Primož Roglič at Another Career Crossroads: How His Next Move Compares With His Previous Transfers
Another major decision awaits Roglič
Primož Roglič has never followed a conventional path through professional cycling, and the next stage of his career may be no different.
The Slovenian remains a Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe rider in 2026, but his future beyond the end of the season has become one of the most closely watched stories on the transfer market. Recent reports have linked the four-time Vuelta a España winner with a possible move to Lotto–Intermarché for 2027, although no new contract has yet been officially announced.
For Roglič, however, changing direction is nothing new. His career has been defined by a series of carefully timed transitions, beginning long before he became one of the most successful Grand Tour riders of his generation.
From ski jumping to Adria Mobil
Roglič's first great sporting transition was not between cycling teams at all.
After leaving ski jumping, the former junior world champion turned his attention to cycling and joined Slovenian Continental team Adria Mobil in 2013. It was an unusual entry into professional cycling, particularly for an athlete who had taken up the sport relatively late.
During three seasons with Adria Mobil, Roglič developed from an inexperienced newcomer into one of Slovenia's most promising stage racers. Victories including the Tour of Slovenia helped attract attention from the WorldTour, and by 2016 he was ready for a much bigger step.
The move that changed everything
In 2016, Roglič joined LottoNL–Jumbo, the Dutch organisation that would later race under the Jumbo-Visma name.
That transfer transformed his career.
What initially looked like an opportunity for a talented but relatively inexperienced rider soon became one of the most successful partnerships in modern cycling. Roglič developed into a world-class time triallist, climber and Grand Tour leader.
He won three consecutive editions of the Vuelta a España between 2019 and 2021 and added the Giro d'Italia in 2023. His rise also played an important role in the transformation of the Dutch team into one of the dominant stage-racing squads in the peloton.
It is worth distinguishing between sponsorship changes and actual transfers. Roglič remained with the same Dutch team organisation from 2016 through 2023, even though its name changed several times. His departure at the end of 2023 was therefore his first genuine team transfer at WorldTour level.
Leaving Jumbo-Visma for a new challenge
Roglič's decision to join BORA–hansgrohe for the 2024 season was dramatically different from his first WorldTour move.
He was no longer an emerging rider searching for an opportunity. He arrived as a proven Grand Tour champion looking for a team in which he could once again pursue his own ambitions at the biggest races.
The gamble produced an important result almost immediately. After an injury-hit Tour de France, Roglič recovered to win the 2024 Vuelta a España, securing his fourth overall victory in the race and proving that he could still win a Grand Tour after leaving the organisation in which he had spent eight seasons.
BORA–hansgrohe subsequently became Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe, but once again this represented a change of team identity rather than a transfer by Roglič himself.
Why a 2027 move would be different
A possible transfer after the 2026 season would come at a very different point in Roglič's career.
His move to LottoNL–Jumbo was about discovering how far his talent could take him. His switch to BORA was about securing leadership and creating another opportunity to win the biggest races.
A 2027 transfer would instead be about extending an extraordinary career and finding the right environment for what could be its final chapter.
Lotto–Intermarché has emerged in reports as a potential destination, while other teams have also been discussed during recent transfer speculation. Until a contract is announced, those possibilities should remain exactly that: possibilities.
What makes the situation particularly interesting is Roglič's history. He has rarely changed teams simply for the sake of change. His two major cycling transfers each represented a clear sporting step: first towards the highest level of professional racing, and later towards renewed leadership and independence.
That pattern suggests that any final move would also need to offer him something meaningful.
One more chapter?
Few riders have built a career quite like Primož Roglič.
He went from ski jumping to a Slovenian Continental team, from Adria Mobil to the WorldTour, from developing prospect to Grand Tour champion, and eventually from Jumbo-Visma to a new project with BORA–hansgrohe.
Now another decision is approaching.
Whether Roglič ultimately joins Lotto–Intermarché, chooses another team or decides that the moment has come to end his professional career, his next move will be viewed against a remarkable history of successful reinvention.
For a rider whose career began with one of the most unlikely transitions in professional sport, perhaps another unexpected chapter would be entirely appropriate.