That would be great. I havent seen the course yet. But i think roglic just love these conditions of the vuelta. And i like evenepoel too. But i think he is little bit arrogant for his age.
Roglic, please dont go to the tour. A second peak for the vuelta and lombardia would be perfect.
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Red Rick has got G's TT problems about right. Just look at the first stage TT - fine on the flat, but the little climb at the end and he lost time.
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Congrats to Primoz Roglic he proved he is the strongest rider and fully deserves to win this Giro.
We can complain about the heavily backended route discouraging attacks but we can’t complain about the winner - or the final podium. The top three riders today finished top 3 on GC and were the strongest riders in this Giro. Most fans seem to prefer “entertainment” no matter what. I prefer to see the strongest riders prevail.
Congrats also to Geraint Thomas and especially João Almeida. Almeida snared his first grand tour podium and Thomas proved he could be at a top level so late in his career.
We can complain about the heavily backended route discouraging attacks but we can’t complain about the winner - or the final podium. The top three riders today finished top 3 on GC and were the strongest riders in this Giro. Most fans seem to prefer “entertainment” no matter what. I prefer to see the strongest riders prevail.
Congrats also to Geraint Thomas and especially João Almeida. Almeida snared his first grand tour podium and Thomas proved he could be at a top level so late in his career.
I think without the crash at stage 11 he would have won with more time. But you cant say for sure. Maybe G. was great or roglic is declining.
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What a dramatic ending! Congrats Roglic! Would have been fun to see Remco in the mix
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Let's say Roglič didn't have a mechanical today and 3rd place Almeida was 3 minutes down. I would bet a lot of money that G would lose another 20 seconds. In cycling, a lot of the time, it's a lot about how much you are prepared to suffer. When you know you have nothing to gain or lose, your effort just isn't the same. Even for top professionals.
The only thing Thomas could have done differently was not change helmets. (still wouldn't have changed the outcome)
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Poor Bouwman gave Roglic his bike like 3 or 4 times this Giro
3 Ineos in top10, 11 nationalities in top 11, 2 anglos and 2 dutch/flemish speakers in the top10, 1st Slovenian to win Giro. 2nd Giro win for Rabo-Jumbo (Menchov). 2nd Giro win for Cervelo (Hesjedal). 2nd (3rd*) Giro win for Sram (Contador 2008-2011*), 1st GT win for Nimbl shoes
No way. Yates was the hero.
He was epic and a shame he got run over by clinic stuff
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Little? I hope you are being sarcastic or joking but that isn’t funny. Nearly 860 vertical metres in just over 7 Km is quite incredible. And Thomas still finished 3rd on the stage.
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So sad we have to choose between entertaining races like the 2022 Tour where weak riders win and a boring race where the strongest in the race (at least those who didn‘t crash out or catch Covid) win in the end. I think that’s rarely an either/or choice and that entertainment and strong winners don’t correlate. Also, if you love seeing the strongest win, go watch weightlifting! ( I am not liable for the strongest weightlifters possibly being disqualified afterwards)
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He meant the first TT, not today lol.
So the Skeleton was weak, too good!
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If you only care about entertainment, go watch WWF wresting. It’s about getting the balance right. Not sure if you’ve raced a bike but those of us who have would understand.
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If they extended the time limit more today it would've been one more time followed by footage of Bouwman pissing off the mountain while Thomas was riding past him.
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No this was a terrible Giro. Remco would've won this by half an hour.
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He was talking about the stage 1 ITT which had a climb of like 1.6km at 5%.
Thomas actually dropped 20 seconds on that hill there but that I would simply blame on pacing strategy and blowing up
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I was only able to watch the stage with no sound and with just half an eye, but my pants almost turned brown when I noticed Roglič had dropped his chain. Maybe the race would have panned out differently if I had worn brown pants throughout the Giro, but at least in this dimension Roglič delivered when it mattered and will deserve to stand on top of the podium tomorrow (knock on wood).
The amazing thing on that shot was the other Jumbos jumping up and screaming in horror while Kuss barely reacted at all!
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