Primo-Roglic missed the stage win at the Critérium du Dauphine in the fog, but showed he was in form as the Tour de France approached and grabbed a valuable bonus second. 

Logric finished second to Magnus Colt (Uno-X Mobility), catching Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), who first emerged from the fog, and surged to an uphill finish.

The Critérium du Dauphiné, Logric's overall winner in 2022, is his first race back since being involved in a massive Italia Basque country crash.

Fresh from an altitude training camp in Sierra Nevada, Spain, but with minimal races this season, Rogic admitted that he feels "the season hasn't started yet.""

Logric has tracked so far in 2024 for only 14 days, but has chosen not to rush his return home after the country crash in the Ituria Basque country. After the transfer from Jumbo Visma to Bora Hansgrohe, Logric has focused entirely on the Tour de France. 

"There was no point in starting early after my fall. I don't have an easy race these days, so it wouldn't have been of any use to me," he said.

As het Laatste Nieuws reported on Tuesday, the injuries from roglić's crash were not minor, even if they were lucky enough not to have fractures like jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel. For ten days he did not ride a bike, his first training session was only 10 minutes and he had to use running shoes, not regular bike shoes, to minimize the pain.

"He had severe bruises all over his body, but the impact of the fall was so great," Rolf Aldag, team manager at Bora-Hansgrohe, told het Laatste Nieuws. "Even if you don't have a bone fracture like he does, it takes time to recover.

Fortunately, the Tour de France and Logric's overall ambitions were not in danger. 

"No one was worried. It was still a long time before the 7th month and the Tour de France started. We had time to recover, rebuild, do advanced training and prepare again," Aldag explained. 

Missing was the opportunity to race with his new Borahans Grohe teammate.  

"We are not stressing," Aldag said of Logric's expected performance at the Critérium du Dauphine.

"Of course, Primoz will want to test his feet and see where he stands. But he does not have to win the Dauphine. The result is proof that we are doing well as a team. We focus on process, consistency and making sure people know their role. Hopefully it will bring us results.

Logric was impressed by the finishing of the first uphill of the Criterium du Dauphine.

Team-mates Alexsandr Vlasov and Jai Hindley could be seen raising the tempo of the Peloton in the grinding ascent of the Col de la Roge. After the aluminum rail came into the line's sight, Rogic went inside the beard to take what would have been just the second Dauphine stage of his career. 

"It was a close thing," said the leader of Bora-Hansgrohe. "But it was hard to judge the overall situation at the end and it was a big group.

"Everyone is super fit and in the end, one was fast.”