Roglič triumphs at Tirreno for winning return from injury
Slovenian rider Primoz Roglic of the team Jumbo - Visma celebrates on the podium with the overall leader jersey after the 7th stage of the 58th edition Tirreno Adriatico, Italy, Sunday March 12, 2023. (GianMattia D'Alberto/LaPresse via AP)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/GianMattia D'Alberto]
SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO, Italy (AP) — Primož Roglič has made a winning return to cycling as he triumphed at the week-long Tirreno-Adriatico race for a fourth Slovenian victory in five editions of “The Race of the Two Seas.” It was Roglič’s first race of the season after the Jumbo-Visma rider underwent shoulder surgery last year. Roglič has ended the week-long race 18 seconds ahead of João Almeida of Portugal and 23 seconds ahead of British cyclist Tao Geoghegan Hart. Belgian cyclist Jasper Philipsen won a bunch sprint to take Sunday’s stage. The Alpecin-Deceuninck rider edged out Dylan Groenewegen and Alberto Dainese.
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From left, second placed Joao Almeida of Portugal - UAE Team Emirates, winner Primoz Roglic of Slovenia - Jumbo - Visma, and third placed Tao Geoghegan Hart of Britain - INEOS Grenadiers, celebrate on the podium after the 7th stage of the 58th edition Tirreno Adriatico in Italy, Sunday March 12, 2023. (GianMattia D'Alberto/LaPresse via AP)
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