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Visma | Lease a Bike interested in bringing Primož Roglič back
Visma | Lease a Bike has shown interest in bringing Primož Roglič back to the Dutch team, according to reports.
Roglič left at the end of 2023 for Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe, hoping to pursue his goal of winning the Tour de France.
He became a leading stage-race rider at Visma, the team then known as LottoNL-Jumbo, winning three Vuelta a España titles and the Giro d’Italia.
He also won the Vuelta, the Critérium du Dauphiné and the Tour of Catalonia after joining Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe, but did not win the Tour de France.
This year he finished second in the Vuelta and became European time trial champion.
Roglič has not decided whether to race next season, and has said his recent race in Lombardy might have been his last as a professional.
Several teams are reportedly interested in signing him, including Lotto-Intermarché, Tudor, XDS Astana and Pinarello-Q36.5.
A return to Visma is only a possibility; no decision by Roglič or agreement with a team has been announced.
Lease a Bike is reportedly interested in bringing Primož Roglič back to the team.
The team has reportedly contacted the Slovenian rider about a possible return, according to reports cited by the articles.
Roglič left at the end of 2023 to pursue his goal of winning the Tour de France with Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe.
He has not said whether he will continue racing, and several other teams are also reported to be interested.
- Who
- Visma | Lease a Bike and Slovenian rider Primož Roglič.
- What
- The team is reportedly interested in bringing Roglič back and has contacted him about a possible return.
- When
- The reports appeared on 21 and 22 October 2026.
- Where
- The possible return would be to Visma | Lease a Bike, based in the Netherlands.
- Why
- Not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Roglič made his WorldTour debut with LottoNL-Jumbo, the predecessor of Visma | Lease a Bike.
Roglič left the team to pursue his Tour de France goal with Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe.
Roglič won the Vuelta a España while riding for Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe.
Roglič finished second in the Vuelta a España and won the European time trial title.
Roglič said he was unsure whether to continue racing.
In de Leiderstrui reported that Visma | Lease a Bike was interested in a reunion.
- Reported interest
- Visma | Lease a Bike
- Roglič's departure
- End of 2023
- Former team
- LottoNL-Jumbo, predecessor of Visma | Lease a Bike
- Vuelta titles with former team
- Three
- Other interested teams named
- Lotto-Intermarché, Tudor, XDS Astana and Pinarello-Q36.5
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What people are saying
Whether I still have the motivation to continue? I think so, yes. I think I will keep racing. But it could also be that Lombardy was my last professional race ever.
Maybe I will wear it only at home.