LJUBLJANA - Primoz Roglic and Tadej Pogacar have been making waves for Slovenia as the two leading riders at this year's Tour de France, but they are far from the only athletes from the country to excel.
Ljubljana native Doncic was named in this year's All-NBA First Team on Wednesday after just his second season in the world's strongest basketball league."There are great professionals in Slovenia in all kinds of sports, it's a tough nation and we are all pushing each other," Roglic, 30, told reporters last week.
"Slovenians have an ambition to be great... That forces us to take a different path if we want to be successful," he told AFP. He noted while individual athletes could shine, the country had made little impression in team sports such as football, despite having the likes of Oblak and flamboyant Atalanta forward Josip Ilicic at their disposal.
"The system by itself can't produce success, but it is crucial in supporting those achievements," he told AFP. Tusak believes the switch to cycling - a sport that is less technical but requires more endurance - suited Roglic's characteristics as an"extremely disciplined, self-motivated sportsman".German doctor Mark Schmidt, accused of masterminding an international blood-doping network, went on trial in his home country on Wednesday.
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