Primoz Roglic has not yet officially decided on his plans for 2020, but suggested that he may focus on the Tour de France, saying that winning La Grande Boucle is his "dream," and that the Giro d'Italia is his future teammate in Jumbo Visma, Tom Dumoulin suggested that he would be better suited for the Roglic finished outside the podium in the 2018 Tour, but this year he has peeled off as a Grand Tour rider, finishing third in the Giro d'Italia and then winning the Vuelta a España.UAE Tour, Tirreno-Adriatico, Giro delle Miglia, He finished the year ranked No. 1 in the world standings with victories in the UAE Tour, Tirreno-Adriatico, Giro delle Miglia, and Tre Valli Varesine.

However, given the arrival in 2020 of Dumoulin, the 2017 Giro winner and home star of the Dutch team, Roglic's position within the team is far from clear. Add Steven Kruijswijk, who finished third in this year's Tour de France, and Jumbo Visma will have both the luxury of one of the strongest Grand Tours and the headache of how to allocate resources.

"I can't say for sure, but I want to win the Tour," Roglic told Cycling News at the recent Saitama Criterium in Japan.

"The Tour is the biggest race and as a rider who can win a Grand Tour, and as a rider who came third in the Giro, winning the Tour is a dream come true.

The respective routes for the 2020 Giro and Tour have been announced in recent weeks, leading to the annual intrigue over which Grand Tour rider goes where.

While the Tour announced a parcours consisting of relentless climbs and minimal time trials, the Giro will feature three time trials (totaling 58.8 km) to balance out the grueling final week in the high mountains. In theory, the Giro is a more attractive option for both Roglic and Dumoulin, who have done a lot of damage to pure climbers in recent years.

"I don't have time to study the route in detail, but the Giro has three time trials, which should be fine for me.

"I still don't consider myself a real time trial specialist," he said. But I'm better on the less flat 30km round trip courses."

Roglic also pointed out that his victory in the Vuelta was not a case of moving up in the time trial and defending in the mountains. In fact, he constantly left Alejandro Valverde, Miguel Angel Lopez, and Nairo Quintana behind, only to be beaten on the climb by his young compatriot Tadej Pogacar.

"There's no reason why the Tour wouldn't suit us," said Roglic. 'Usually you can gain time in the time trials of the Tour, but looking back on this year, if you're healthy and everything is okay, you'll have no problem riding in the mountains.'

Whatever his decision, Roglic enters the off-season as the best rider in the world on paper; the UCI abolished the old World Tour rankings, but he still finished the season more than 1,000 points ahead of Julien Alaphilippe and others, and 52 weeks atop the UCI world rankings He finished the season at the top of the UCI world rankings for the first 52 weeks of the season.

In any case, 2019 marked another major step forward in the 30-year-old Slovenian's extraordinary transition from a failed youth spent as a ski jumper.

"I feel tired, but on the other hand that is probably the feeling you should have. It's incredible to have had such a great season, so many wins, and to end up number one at the end of it.

"I was hoping it would happen. I always say I want to do as much as possible and if you want to win a Grand Tour you need to be good at a lot of things. But it's great to have done so well in all the other races. The reply was, "We'll see," a phrase often heard in the Giro and Vuelta.

"No matter what, I've already finished first in the world.

"As always, with better results come more expectations. And with greater responsibility. Whatever happens, I will work hard and see what happens next year."