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[Bonimenier]

Of course it's bad luck.

Jesus.

It's bad bike handling more than it is bad luck.

 

[Miha81]

that's not bad luck

Combined with poor decision making but anyway it is bad luck.

 

[cen]

I think he legit wanted to go for the sprint and maybe take some bonis aswell, too bad he messed up there. What a guy!

 

[Extinction]

I think he legit wanted to go for the sprint and maybe take some bonis aswell, too bad he messed up there. What a guy!

He had no chance of getting a top three, he unfortunately should have stayed out of the mix.

 

[DNP-Old]

Really wonder what caused this crash, because it really doesn't look like he hit Wright or Van Poppel's rear wheel. Accidental shoulder to shoulder, or something to do with the tarmac?

 

[Eeslliw]

Damn, I am afraid this is another one in Roglic's career were we will wonder what could have happen.

Can't see him fight with crash like that for the win. Now is more hoping he will be able to defend podium spot, that is if he will even continue.

Might as well call the season over and make a big reset and start next season fully healthy (both physically and mentally).

 

[Jagartrott]

I feel sad for him. His move was very gutsy, and he gave it his all. Probably the tiredness played a role in the crash, not being fully sharp anymore when trying to stay in the wheels. Heal fast.

 

[JosefK]

Damn, I am afraid this is another one in Roglic's career were we will wonder what could have happen.

Can't see him fight with crash like that for the win. Now is more hoping he will be able to defend podium spot, that is if he will even continue.

Might as well call the season over and make a big reset and start next season fully healthy (both physically and mentally).

Yes. I don't see how he can hang in the GC group with the stages still to come. So sad. Without the crash, we would be saying that he has gained time on Remco in each of the last 3 stages. That is a definite trend upward.

 

[Red Rick]

This isn't fun anymore

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

This isn't fun anymore

I agree…

Luckily, they were not super fast in this final sprint. Probably 45-50 kms/hr.

But maybe he broke a bone, again, and has to go home now, to end his season.

I don‘t exactly know: who can help? He was 23 years old when he joined CT Adria Mobil in January of 2013. Has he ridden hobby or amateur bike races in the years before 2013? Or have his first bike races been the first races with Adria Mobil in 2013?

Who can help here?

(Just curious, because I‘m trying to understand the development of his bike handling abilities…)

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Of course it's bad luck.

Jesus.

The hay bale was bad luck.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Superficial wounds if my hokey spanish is correct

 

[stonerider]

I know for myself when I do a max effort for any length of time my vision gets blurry. He was doing a max effort for a long time trying to break away from the bunch to gain some time on Remco.

 

[Miha81]

I agree…

Luckily, they were not super fast in this final sprint. Probably 45-50 kms/hr.

But maybe he broke a bone, again, and has to go home now, to end his season.

I don‘t exactly know: who can help? He was 23 years old when he joined CT Adria Mobil in January of 2013. Has he ridden hobby or amateur bike races in the years before 2013? Or have his first bike races been the first races with Adria Mobil in 2013?

Who can help here?

(Just curious, because I‘m trying to understand the development of his bike handling abilities…)

I read somewhere that ski jumpers were advised not to run bikes as it effects flexibility and wrong muscles can be formed.

According to what I read he started liking bike as part of his ski crash rehabilitation and soon saw that he is actually good in it. In 2012 he ended ski jumping career and started joining amateur races where he was noticed with his MTB destroying field in some cases. He actually had hard time persuading Adria to allow him in pro (or semi pro) ranks but after seeing his lab figures they were persuaded.

Anyway he probably did not have much experience prior to 2013.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

I agree…

Luckily, they were not super fast in this final sprint. Probably 45-50 kms/hr.

But maybe he broke a bone, again, and has to go home now, to end his season.

I don‘t exactly know: who can help? He was 23 years old when he joined CT Adria Mobil in January of 2013. Has he ridden hobby or amateur bike races in the years before 2013? Or have his first bike races been the first races with Adria Mobil in 2013?

Who can help here?

(Just curious, because I‘m trying to understand the development of his bike handling abilities…)

Just to add here, Primoz crashes all the time, and of course I ask myself what is the reason for this. He crashes uphill, downhill, on the flats, and so on. One or multiple crashes in every stage race, one crash in every non-ITT one day road race.

Obviously his shoulder didn‘t dislocate today (there was danger because it certainly is still fragile after dislocation in TdF). Thecrash certainly wasn‘t good for his two still/recently fractured vertebrae.

He lost some blood. High blood volume is important for his performance, so losing some is bad.

He finished today (50 meters to go). Will he survive tomorrow, just to DNS on Thursday (because he suffers from pain)?

What if he goes home then, just to prepare for Giro after a break, and has two/three crashes in next years Giro, which result in a DNS?

