00:08Okay, first question here in the front.
00:17Thank you.
00:19Super question.
00:20How is the goal indeed possible to be today?
00:24Well, I can answer more on my perspective.
00:30Of approaching this year.
00:31So instead of preparation, I did rehabilitation.
00:37And yeah, you know, a bit different.
00:40I didn't plan these things.
00:43But so that's why I come here.
00:47At the end, yes, I could manage to do some trainings.
00:52And yeah, what that means, I don't know.
00:55You know, maybe I do one stage or at least this 10Ks.
00:59I should be fine.
01:02But then later on, I mean, we see day by day how it goes and where we come.
01:07So you had some car hitting you on the train.
01:10Can you explain what happened and how tough the way back was and how heavy you feel?
01:17Yeah, I mean, yeah, the car hit me and then, yeah, first of all, I thought it's not so big
01:28thing because actually also the speed was not really high, super low.
01:34But I just, yeah, hit bomb straight on the ground on my side, on my ass.
01:41So luckily my big ass saved me.
01:43I didn't break nothing.
01:44But still, yeah, I get super big hematoma.
01:50And yeah, it was just, I couldn't do much for at least three weeks.
01:56I mean, I just like if you would ask me now still, I think 10 days back or something, I
02:03wouldn't say that I can sit on the TT bike or I can do at all something.
02:08I mean, putting my sock on my feet was the hardest thing to do at least three weeks.
02:14But yeah, luckily at the end, it moved.
02:18I could start moving.
02:20I mean, definitely I still feel it.
02:22Of course, I cannot still lay on the right side or whatever.
02:25Yeah, forget about it.
02:27But good enough to ride the bike and to come here to start the VW.
02:39Yeah, always, no?
02:41I mean, at the end also, you always say, I mean, you know, with the older you go, you don't
02:48get more and more opportunities being on the VW,
02:54especially starting this year here in Monaco is something special.
03:02And yes, didn't do any of Grand Tours this year.
03:06So it would be nice, yes, to race a bit longer.
03:13Hello, Primoz.
03:14What do you remember from the VW that you won in 2019, which was also the first and only VW
03:21for Gashar?
03:22And how was he in your height at the time?
03:28Yeah, maybe it was the last time I beat him or something.
03:31I don't know.
03:31But yeah, he was just coming.
03:37I think it was maybe his first Grand Tour.
03:40And I mean, already finishing on the podium is incredible.
03:47He was super strong, yes, on the last day or one of the last days.
03:51And I mean, yeah, definitely was the guy that was coming really fast.
04:02With the tough, how do you feel, which stage would be important for you to understand to go for the
04:13GC or for any stage?
04:15Because I mean, with this race, you have a special predictor always winning for time.
04:21Yeah, that's the thing.
04:22I don't know.
04:23I mean, we have to see it.
04:27It's, I mean, probably will be pretty honest, honestly, quite fast.
04:33Because quite fast are, I think, stage in Andorra or stage four or something.
04:41And then also, I think for the later on in the first week are already some super hard stages.
04:49So, yeah, I think probably, yeah, wondered or not with these stages, I mean, I will get already some answers.
04:58And depends on that, yeah.
05:00We will see then for later on, for the second and third week, actually how to manage it and how
05:10to turn it.
05:15Can you explain why it's such a hotspot for cyclists and around 40s like this?
05:21Apart from the financial benefits, of course, why is it a hotspot here?
05:26I think it's quite simple.
05:28I mean, it's just perfect place to ride a bike, honestly.
05:33I mean, I always say for myself and I already traveled a bit around the world, let's say,
05:39and I think there's no place like this to, yeah, that you can combine so many climbs, everyday different rides.
05:50Yeah, you just start on zero.
05:52You can ride, I mean, it's no snow, so you can ride also in the winter.
05:56And it's, yeah, pretty amazing in terms of the roads and possibilities that you can do here around with the
06:07bike.
06:09Primoz, today you did a personal here.
06:12Do you have like Slovenian aliens here in Monaco?
06:15Do you train sometimes together?
06:18Do you see each other here?
06:19When you are here?
06:21If you have what?
06:22Slovenian aliens.
06:24Ah, yeah.
06:26I mean, yeah, at least us three Slovenians, we live in maybe 100 meters area, almost.
06:34Uh, all around on the same, uh, on the same part.
06:39Um, but not really, uh, I mean, I have to say when, uh, I like to be alone, uh, if
06:47I'm honest.
06:48If I have possibilities, then when I go on the bike, yes, I really like, oh, you know, I maybe,
06:54or at least I always imagine this,
06:56I can have a couple of hours for myself because I have a lot of work with myself.
