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[cen]

Slovenian championship will be held June 9-13, rumors of Pogacar attending but not Roglic. Realistically none will attend.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Likely the decision was twofold. First, stay healthy and second, keep some form for the Olympics.

I agree with the second part: Olympics and maybe also Vuelta. As for the first part: a crash can happen anywhere, also during trainings (and he will have a lot of them surely).

 

[Bolder]

I think it's a good idea. He is a bit accident prone and he seems to be having back luck in French stage races recently. Also as mentioned above he was sharp from the start this year so it's clear he doesn't need race days...

But I'm not sure how he could pass up a chance to wear the Slovenia national jersey. That's a great piece of kit and well worth fighting Pog for...

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Sleeping like a pro

Looks like Rog-800 is undergoing some major upgrade and needs more rest (that's why such a long break before the TdF). Enemies are looming large: newest CycLabs models Pog-900 and Eve-1000.

 

[Bolder]

What is the back story?

 

[Lequack]

What is the back story?

Not an answer, just more questions

 

[Bonimenier]

Not an answer, just more questions

The doll of Roglic looked much more lifelike.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Not an answer, just more questions

Cloning confirmed #van-dalism

 

[Oldermanish]

Not an answer, just more questions

Like, yeah: how do you maintain that fine carnuba-wax shine on your entire body. Is that more aero?
It is pretty clear the team budget for aero evaluation is bigger than you'd expect. My guess is they try every different type of kit on this poor, shiny bastard until they know what works. Primoz doesn't have to spend days trying the stuff on and can go ride his tandem with his Sweetie, right?

 

[CyclistAbi]

Primoz Roglic backs Wout van Aert at Amstel Gold Race

Slovenian on his novel build-up to the Tour de France

www.cyclingnews.com

I guess this one is dedicated to all the Belgian fans out there.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

What is the back story?

Rog-800 is a cyborg created in the dark future, when cycling is a niche sport. The goal of his existence is to attract people from other sport disciplines to cycling and change its future. That's why he pretends to be a ski-jumper, who achieves incredible success in cycling. Pog-900 and Eve-1000 were created in the future by authorities of other sports who want cycling's death - their utter dominance (and beating Rog-800 in the process) will be the beginning of the end of the sport.

 

[Netserk]

BTW, due to the unusual calendar for 2020, Roglič has the record (afaik) for highest current CQ score with 3724 points. Sagan had the previous record (after his Kuurne '17 win) with 3512 points. Both Gilbert and Froome had 3498 points as their highest (Valverde about 50 points below the two).

Of course, by results and not by points, Froome has had the best rolling year since Hinault, I'd guess.

 

[SafeBet]

BTW, due to the unusual calendar for 2020, Roglič has the record (afaik) for highest current CQ score with 3724 points.

Could be well over 4k in a week.

 

[Netserk]

I don't think they'll double count Liège, so I don't think so.

 

[SafeBet]

I don't think they'll double count Liège, so I don't think so.

Yeah I didn't think about that.
He still has a shot at the 4k threshold, right? top10 today and win FW.

 

[Netserk]

Yes.

 

[Gigs_98]

The most devastating thing about covid is clearly all the records getting broken under dubious circumstances.

 

[Red Rick]

The most devastating thing about covid is clearly all the records getting broken under dubious circumstances.

Scenes when Medvedev hits #1 in the world without winning a Slam.

 

[tobydawq]

BTW, due to the unusual calendar for 2020, Roglič has the record (afaik) for highest current CQ score with 3724 points. Sagan had the previous record (after his Kuurne '17 win) with 3512 points. Both Gilbert and Froome had 3498 points as their highest (Valverde about 50 points below the two).

Of course, by results and not by points, Froome has had the best rolling year since Hinault, I'd guess.

Wow, and that is in a year where he has lost three GC wins on the last relevant day, two of which resulted in either a DNF or a spot outside top 10.

 

[cen]

Ehh too bad for today, I really wanted to see how the Roglic card was going to be played out in the finals. At least he did good work shutting down things until the mechanical.

 

[Oldermanish]

Ehh too bad for today, I really wanted to see how the Roglic card was going to be played out in the finals. At least he did good work shutting down things until the mechanical.

Which answers the question about him being a team player. Van Aert followed through which makes it gratifying for Roglic and JV, I'd wager.

 

[Luthor]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1383807372401909765

View: https://twitter.com/JumboVismaRoad/status/1383807372401909765


Until the mechanical Roglic has done a good job.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Mission accomplished, now of to La Flèche Wallonne!

 

[hayneplane]

Great ride today looking razor sharp. Untimely puncture but his marking efforts saved WVA so much energy compared to the cobbled classics where he burned too many matches before the finales due to lack of team support.

FW will be interesting in this form.

 

[johnymax]

He went 200m too late IMO

Edit:
Or maybe just 100m.