Primoz Roglic: Jumbo-Visma rider defiant as he returns from injury ahead of La Vuelta 2022 title defence

“I’m here, I’m ready.” That is the defiant message from Primoz Roglic as he prepares to take on the Vuelta a Espana in a bid to win his fourth successive red jersey. The 32-year-old has been out of action since sustaining a dislocated shoulder and back injury during Stage 5 of this year’s Tour de France, leading to him retiring nine stages later.

Ad Roglic has been declared fit to defend his title in the third and final Grand Tour of the season. Vuelta a España'Crashes too often' — Roglic will not win a Grand Tour again, says Voigt3 HOURS AGO Speaking to Eurosport about his condition Roglic said: “We will see through the race”, if he is ready to compete or not, but in his mind, he feels “healed”.

The race will see the Slovenian go up against fellow former winners Chris Froome and Simon Yates, while Ethan Hayter also provides British interest as he makes his debut. Roglic has faced criticism from Eurosport cycling expert Jens Voigt, who thinks his tendency to crash leaves him in a position where he will struggle to win another Grand Tour in his career.

‘If Roglic stays on his bike he will be incredibly hard to beat’ – McEwen's La Vuelta predictions Yates, Froome and the other Brits hoping to light up La Vuelta La Vuelta team guide: Start list, star riders and race goals for all 23 teams Voigt said, “For my taste, he crashes once too often. Roglic's crash rate is very high, too high.

In addition, the accidents were sometimes bad, hurt and he lost a lot of skin in the process.” Well, the first attempt for Roglic to prove him wrong begins in the Netherlands, where teams take on a 23.3km team time trial on Stage 1 of La Vuelta. Asked whether his Jumbo Visma team arrive as favourites for the opening section of the race, Roglic