-del-toro","15":"tag-tag-jonas-vingegaard","16":"tag-tag-primoz-roglic","17":"tag-tag-tadej-pogacar","18":"tag-type-article"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}