00:08Okay, first question here in the front.
00:17Thank you. Super question. How is the goal indeed possible to be today?
00:24Well, I can answer more on my perspective of approaching this year.
00:31So instead of preparation, I did rehabilitation.
00:36And yeah, you know, a bit different. I didn't plan these things.
00:44So that's why I come here. At the end, yes, I could manage to do some trainings.
00:52And yeah, what that means, I don't know, you know, maybe I do one stage or at least this 10Ks
00:59should be fine.
01:02But then later on, I mean, we see day by day how it goes and where we come.
01:08The car hitting you on the train. Can you explain what happened and how tough the way back was? How
01:14heavy 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 hit bomb straight on the ground on my on my side or my on my ass.
01:41So luckily, my big ass saved me. I didn't break nothing. But still, yeah, I I get super big hematoma.
01:49And yeah, it was just I couldn't do much for at least three weeks. I mean, I just like if
01:58you if you would ask me now still, I think 10 days back or something.
02:03I wouldn't say that I can sit on the TT bike or I can do at all something. I mean,
02:08putting my sock on my feet was the hardest thing to do at least three weeks.
02:14But yeah, luckily, at the end, it moved. I could start moving. I mean, definitely I still feel it. Of
02:22course, I cannot still lay on the right side or whatever.
02:25I forget about it, but good enough to to ride the bike and to to to come here to start
02:31the Vuelta.
02:33How motivated are you? Are you still looking forward to racing in Spain?
02:39Yeah, always. No, I mean, he's at the end. Also, you always say, I mean, you know, with the older
02:47you go, you don't get more and more opportunities being on the in the Vuelta,
02:53especially starting this year here in Monaco is something special. And yes, didn't do any of Grand Tours this year.
03:06So would be nice. Yes, to race a bit a bit longer.
03:13Hello, Primoz. What do you remember from the Vuelta you won in 2019, which was also the first and only
03:20Vuelta of Pogastra?
03:22And how was he in your life at the time?
03:28Yeah, maybe it was the last time I beat him or something. I don't know. But yeah, he was he
03:35was just coming. Maybe what I think was maybe his first Grand Tour.
03:39And I mean, already finishing on the podium is incredible. He was super strong. Yes, on the last day or
03:50one of the last days. And I mean, yeah, definitely was was the guy that was that was coming really
03:59fast.
04:21Yeah, that's the thing. I don't know why. I mean, we have to see it. It's I mean, probably will
04:29be pretty fast.
04:30To be honest, honest, honest, honestly, quite fast because quite fast. I think a stage in Andorra or stage four
04:39or something. And then also, I think for the later on in the first week are already some super hard
04:47stages.
04:49So yeah, I think probably wanted or not with these stages. I mean, I will get already some answers. And
04:58depends on that. Yeah, we will see then for later on, for the second and third week, actually how to
05:06to to manage it and how to turn it.
05:26I think it's quite simple. I mean, it's just perfect place to ride a bike. Honestly, I mean, I always
05:34say 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 every day, different
05:49rides. Yeah, you just start on zero, you can ride.
05:52I mean, it's no snow, so you can ride also in the in the winter. And it's yeah, pretty amazing
05:59in terms of of of the roads and possibilities that you can that you can do here around with the
06:07bike.
06:07Yeah, pretty much.
06:10Yeah, pretty much.
06:12Yeah, pretty much.
06:21Yeah.
06:21I mean, yeah, at least as free Slovenians we live in maybe 100 meters area almost all around on the
06:36same Earth.
06:37on the same part but not really I mean I have to say when
06:45I like to be alone if I'm honest if I have possibilities then when I go on the bike yes
06:51I really like oh you know I maybe or at least I always imagine this I can have a couple
06:57of hours
06:57for myself because I have a lot of work with myself and yeah I don't train with much of
07:05companions normally you know like with the pressure I think it comes a bit naturally or
07:27something you know by the way everything moves or surrounding and all this but at the moment
07:34not really because like I said I mean if you would ask me yeah 10 days ago wow it was
07:42really
07:43tough one and you know now last week I I mean I did everything I could yeah yesterday I was
07:49driving
07:49almost six hours down from from from Izeran to to come you know to yeah to the coast you know
07:58and
07:58yeah we will see huh I mean you know it's uh yeah I did what I could do it was
08:03the 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
08:25Saturday
08:26yeah actually I think I can confirm that I spoke one time with them and but also that was uh
08:32yeah just super
08:33recently actually and uh the news or everything was out already I think uh weeks in front or whatever
08:41so I was always oh obviously I mean uh a lot of people knows a lot more actually than me
08:47uh so uh yeah
08:49yeah at the end yes we spoke
08:55what does it mean what does it mean what does it mean for you uh yeah la vuelta the race
09:03that uh
09:05I have some nice memories huh it's is I think one of the hardest races um yeah physically the most
09:13demanding one that that you can do uh but yeah I think also then with
09:19with with the victories or the the success that uh I have here probably it took away a bit yeah
09:26all the suffering you know that I already had it here but uh yeah it's
09:31it's just super hard uh super hard race and uh yeah then goes quite naturally I think also with me
09:40if it's a hard then it's something that can attract me and uh can be a challenge
09:47pretty much 2021 you had a crash you came back 2022 you had a crash you came back you won
09:5324 you had a crash you came back you won
09:55does this previous history of yours of the world give you any confidence for your situation now
10:06huh I would love to uh I mean but you know like I said if you would tell me this
10:11those 10 days uh in front or or 14 or uh three weeks I mean I barely walked uh you
10:20know I couldn't do nothing uh and it was day after day and it passed it passed two weeks and
10:27still I was on the same point like after the crash you know so
10:32it's hard uh you know it's hard to to maintain this uh you know positivity and this kind of of
10:40thinking so uh at the end you you really need to to you know how to say to let it
10:46go uh I mean
10:47I mean it will happen what will happen and I mean yes I will be in the shape or on
10:53the place that I I will be you know I have to accept it so either I'm on the start
10:56of vuelta or not but at the end yes I mean I just want to you know to sit without
11:01too much pain to yeah to move without too much pain now
11:22you understood it or so uh what kind of uh previews are we looking at uh comparing with the best
11:30days of your career to now
11:33well I mean I don't know I need a mirror now to see myself I think it's good now
11:38uh we will see uh I mean uh like I said no clue especially after the crash I mean I
11:48couldn't think
11:48about sitting even I couldn't I mean go down so I couldn't think a bit even to ride a TT
11:53bike
11:54if I'm honest so yeah on on Saturday we will see luckily I'm lucky that is not a 30k time
12:01trial that
12:02you have to be in the position I don't know 20 minutes in a row so with this kind uh
12:08of of parkour
12:09maybe yes I I can start with and then we will see the next days how it goes
12:24of course you are only the journalist of Lowelta here so it's the best race yes
12:30thank you thank you very much for everything going on thank you
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