Teams & Riders Carlos Rodriguez- The Next Great Rodriguez Discussion Thread

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

By what will this stage be known? Jonas and Pogacar holding their hands and brake levers? It is great win by Carlos, fully deserved one as he took down Pogacar who had all the reasons to not let him go. There were zero gifts today, only ballsy descent attack by Rodriguez. Great win.

Motogate, in similar vein to Chaingate.

 

[Berniece]

Amazing ride by him. Hope he’ll finish third. Will be his best result ever after moving to Movistar

 

[Valv.Piti]

Like 5th best climber in a meh Vuelta field?

He literally doesn't have a single result in his career that makes 3rd in this Tour look plausible.

Turn out that Rodriguez IS indeed the 3rd strongest rider on the hard mountain stages. Who would have thought?

 

[Red Rick]

Turn out that Rodriguez IS indeed the 3rd strongest rider on the hard mountain stages. Who would have thought?

Definitely not me. Next time I will consider him a podium candidate.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Definitely not me. Next time I will consider him a podium candidate.

No coincidence that this was his strongest showing (along with Tourmalet-Campasque), the harder, the better. Look out on Loze. I wonder how much Hindley was hampered by the crash today.

A better and more well-rounded Carlito.

 

[Didinho]

Hold himself not far behind to be even in contest for the stage. Strong effort in the descent after being dropped, nice to see a young lad take his first GT win here.

 

[tobydawq]

As expected, big favourite for 3rd on GC.

 

[Potomac]

He did a great job on his post-race interview. Despite riding for Ineos, I still like him.

 

[KZD]

Rodriguez is the biggest GC young talent that Ineos have on their roster so its a big loss for them.

Personally I think Movistar its not a great choice for him but if they can keep developing him, Rodriguez is GT winning material.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

As expected, big favourite for 3rd on GC.

Stick it to the man.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

What a ride! Beating the mutants on the most difficult stage of the race so far is huge (even if they slowed down at some point). He, Hindley and Yates to fight for the podium.

 

[jmdirt]

GREAT race today Car Rod!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Johan Bruyneel saying Rodriguez to Movistar 'far from done' and chances of staying at Ineos are increasing.

Yeah i know its Bruyneel but he is still well connected.

 

[Ripper]

That was a pretty awesome performance today

 

[pelotonIQ]

Johan Bruyneel saying Rodriguez to Movistar 'far from done' and chances of staying at Ineos are increasing.

Yeah i know its Bruyneel but he is still well connected.

Found the The Move watcher.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Found the The Move watcher.

Can't watch it because of Lance, find him a bit difficult, JB2 is very good though because its just Johan and the host. He has his past and certain prejudices he can't get over but has a wealth of knowledge about cycling and tactics.

 

[Potomac]

Found the The Move watcher.

we all watch the move

 

[perico]

Johan Bruyneel saying Rodriguez to Movistar 'far from done' and chances of staying at Ineos are increasing.

Yeah i know its Bruyneel but he is still well connected.

Stay at Ineos and he’ll look great sharing Giro duties with Sivakov and Martinez.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Stay at Ineos and he’ll look great sharing Giro duties with Sivakov and Martinez.

I thought Sivakov was leaving to UAE?

 

[perico]

I thought Sivakov was leaving to UAE?

I was being sarcastic. Replace Sivakov’s name with another random name from Ineos.

 

[Big Doopie]

Stay at Ineos and he’ll look great sharing Giro duties with Sivakov and Martinez.

Nah, nah, stay at Ineos and have Remco be your last launch pad in your personal TDF mountain train.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Where did Bruynell get that intel from in regards to Rodriguez not being a sure bet for Movistar 2024?

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

He stayed with the mutants and Adam Yates the longest of all the other GC riders, and his main threat for the podium place is Yates, who isn’t even the highest placed GC rider on his team.

 

[Valv.Piti]

The small attack on the descent was quite clever, UAE immediately picked the pace up and all of a sudden Hindley was in trouble. Now Yates is the biggest competition for 3rd though, and he's looking stronger than ever in my book.

 

[Peyroteo94]

The small attack on the descent was quite clever, UAE immediately picked the pace up and all of a sudden Hindley was in trouble. Now Yates is the biggest competition for 3rd though, and he's looking stronger than ever in my book.

But Yates has shown to be better in the mountains. The best thing for him, would be Pogacar in yellow.