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He didn't downplay or *** the interviewers, he flat out said he wasn't going for GC. I don't think he has ever went to a race to just be there I don't see why he and the team are choosing races he can't win on his farewell year, it's not as if the rest are winning left or right, it...

Or maybe some people are crazy underreacting here. You can interpret my words as you want, that's not the point at all, the point is that I don't understand his attitude wasting the last year of his career and letting people remember him like this, like a bad teammate, a sore loser and someone...

You want Roglic to be remembered as a whiner and a sore loser that threw awain his final year after one of the best careers just because the team had other priorities? Nobody will really remember the good times, only the fans, he will be ridiculed like Froome I would have thought he would do...

I have to confess that I'm extremely disappointed. I've never known Roglic to be a quitter but he just said he didn't train for Romandie and that he is not going for GC when this is a race that was on his program. What a letdown of a year compared to other illustrious riders that are also...

I can get behind the argument about a slow approach to the season because I want to believe it. I don't really have much hope that it will get better, but also it's the first time he hasn't been competitive (for his standards) before a GT so we don't have data to compare. But if the team knows...

I'm sorry this is the argument that bothers me the most. I've seen a few people here all but claiming that he is just doing these spring races to shake the cobwebs and that he will be on top shape when it matters, but does that make sense? He was never a Geraint Thomas bullshitting his way...

You misunderstand me. My point is not to come here to brag that I was right, quite the opposite, I am trying to understand and I am trying to get the forum's view on this like it happened the last time I had a question about whether his decline was happening or not (this was back when he changed...

The sooner we accept that his days of being a Top 3 rider are over the better. It will hurt less to see him barely Top 5ing any races, and that's only if he's lucky and there's a weak field or rivals are out of shape. Other notable old riders didn't have to go against a bunch of alien kids...

Absolutely disgraceful way of treating such a champ, but it just reinforces what I think it's happening behind the scenes. I don't know how much this guys is involved in rider's training and performance but he seems to be confident about Roglic having declined to a top 10 rider instead of a...

Maybe his usual approach to the season is not good anymore. I don't really mean he has declined as in pushing lower numbers or not being able to achieve his goals during training, but all the other things around the sport have changed so much that it starting to look as if he'd need 1-2 seasons...

How does a crash that happened almost a year ago explain his lack of punch and overall lower level in Tirreno and Milano-Torino? His level hasn't dropped exaggeratedly so there is no reason to believe there is anything wrong with him in terms of still recovering from that Giro crash (no...

Let's be fair to the guy, he's ancient but still comfortably around Top 5 while declining (and/or taking a slower approach to the season, we'll see which one it is). If you've read my recent post you'll know that I am certain that the end is near, that he's been on a slow but steady downward...

And that's how it works in such a team. They all need to assert their alpha maleness so it's a problem with an easy solution, you either have the legs and become the leader or you don't and have to either domestique or wait for team tactics I am honestly not expecting anything from Roglic. He's...

I don't think it's the case anymore, the only recent time we saw him do a fresh effort was last Tour's Ventoux stage and he was at a very similar level as Lipo and Onley, in fact Onley was distanced because both teammates 1-2'd him, if they all rode for different teams they've probably crossed...

I'll throw the questions back at you to hear your explanations and reasoning. Believe me, I wish I had your optimism and I didn't feel like he's already started to decline in a way that is not sustainable in today's fast-paced peloton, but I think that's what's happened: 1. Do you really think...