Primoz Roglic blaming Fred Wright for crash at La Vuelta was 'bizarre' - Dan Lloyd

Eurosport expert Dan Lloyd says Primoz Roglic’s decision to publicly blame Fred Wright for his exit from La Vuelta was «bizarre» and «out of character». Jumbo-Visma released a statement on Friday that quoted Roglic attributing blame to the Brit for the crash that ended his Vuelta. in the Stage 17 sprint.

Ad The Slovenian led a select group of five riders into the home straight as he sought to gain time on Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) in the red jersey, but hit the deck after coming together with Wright as the fast men swept past. Vuelta a España'This was a racing incident' — Bahrain Victorious defend Wright after Roglic accusation17 HOURS AGO «My conclusion is that the way this crash happened is unacceptable,» said Roglic. «Not everyone saw it correctly.

The crash was not caused by a bad road or a lack of safety but by a rider's behaviour. »I don't have eyes on my back. Otherwise, I would have run wide.

Wright came from behind and rode the handlebars out of my hands before I knew it." Shortly after Jumbo-Visma went public, Bahrain Victorious announced that they stood by their rider and that it had been a racing incident. Wright echoed that sentiment in a pre-race interview ahead of Stage 20, calling the situation unfair. Orla Chennaoui, Adam Blythe and Lloyd discussed the incident and fallout on the latest episode of The Breakaway, with the latter surprised by the timing of the statement.

“[It is] one of the most bizarre statements I think I've ever read from a cycling team,” said Lloyd. “I think it's even more shocking because Primoz is a very sensible character and is very switched on. “The team are fairly sensible, Richard Plugge [managing director of Jumbo Visma] has a background in journalism — he's an