Roglic to French kiss his sister today?
Angliru's sister.
P.S. If she won't Kuss first.
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Roglic to French kiss his sister today?
En route towards securing the largest winning Vuelta margin since 2007 (when Menchov won with 3 minutes 31 seconds over Sastre).
He has bossed this race tbh.
And there is a TT coming up. His margin of victory will only go up
Yesterday he gave SOO Much or he'd have caught MAL today. Still he widened his margin to 2nd.
Does he have any chance of matching Pogacar next year? Surely he will get close
I think he is the only one who even has a chance.Does he have any chance of matching Pogacar next year? Surely he will get close
En route towards securing the largest winning Vuelta margin since 2007 (when Menchov won with 3 minutes 31 seconds over Sastre).
He has bossed this race tbh.
The part where he had trained a total of 3,000 km and was emailing continental teams is the best part.
Also I hadn't realized he participated in the Vancouver Olympics. So I was trying to find something on that and ran into a Wielerflits article about him winning a stagen in Slovenia and comments going "some should frigging sign that guy" back in 2015.
Good observation; he gained on the nearest and most feared competitors. MAL deserved the win but Roglic's closing speed suggests he was working the other guys as much as possible.Yeah it got a bit tactical with Mas & Bernal as well (because he didn't want to pull Mas up the road & then get counter attacked).
But he closed the gap down to MAL super fast at the end & still widened his overall lead. So great job.
Again; he toasted the entire elite TdF peloton for 25 km including descending to gain time and TT'ing the flat all the way to the line with Froome, Uran and Dumolin making no impression on his gap. He did similar rides in lesser stage races prior to 2019 but no one was watching, perhaps. His TT skills necessarily need to be balanced with climbing ability for GTs and one thing I noticed this Vuelta is his willingness to ride out of the saddle with bigger gears to make pace. Last year he survived on climbs with a hella-fast spin but his TT power seemed compromised. I'm not sure if the two elements are linked or not but he's gotten it right for this race.It is clear now that what we are dealing with this year is Roglič 3.0. It looks like he dramatically improved his TT and added long-range attack capabilities while keeping most (all?) of his punch. This is his second long-range attack this year and if I'm not mistaken he never did a successfull long-range attack before 2021... He did a couple of unsuccessful attempts in 2017 and 2018 and then in 2019 and 2020 he never really tried. It looks like his endurance level is higher now and he either gained confidence in his ability or maybe he just risks more knowing that he doesn't really "need" this vuelta win.
In any case - if he keeps this up we are in for a fantastic 2022 TDF battle. Not to mention there's a possibility of Roglič 4.0 in 2022... This guy just doesn't cease to amaze.
Are you talking about ‘17 TDF stage 17 or ‘18 TDF stage 19? In the former there was no Dumoulin while in the latter there was no UranAgain; he toasted the entire elite TdF peloton for 25 km including descending to gain time and TT'ing the flat all the way to the line with Froome, Uran and Dumolin making no impression on his gap. He did similar rides in lesser stage races prior to 2019 but no one was watching, perhaps. His TT skills necessarily need to be balanced with climbing ability for GTs and one thing I noticed this Vuelta is his willingness to ride out of the saddle with bigger gears to make pace. Last year he survived on climbs with a hella-fast spin but his TT power seemed compromised. I'm not sure if the two elements are linked or not but he's gotten it right for this race.
Assuming it’s ‘17 - there’s a big difference if you do that while not going for GC. You can save your energy a couple of stages prior to your attack which has higher chance of success since you are not relevant in GC. That was more of a breakaway…
you figure it out. Everyone was chasing him. All the Big Names.Are you talking about ‘17 TDF stage 17 or ‘18 TDF stage 19? In the former there was no Dumoulin while in the latter there was no UranAssuming it’s ‘17 - there’s a big difference if you do that while not going for GC. You can save your energy a couple of stages prior to your attack which has higher chance of success since you are not relevant in GC. That was more of a breakaway…
Interesting observation with the cadence. He really doesn’t do high cadence anymore does he? Good. I didn’t like the way it looked![]()
Unless some slovenian simply says “resistance is futile, you will be assimilated”
Are you talking about ‘17 TDF stage 17 or ‘18 TDF stage 19? In the former there was no Dumoulin while in the latter there was no UranAssuming it’s ‘17 - there’s a big difference if you do that while not going for GC. You can save your energy a couple of stages prior to your attack which has higher chance of success since you are not relevant in GC. That was more of a breakaway…
Interesting observation with the cadence. He really doesn’t do high cadence anymore does he? Good. I didn’t like the way it looked![]()
I used to look for a cyclist with much lower body position on his bike than others. It looks like it will be blue shoes from now on...I think in peloton Rogla still has a higher cadence than usual. This is one of tha marks I use to find him (this and the smaller bike frame, why, does he have smaller legs?).
I used to look for a cyclist with much lower body position on his bike than others. It looks like it will be blue shoes from now on...
I used to look for a cyclist with much lower body position on his bike than others. It looks like it will be blue shoes from now on...
I googled it a bit and it looks like it's a bit of both. He is in attacking position (his back is a lot more horizontal) a lot of times when others are not and his frame does appear to be smaller:It's then not the frame, just the riding position?
I googled it a bit and it looks like it's a bit of both. He is in attacking position (his back is a lot more horizontal) a lot of times when others are not and his frame does appear to be smaller:
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