Remco’s demonstrated level is super high, and it’s hard to shake the feeling that his star will keep rising. But also I am not sure we’ve ever seen Roglic at top strength in a Tour. Maybe he can’t stay on his bike or healthy enough to ever do it…or maybe this is the year it all comes together for him. And what level will he show? The reality is the closest we have seen to a 100% in form, healthy Roglic in a GT was the 2020 Tour, and even then he had crashed out of the Dauphine and it was a Covid year.
2019 Giro - sick in third week
2020 Tour - crashed out of Dauphine, strange Covid year
2020 Vuelta - straight from a hard fought, heartbreaking Tour during strange Covid year
2021 Tour - crashed out
2021 Vuelta - had crashed out of the Tour but possibly top form
2022 Tour - crashed out of Tour
2022 Vuelta - crashed out of Vuelta
Really rough string of performances, some self-inflicted, some bad luck. Reminds me of Contador post 2012, as I’ve said before.