Just because he had every right to voice his frustration, doesn’t mean he did so correctly.
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That is true, but doesn’t change the fact he took it out on the wrong person.
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Personally i believe that if Rogla would have done it sooner. Then the mentioned incident likely wouldn't have happened in the first place. All in all we already had extensive discussions about this and shared our opinions. Time to let it go.
Personally i believe that if Rogla would have done it sooner. Then the mentioned incident likely wouldn't have happened in the first place. All in all we already had extensive discussions about this and shared our opinions. Time to let it go.
Damn.
The crash?
Age?
Lack of base in the winter?
Messed up his prep?
Just a bad day?
The crash?
Age?
Lack of base in the winter?
Messed up his prep?
Just a bad day?
I would say a combination of crash + age + bad day.
I doubt it's linked to his preparation.
I think it's the crash. Everyone involved in it is already out of the race, except Thomas (who didn't hit the ground) and Roglic (who did). And of course he had surgery not that long ago, at some point the body just doesn't recover anymore.
Why would Jumbo control the race, clearly trying to go for the stage victory, if the crash is still hindering him?
Not a great day, but it could be worse. For a moment there, it looked like he’d drop minutes there and be out of the Giro.
Hopefully, it is the crash and he starts to recover, but it’s hard to imagine recovering given the terrain over the next few days. There is a chance he’s past it, but G is 4 years older and started many years earlier. Everyone ages differently though. Regardless, I’ll be interested to see the numbers because at no point in the past few years has G been even on Roglic’s level in terms of climbing performances, much less above him. Clearly, this was not peak Roglic.
Hopefully, it is the crash and he starts to recover, but it’s hard to imagine recovering given the terrain over the next few days. There is a chance he’s past it, but G is 4 years older and started many years earlier. Everyone ages differently though. Regardless, I’ll be interested to see the numbers because at no point in the past few years has G been even on Roglic’s level in terms of climbing performances, much less above him. Clearly, this was not peak Roglic.
Obviously he's not that bad, he still got 3d, but he's just not 100%. Apparently they thought it would still be enough to beat Thomas and Almeida, now they know it isn't.
Dennis: "The plan was to keep G in the jersey."
They are going to pogačarize the race in the final TT. To finally get rid of the demons.
Well, that's not what most of us were expecting. But the race is still on, the loss is only 30 seconds and it's still possible that Primoz will make this race exciting on Friday and Saturday.
Lul, thats an interesting tactic. Surely taking the stage would be better even if st with Thomas and taking the stage?
Roglic down with a strong team is good for the race, although I would have preferred a bigger loss with the coming stages to come. Saved by Kuss. Dennis and Kuss should go ballistic on Giau!
No way this was actually said.
Nah, I think it will take a miracle for him to recover from this. It's not the time loss per se, but the way he rode. You could see he was really suffering. I'd be surprised if he manages to hang on in the coming mountain stages.
Sepp Kuss was a saviour on this one. Lost half a minute but could do worse. We"ll see if this was only a bad day pretty soon.
All still in striking distance for Saturday. All according to plan
You did an amazing job on the last climb for so long. The plan was probably to work for Primož, even if he lost 25 seconds in the end?
"Yeah, the plan was to try keep G in the jersey, which I think we end up doing, but we didn't really wanna lose 25 seconds I guess, so, argh, it's not such a bad thing as well, it's only 25 seconds, but it would have been better if we didn't lose that."
Stephen A. Smith would say that whoever came up with this is on crack, and, tbh, it's hard to disagree with that thought.
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