{"id":68072,"date":"2026-07-02T09:02:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T08:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.primozroglic.com\/nationals-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T09:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T08:02:23","slug":"nationals-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.primozroglic.com\/en\/nationals-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Home roads, home fans and the national time trial champion\u2019s jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the end of June, Dolenjska hosted this year\u2019s Slovenian National Road Championships, bringing Primo\u017e back to home roads and in front of home fans. The racing weekend in the Novo mesto area began with Friday\u2019s time trial in Karteljevo and continued with Sunday\u2019s road race in Gabrje pod Gorjanci. \n \nPrimo\u017e rode Friday\u2019s time trial in his own style. On the 28.8-kilometre course, he set the fastest pace from the very beginning and held it all the way to the finish. With a time of 34:25.49 and an average speed of 50.2 km\/h, he convincingly claimed the title of Slovenian national champion in the time trial. Roman Ermakov finished second, with Jakob Omrzel in third. \n \nFor Primo\u017e, the victory in Karteljevo was a special moment. Not only because of the national champion\u2019s jersey, but also because of his return to the Slovenian National Championships and the support that followed him along the course. Home roads always carry a different kind of energy, and this time they also brought another victory and the Slovenian colours for his future time trial appearances. \n \nOn Sunday, the racing moved to Gabrje, where the riders were met by heat, a demanding course and strong competition. In challenging conditions, Primo\u017e rode actively and fought in the chase, but the leader\u2019s advantage proved too big. He finished the road race in 4th place, behind winner Roman Ermakov, Jakob Omrzel and Tilen Fink\u0161t. \n \nThe Slovenian National Championships in Novo mesto were a weekend of contrasts: a convincing victory in the time trial, a tough road race and, above all, plenty of home support. After a demanding first part of the season, racing on home roads was a welcome reminder of why competing in Slovenia always holds a special place. \n \nHome roads. Home fans. The national champion\u2019s jersey. \nWe ROG ON!<\/p>\n\n

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Primoz Roglic (Red Bull – Bora – Hansgrohe \/ SLO) competes during Slovenian National Cycling Championships in Time Trial (28,8 km), on June 26, 2026 in Novo mesto – Karteljevo, Slovenia. Photo by\u00a0Luka Vovk \u00a0\/ Sportida<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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At the end of June, Dolenjska hosted this year\u2019s Slovenian National Road Championships, bringing Primo\u017e back to home roads and in front of home fans. The racing weekend in the Novo mesto area began with Friday\u2019s time trial in Karteljevo and continued with Sunday\u2019s road race in Gabrje pod Gorjanci. Primo\u017e rode Friday\u2019s time […]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[242],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.primozroglic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.primozroglic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.primozroglic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primozroglic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primozroglic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.primozroglic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68073,"href":"https:\/\/www.primozroglic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68072\/revisions\/68073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primozroglic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.primozroglic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primozroglic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.primozroglic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}