 

[Riek s]

Superficial wounds if my hokey spanish is correct

So hip and knee, those might influence his riding. his side, face and elbow will be anoying but something that might have less impact on performance.

Guess he will start tomorrow with those injuries, unless his knee is to banged up. But his performance will probably be impacted. (e.g. sprinting will be hard)

 

[Red Rick]

Just to add here, Primoz crashes all the time, and of course I ask myself what is the reason for this. He crashes uphill, downhill, on the flats, and so on. One or multiple crashes in every stage race, one crash in every non-ITT one day road race.

Obviously his shoulder didn‘t dislocate today (there was danger because it certainly is still fragile after dislocation in TdF). Thecrash certainly wasn‘t good for his two still/recently fractured vertebrae.

He lost some blood. High blood volume is important for his performance, so losing some is bad.

He finished today (50 meters to go). Will he survive tomorrow, just to DNS on Thursday (because he suffers from pain)?

What if he goes home then, just to prepare for Giro after a break, and has two/three crashes in next years Giro, which result in a DNS?

Where go from here?

Stage 17 tomorrow. Patch it up as best you can. Ride as best you can. If it doesn't go, you go home. Spend some time with the family. Maybe get really drunk one night. Then you recover and you go again.

 

[Rackham]

My god.

Imagine after watching that spectacle which El País describes as the "Roglič thriller": Acción, suspense y terror, el ‘thriller’ de Roglic | Deportes | EL PAÍS (elpais.com) , some of you have an immediate "let's blame bike handling!" reaction whilst jumping into absurdistan like psychoanalysing ski jumping preparation.

This is his second crash of the season FYI, with the prior one & only being the TdF disaster. For me, some of you are trolling here.

 

[Bonimenier]

My god.

Imagine after watching that spectacle which El País describes as the "Roglič thriller": Acción, suspense y terror, el ‘thriller’ de Roglic | Deportes | EL PAÍS (elpais.com) , some of you have an immediate "let's blame bike handling!" reaction whilst jumping into absurdistan like psychoanalysing ski jumping preparation.

This is his second crash of the season FYI, with the prior one & only being the TdF disaster. For me, some of you are trolling here.

Well, your immediate reaction to your favourite rider crashing was to accuse another rider of cheating. Somehow that doesn't sound much better.

 

[Rackham]

Where go from here?

Stage 17 tomorrow. Patch it up as best you can. Ride as best you can. If it doesn't go, you go home. Spend some time with the family. Maybe get really drunk one night. Then you recover and you go again.

Onwards & upwards. Always. I think people should know this guy by now. It was glorious... then tragic. But whatever.

We've seen sprinters crash like this in bunch sprints & get going the next day. I was mostly concerned for his back tbh. I realized most of the blood came from his elbow as well.

 

[Red Rick]

Well, your immediate reaction to your favourite rider crashing was to accuse another rider of cheating. Somehow that doesn't sound much better.

Mate if Roglic doesn't crash we still have the capacity to be salty about the 3km rule we can multitask.

 

[IndurainsTdF1994]

Just to add here, Primoz crashes all the time, and of course I ask myself what is the reason for this. He crashes uphill, downhill, on the flats, and so on. One or multiple crashes in every stage race, one crash in every non-ITT one day road race.

Obviously his shoulder didn‘t dislocate today (there was danger because it certainly is still fragile after dislocation in TdF). Thecrash certainly wasn‘t good for his two still/recently fractured vertebrae.

He lost some blood. High blood volume is important for his performance, so losing some is bad.

He finished today (50 meters to go). Will he survive tomorrow, just to DNS on Thursday (because he suffers from pain)?

What if he goes home then, just to prepare for Giro after a break, and has two/three crashes in next years Giro, which result in a DNS?

Weird. I don't remember any crashes of his in the last 3 Vueltas, or TdF before 2021, etc. etc. But it may be that my memory isn't as good as yours, nor my stats abilities.

 

[Rackham]

Well, your immediate reaction to your favourite rider crashing was to accuse another rider of cheating. Somehow that doesn't sound much better.

Just to be clear for other readers here, I have no opinion on the cause of Rogla's crash.

But the Evenepoel timely mechanical? lol, I'll let others fight that one out all over the internet. I want no further part in that conversation. I do think his fans might have a very busy evening fighting for his 'honor' though, so good luck to them.

 

[Bonimenier]

Mate if Roglic doesn't crash we still have the capacity to be salty about the 3km rule we can multitask.

Since when is whining about the 3 km rule and accusing a rider of cheating the same thing?

 

[Red Rick]

Since when is whining about the 3 km rule and accusing a rider of cheating the same thing?

Since I am speaking for myself and I didn't accuse Evenepoel of cheating