18 seconds. He had 1:21 this morning. He's now got 1:03.
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18 seconds. He had 1:21 this morning. He's now got 1:03.
Rog took over 3 minutes since last Sunday.
We've got Covadonga, Moncalvillo & the ITT coming up. If the dynamic remains the same, it's only going to end one way.
I maintain it was stupid to give him 5min. 5th-8th consistently may have been enough from there with only just over 2 weeks to go, but he also would be better than 8th if he didn't keep trying to follow roglic when he surges, sucked in every time.
But it's also true he had already lost quite a bit of time in that first steep finish.
I would have been of that opinion at the time, they (Bora) could quite easily have given him just 4 minutes in stage 6 knowing that they could reel him in quite quickly in the stages ahead. But then they would have had to defend the red jersey for much longer which by itself may have taken its toll on Bora and Roglic would have been marked by every other rider in the race. By allowing O'Connor such an advantage it meant that he became the new barometer. It was as much of a mistake by Movistar and the other GC teams given the fact that they might not get the time back before Sunday.
I don't think O'Connor can win the race from this position unless Roglic crashes or suffers a racing incident but he still has a decent chance of finishing second which I think would be a great result for him.
Under the circumstances, another 2-3 days in the red jersey is probably the best one can hope for. Not a bad run. Everything will probably have to line up to get a spot on the podium.
Initially I thought this would be a fun lead to see raced, but it's been a certain and depressing erosion of his lead. And I am not really a fan of the rider or the team.
Odds right now at 4 to 7 that he podiums, which implies a better chance at getting on the podium than not.
Odds for podium:
Roglic 1 to 14 (ie bet 14, get your original 14 back plus 1)
Mas 2 to 7 (bet 7, get your original 7 plus 2)
OConnor 4 to 7
Carapaz 2 to 1
Skjelmose 11 to 2
Landa 7 to 1
O’Conner is being sold short by the pathetic Australian sporting media. Only the ABC is reporting his feats. Lazy journalists for Australian media outlets just doing mindless copy and paste of AFL and Rugby League. You would hope at least one or two would actually do some proper journalism to inform the Australian public. Watch as they wake up when O’Conner gives away the jersey. Hopefully he seals a podium spot.
I thought that the freshness from only two race days since the Giro might work in his favour, but O'Connor seems to be missing the sharpness of racing
He's been getting regular coverage on RSN through Matt Keenan.
But how many Australians access their sports news via RSN? I think RSN was created for horse racing? Personally I’ve never been there.
Another Google search on O’Conner today returns nothing outside of the ABC. Where are the major newspapers? Fox Sports? Surely it’s worth an online story? One less AFL, Rugby League, cricket, “Raygun” or even F1 story nobody will miss.
NBC=Peacock in US market. Plenty of support and interviews with Ben.
I’ve just noticed that the 3 main jerseys in the Vuelta are held by 3 different Aussies, and I’m sure this is a first in a GT.
It’s also gotta be rare for any nationality other than the host nation.
It’s also gotta be rare for any nationality other than the host nation.
Great. So possibly better known in America than Oz.
Despite winning 2 of the three GTs, leading the 3rd after 17 stages, a men’s elite world title and various monuments and classics we are back to the level of public ignorance of cycling in Australia that existed when Phil Anderson first put the sport on the map in a beer commercial 🙄
It happened in the 2011 Giro. They had lloyd, Evans and Porte in jerseys.
I don't know why you are surprised! If it's not afl, rugby, cricket or horse racing no one cares here, unless it's an Olympic gold medal event for Aus!
I'm surprised we get as much live coverage here by sbs as we do, it's really very good and since we lost gcn I am very grateful.
Cycling is a fringe sport here, even if we are successful at it - the TDF being the only exception, that gets still media if an Aussie does something of note. Still 95% of people wouldn't have a clue who Pogacar is.
Australia was winning back to back Ironman world championships for years and no one cared. It's like that I guess, which you might identify with as you also may not care 😅
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That was 2010, and included Porte in the youth jersey; when Evans was in pink they didn’t have the KOM or points, ie never the 3 main jerseys.
It’s a good stat, but it falls just short.
...and Phil used to come to our neighborhood to train as his wife was from PNW. He's ride 6 hrs a day in late Winter, early Spring with a local icon. Zone 2 for him, zone 3+ for my buddy. That helped to make him notable on the West Coast along with riding Tour de...Trump among other events on the East Coast. If he rode for an Aussie sponsor that might help but his team is doing well in Europe.
Phil Anderson had tons of charisma, too.
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