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

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Carlos Rodriguez- The Next Great Rodriguez
Born in Almunecar, Spain, he's showed immense talent throughout his young career. In 2018, he won the MJ ITT championship in Spain, 3rd in MJ European Championships on the road,6th in Paris Roubaix Juniors, and won the points and youth classification at Tour de Gironde International. In 2019, he kept the MJ ITT Championship in Spain, won GC at Tour de Gironde International, and won Gipuzkoa Klasika over Juan Ayuso. In 2020 he jumped to the WT, signing for Ineos. His first season on the UCI World Tour did not go well, as his best result was 14th at the European Championships at the U23 level. In 2021, his level went up a notch, with a fourth place overall at Vuelta a Andalucia, 7th at GP Industria & Artigianato, 10th GC at Tour of Britain, 3rd ITT at Spain NC's, and a stage win, 2nd overall, and first in KOM and Youth Classifications at the Tour De Avenir.

So far in 2022, he's finished 3rd and 2nd in the two most important GC stages at Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, sits 3rd, 36 seconds down of leader Aleksandr Vlasov and 4 seconds behind Remco Evenepoel, and sits above established riders like Jakob Fuglsang, Alejandro Valverde, Giulio Ciccone, and others.

One can only hope for more great things for Carlos in 2022 and beyond

 

[Red Rick]

Paging @LaFlorecita only she gets to make that call

 

[Roku]

Gosh, please, hopefully he is not a next Contador.

Very good performance today. Quickly climbing up INEOS hierarchy

 

[Bonimenier]

This comparison is highly disrespectful towards Rodriguez!

 

[RedheadDane]

Gosh, please, hopefully he is not a next Contador.

What would be wrong with being a next Contador?
Apart from the fact that everyone should just be allowed to be themselves, and not be given the - sometimes rather heavy - mantle of "Next [X]".

But, surely... Carlos is the New(est) Rodriguez!

 

[Roku]

What would be wrong with being a next Contador?
Apart from the fact that everyone should just be allowed to be themselves, and not be given the - sometimes rather heavy - mantle of "Next [X]".

Without wanting to fuel an argument on Contador, i always found him too narcissistic to my liking, to put it lightly.

 

[Netserk]

Paging @LaFlorecita only she gets to make that call

She hasn't created an "I love Carlos Rodriguez" thread. Yet.

So he's not quite there.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

I switched the thread name to be Carlos Rodriguez- The Next Great Rodriguez.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Carlos crashed today on stage 4 but ended up with no losses in time as he rejoined the peloton.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Where's the "better than Remco" option?

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

We know Remco is the next Eddy Merckx, and nobody is better than Eddy Merckx

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

According to his PCS page,Rodriguez is down for the Vuelta, which would be amazing for him. Last time I checked he wasn’t scheduled for the Vuelta, so that probably meant Ineos really like his Valencia performance.

 

[sir fly]

I was convinced he was going to podium today once the single-digit elastic to the peloton expanded to half a minute.
Very good performance. And if there's been a tactical mistake, it certainly wasn't his call.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

I was convinced he was going to podium today once the single-digit elastic to the peloton expanded to half a minute.
Very good performance. And if there's been a tactical mistake, it certainly wasn't his call.

Rodriguez is so close to being a contender any race he enters.

 

[Escarabajo]

Watch out with this guy. Starting to be a fan of his!

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Watch out with this guy. Starting to be a fan of his!

Same. It’s unfortunate he’s at Ineos, though I believe his contract is up at the end of next year, so there’s some hope of him leaving.

 

[AlfaLum]

I think he is developing quite well at Ineos and getting a lot of chances already. Don’t understand why Ineos would be a problem for him. In fact, with his potential I think it is a very good place for him to be.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

I think he is developing quite well at Ineos and getting a lot of chances already. Don’t understand why Ineos would be a problem for him. In fact, with his potential I think it is a very good place for him to be.

I agree the development there is excellent, but I’m thinking about the limited opportunities there for him.

 

[AlfaLum]

I agree the development there is excellent, but I’m thinking about the limited opportunities there for him.

I think with Ineos the opportunities depend entirely on the riders. I’ve read the same thing in the past about Carapaz, Adam Yates who would struggle to get opportunities due to the presence of guys like Froome, Thomas, Bernal etc.

If you are better than the guy next to you at Ineos you get the opportunities. And as a bonus you get an incredible team to help you when you are the best in the race for them.

Of course Rodriguez will have to reach a very high level, but it has worked for many. Even a guy like Martinez seems to be in for more of a leadership role now after some great performances.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

The young talent wins stage 5 of the Basque Country from a strong climbers break. The stage was difficult but in the end he was the first man across the line.

 

[Potomac]

Surely we must call him C-Rod now.

 

[SafeBet]

Happy for his first pro win. Soler did most of the work for him but he was still good enough to hold on in the final 15 km with a group of very good riders chasing him. Definitely a breakout season.

 

[Bonimenier]

Pogacar thanking the lord that this kid won't ride the Tour this year.

 

[Earns1985]

Hmm.. any news about him? Didn´t rode since he gave up in Liege. And he is neither in the squad for Dauphine nor Suisse now..

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Carlos Rodriguez was with the favorites until the sprint, finished with Yates, and is fourth overall. I expect big things from him the rest of the Vuelta.