07:02Uh, uh, and, uh, yeah, I, I don't train with much of, of companions normally.
07:08With the program situation, would you say that the only fact to be at the Static Bank is a pleasure?
07:15And do you still feel pressure on them?
07:19Uh, you know, like, with the pressure, I think it, it, it comes a bit naturally or something, you know,
07:28by, by the way everything moves or surrounding and, and all this.
07:32But, uh, at the moment, not really, uh, because like I said, I mean, if you would ask me, yeah,
07:4010 days ago, wow, it was really tough one.
07:43Uh, and, uh, you know, now last week, I, I, I mean, I did everything I could.
07:48Yeah.
07:48Yesterday I was driving, uh, almost six hours down from, from, from Iseran to, to come, you know, to, yeah,
07:56to the coast, you know, and, uh, yeah, we will see, huh?
08:00I mean, you know, it's, uh, yeah, I did what I could do.
08:03It was the last moment, uh, thing.
08:05And, uh, yeah, I have to be happy already, you know, with, uh, with making it here and, uh, starting
08:12on, on Saturday.
08:21Uh, yeah, actually, I think I, I can confirm that I spoke one time with them and, uh, but also
08:31that was, uh, yeah, just super recently, actually.
08:35And, uh, the news or everything was out already, I think, uh, weeks in front or whatever.
08:41So I was always, uh, obviously, I mean, uh, a lot of people knows a lot more actually than me.
08:47Uh, so, uh, yeah, uh, at the end, yes, we, we spoke.
08:55What does, what does the race mean for you?
08:59Uh, yeah, La Velta, the race that, uh, I have some nice memories, uh, is, is, I think, one of
09:09the hardest races, um, yeah, physically, the most demanding one that, that you can do.
09:15Uh, but yeah, I think also then with, uh, with, with the, with the victories or the, the success that,
09:23uh, I have here, probably it took away a bit, yeah, all the suffering, you know, that, that I already
09:29had it here.
09:30Yeah, but, uh, yeah, it's, it's just super hard, uh, super hard race.
09:36Mm.
09:36And, uh, yeah, then it goes quite naturally.
09:39I think also with me, if it's a hard, then it's something that can attract me and, uh, can be
09:44a challenge.
09:47Primoz, 2021, you had a crash, you came back, 2022, you had a crash, you came back, you won, 2024,
09:54you had a crash, you came back, you won.
09:56Does this previous history of yours of La Velta give you any confidence for your situation now?
10:05Ha, I would love to, huh?
10:08I mean, but, you know, like I said, if you would tell me this, those 10 days, uh, in front
10:14or, or 14 or, uh, three weeks, I mean, I barely walked, huh?
10:20You know, I couldn't do nothing, huh?
10:22And there was day after day and it passed, it passed two weeks and still I was on the same
10:29point, like after the crash, you know?
10:30So, mm, it's hard, huh, you know, it's hard to, to, to maintain this, uh, you know, positivity and this
10:39kind of, of thinking.
10:41So, uh, at the end, you, you really need to, to, you know, how to say it, to let it
10:46go, huh?
10:46I mean, it will happen what will happen and, uh, I mean, yes, I will be in the shape or
10:53on the place that I, I will be, you know, I have to accept it.
10:55So, either I'm on the start of Vuelta or not, but at the end, yes, I mean, I just want
10:59to, you know, to sit without too much pain, to, yeah, to move without too much pain now.
11:08Primoz, por favor, dos cosas.
11:11Frente a los días mejores, que Robles veremos aquí en la Vuelta y si está por sábado, estás convencido de
11:19poderse poner a 3 para ver mayatropa.
11:22You understood it or?
11:24So, uh, what kind of, uh, pre-words are we looking at, uh, comparing with the best days of your
11:31career to now?
11:33Well, I mean, I don't know.
11:35I need a mirror now to see myself.
11:37I think it's good, no?
11:39Uh, we will see, huh?
11:41I mean, uh, like I said, no clue, especially after the crash.
11:47I mean, I couldn't think about sitting even.
11:50I couldn't, I mean, go down.
11:51So I couldn't think a bit, uh, even to ride a TT bike, if I'm honest.
11:55So yeah, on, on Saturday, we will see, luckily I'm lucky that is not a 30 K time trial that
12:02you have to be in the position, I don't know, 20 minutes in a row.
12:05So with this kind of, uh, of, of, of parkour, maybe as I, I can start with, and then we
12:12will see the next days how it goes.
12:14Simon, the last one, as for a question, is La Vuelta your favorite race?
12:24Of course, you are only the journalist of La Vuelta here, so it's the best race, yes.
12:30Thank you very much for, uh, you must go now.
12:35Thank you.
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