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It will be one of the weakest GT wins in recent history.
Aren’t we all definitionally undernourished given we are spending time debating other people’s cycling performances on an Internet forum?
Yes! Welcome aboard the purposeless movement.
This is good. I would add to the middle form two additional criteria: Either the person you are “wheelsucking” is the leader of the race and stronger (e.g., Roglic and Evenpoel) or that person has historically beaten you and it is in your interest not to contribute (e.g., Contador and Froome 2014). But maybe that is already implicit. Or too specific.
Have you not been watching the Giro the last few years? I’d say this is on track to rank above any recent Giro, below the recent Tours, below last year’s Vuelta, and on par with 2020 Vuelta, although that was impressive for the way Roglic doubled up from a devastating Tour. But let’s see what happens the rest of the way. If Remco falls apart and Mas ends up winning by staying upright, I’ll take it all back.
I feel like this saying is becoming as used as Skip Bayless stating “never in my life have I ever seen this” and added words to that affect.
Ah, but Contador was in red and so it was up to Froome to drop him and make up time. No wheelsucking there, just privilege of rank that dictates tactics. Besides Contador, throughout his career, was anything but a wheelsucker. To the contrary, he was often wrecklessly cavalier in his attacking, especially later in his career, when strength and wisdom should have dictated staying more on the wheels. But his attacking style simply didn't allow for it.
I mostly agree with the sentiment, but I don’t think he meant “only.” That looks like your addition. Have you not seen Everything Everywhere All At Once? In another universe, Roglic was pulled from the Tour immediately and is in the lead of the Vuelta right now despite uh…having hot dogs for fingers.
If he had left the Tour sooner, he would have been stronger in this Vuelta. Maybe then he would have attacked more and taken more risks. Maybe he even would have crashed on a descent then. Maybe it would have been a fatal accident.
True! Although I liked the post better when it said fetal accident
Vingegaard will wear number 1, but Rogla will also be team leader.
There is no gaurantee Roglic is in the lead, had he been pulled immediately from the Tour. Stage 4 of this Vuelta showed he was flying, but simply met his match in a superior Remco. Then Evenepoel crashed hard and that gave Roglic a margin to make gains. But Mas's superior form on Sierra Nevada prooves Roglic had not improved significantly, as the accepted narrative claims, because of a supposed lack of form at the start of the race.
We'll be happy, but every Evenepoel fan would prefer him winning in Roglic' presence. This very sad twist won't make it a stolen or undeserved victory though. No gloating involved.
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