He's only happy because he knows the Tour winning super peak is slowly incoming.
i get it. i dont want to get into the pro is or not thing...sorry if i went there. we, as fans, just want a good race. and i do agree many ppl on forums are very adept at race tactics...but that is only based on past race assessments. these riders change race by race...unfortunately...due to age, crashes, etc....but i believe the race ds has the most up to date info and they have to react to that and put it to plan. i think all...ds, and competitors expected rog to be stronger.
Don’t get me wrong, I share your sentiment that pros get criticised all too much based on lack of data or wrong impressions. Probably the majority of criticism is usually unfounded. It looked like TJV was not being ambitious enough last week only to turn out Rogla is uncharacteristically weak due to reasons we don’t know.
I'm pretty sure he sprinted only for 3rd place (or just the best possible result, maybe he didn't even know exactly where he was), and not for the time bonus.
It's kind of normal to sprint for the best possible result, certainly if you're in the top 5-10, and if I'd been in the break all day, I'd absolutely try to stay ahead of the first riders from the peloton at least. But I agree with you that he probably didn't even think of that stage in the Vuelta at that moment.
I guess the call was on Roglic, and he didn't feel so great. Maybe a mistake, cause others were no better.
Cort is such a selfish rider. The moment he got dropped, he should somehow have rushed to help Roglic gain time on Thomas. A BIG F you to Cort from me as well. No wait, a BIG F you to all riders not riding for Roglic.
In all seriousness, Giro dItalia is a race. Cort is riding for EF, Roglic for Jumbo. Why on earth should Cort not try to get third on a major mountain stage when he has the chance? Roglic was just too slow to get those bonus seconds. Deal with it.
Yep. There's not much left to be said.
I think his and TJV's unknown is largely what is the "top form" they can predict? He's had a string of injuries, unfinished GTs and no amount of data can foretell what happens 3 weeks down the road. Those old results mean nothing to this race.
No, it looked like he was going for the sprint specifically because two riders approached him from behind and he wanted to secure his third place. Like you should when you ride a bike race.
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