{"id":795102,"date":"2026-10-07T18:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T18:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/795102\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T18:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T18:52:09","slug":"uec-european-championships-primoz-roglic-takes-beautiful-victory-to-win-his-first-european-title-on-home-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/795102\/","title":{"rendered":"UEC European Championships: Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d takes ‘beautiful’ victory to win his first European title on home roads"},"content":{"rendered":"

The cycling gods were smiling on Slovenia on Wednesday, with home rider Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d<\/a> winning a close race and the UEC European title for the first time, on home soil.<\/p>\n

Rogli\u010d set the fastest times at each of the intermediate time checks, coming 8km and 16km into the 22km race, eventually setting a time of 46:68. Behind the 36-year-old, Bruno Amirail was second, six seconds down, while his compatriot Maxime Decomble made it a good day for France, taking third place a further 22 seconds down.<\/p>\n

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Rogli\u010d put in a perfect display on the course\u2019s fearsome climb to Mo\u017ejanca, putting 13 seconds into Amirail, who had been the previous fastest rider. He then flew down the descent, losing time to the Frenchman at the second check and defending to the line.<\/p>\n

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Rogi\u010d benefitted from brilliant support on the course, heading to the top of the climb through a tunnel of Slovenian flags, describing the success as beautiful.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s for me, but I think it’s also for all the people, everyone out all these days, not just today. All the people that make it possible to have these Championships in Slovenia. So I think it’s just beautiful to finish off this event for all of us,” he said afterwards.<\/p>\n

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“I didn’t have my radio. It went off in probably in the first kilometre of the of the race, so I was completely lost, [I] just did it on my feelings. But I definitely just put everything on the road, and luckily it was enough. So I’m really happy.”<\/p>\n

The men\u2019s Elite TT at this year\u2019s UEC European Road Championships marked the end of six days of racing, but the race lacked some of the discipline\u2019s biggest names, with World Champion Remco Evenepoel and the other medalists from the Montreal Worlds, Filippo Ganna and Paul Seixas, both absent.<\/p>\n

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Indeed, the highest-placed World Championships rider taking the start was Jakob S\u00f6derqvist, the Swedish rider, the final rider down the start ramp. There were some big names racing \u0160en\u010dur though, with Stefan K\u00fcng, Kasper Asgreen, Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d and the in-form Bruno Amirail all among the late starters.<\/p>\n

The course was identical to the other time trial races this week, and the same 22km circuit which closed all the road races. Featuring the climb to Mo\u017ejanca, it\u2019s 2km averaging more than 10% gradient, and set to define the course.<\/p>\n

Only 44 riders started Wednesday\u2019s race, with Kosovan rider Albion Kastrati riding a road bike, the first and hitting the opening time check at the top of the climb, 8km into the course, in 16:54, though the second starter, Samet Bulut (T\u00fcrkiye), was already closing in.<\/p>\n

While Kastrati reached the 16.3km time check, and even the finish, first, behind him Portugal\u2019s first rider, Tiago Antunes had hit the top of the climb more than three minutes faster, his ride heralding a series of new best times. The fastest of those went to local hero Rogli\u010d, the former Olympic champion, stopping the clock in 13:10, a time no one was able to beat.<\/p>\n

Results<\/p>\n

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Position<\/p>\n

Rider (Country) Team<\/p>\n

Time Gap<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe<\/p>\n

28:16:061<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

Bruno Armirail (Fra) Visma-Lease a Bike<\/p>\n

0:07,129<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Maxime Decomble (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United<\/p>\n

0:28,969<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

Ilan Van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-QuickStep<\/p>\n

0:33,036<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

Stefan K\u00fcng (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling<\/p>\n

0:35,809<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost<\/p>\n

0:45,459<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

Marco Frigo (Ita) NSN Cycling Team<\/p>\n

0:55,909<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

Jakob S\u00f6derqvist (Swe) Lidl-Trek<\/p>\n

0:56,279<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

Callum Thornley (GBr) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe<\/p>\n

0:56,709<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

Iv\u00e1n Romeo (Spa) Movistar Team<\/p>\n

0:57,999<\/p>\n

11<\/p>\n

Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe<\/p>\n

0:58,779<\/p>\n

12<\/p>\n

Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates-XRG<\/p>\n

0:59,239<\/p>\n

13<\/p>\n

Felix Gro\u00dfschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates-XRG<\/p>\n

1:02,129<\/p>\n

14<\/p>\n

Mauro Schmid (Swi) Jayco-AlUla<\/p>\n

1:07,549<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team<\/p>\n

1:07,989<\/p>\n

16<\/p>\n

Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe<\/p>\n

1:11,569<\/p>\n

17<\/p>\n

Sander De Pestel (Bel) Decathlon CMA CGM<\/p>\n

1:13,030<\/p>\n

18<\/p>\n

Jan Tratnik (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe<\/p>\n

1:23,709<\/p>\n

19<\/p>\n

Tiago Antunes (Por) Efapel Cycling<\/p>\n

1:27,953<\/p>\n

20<\/p>\n

Marco Brenner (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling<\/p>\n

1:28,009<\/p>\n

21<\/p>\n

Alex Kirsch (Lux) Cofidis<\/p>\n

1:37,099<\/p>\n

22<\/p>\n

Miguel Heidemann (Ger) Rembe | Rad-Net<\/p>\n

1:37,649<\/p>\n

23<\/p>\n

Sjoerd Bax (Ned) Pinarello-Q36.5<\/p>\n

1:39,599<\/p>\n

24<\/p>\n

Micha\u0142 Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers<\/p>\n

1:47,649<\/p>\n

25<\/p>\n

Mathieu Kockelmann (Lux) Lotto-Intermarch\u00e9<\/p>\n

2:00,169<\/p>\n

26<\/p>\n

Axel K\u00e4llberg (Fin) Lucky Sport Cycling Team<\/p>\n

2:39,239<\/p>\n

27<\/p>\n

J\u00e1nos Pelik\u00e1n (Hun) Team United Shipping<\/p>\n

2:51,489<\/p>\n

28<\/p>\n

Aivaras Mikutis (Ltu) Tudor Pro Cycling<\/p>\n

2:52,009<\/p>\n

29<\/p>\n

D\u00e1vid Ka\u0161ko (Svk) Dukla Banska Bystrica<\/p>\n

3:01,839<\/p>\n

30<\/p>\n

Burak Abay (Tur) Konya B\u00fcy\u00fck\u015fehi\u0307r Beledi\u0307ye Spor<\/p>\n

3:13,459<\/p>\n

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