Jumbo Visma's Primoz Roglic continues to focus on the rematched Tour de France as a major goal for the 2020 season, and with the training and race route planned for this race, he hopes to arrive in La Grande Boucle in the best possible condition The team hopes to arrive in La Grande Boucle in the best possible condition with the training and race route planned for the race.

In an interview with Slovenian national broadcaster RTV Slovenija on Sunday, Roglic described his preparations for the Tour as including a high-altitude training camp in July and a stage race in the Tour de Ain on August 7-9, his first competition. A second high-altitude training camp will then be held before the start of the Tour, which will start in Nice on August 29 and finish in Paris on September 20.

In further comments to the Slovenian News Agency (STA), according to the weekend national newspaper Delo, Roglic added: "The Tour is scheduled for the end of August, so there is more than enough time for all athletes who want to participate in the race to prepare. COVID-19] situation here and If the situation improves in other parts of Europe, there is no reason not to organize the race."

If Roglic gets the opportunity to participate in the high altitude training camp before the Tour, he will arrive at the start in Nice in the best position to challenge for the title, along with Jumbo-Visma teammates Steven Kruijswijk and Tom Dumoulin It will be.

"Our main concern is to make sure each of us is as prepared as possible for the race. Only by doing so can we achieve the best results together."

"We want to be as prepared as possible for the Tour. If our pre-Tour plan works, all doors should be open when we finish the race.

"The Olympics was a big goal. The original program was to leave for Tokyo right after the Tour, to compete in a road race six days after the Tour."

"That would have been stressful. So [the rescheduling of the season] will probably make it easier to plan next year's goals," he said after the competition was postponed until the summer of 2021.