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[noob]

Mitja also said that he had promised to Roglic's mum he won't give a push to Rogla on the climb, so the rider wouldn't get any kind of penalty in terms of seconds. So it was a very difficult decision for Mitja and like a seasoned pro, who thinks clearly in times of big pressure, he decided to wait for the mechanic to be the first to touch Rogla and only then he gave a helping hand to his friend. By acting like this he made his friend and his friend's mum (and a couple of millions other people) very happy.

Such an amazing story!

 

[Netserk]

I'll start by apologizing for finger waging, but do any of you ever just enjoy the moment?! PR just had a great performance (and likely won the GdI), but most posts are about "TdF, VaE, Worlds...". Who cares about Monday morning! Yesterday was a great day! Today will (likely) be a great celebration! Breath it in!

I enjoy the moment, but we are now past the moment. Time to hype him as Tour winner.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

@CyclistAbi congratulations to Primos Roglic for winning the Giro d'Italia

 

[Lequack]

Your Giro winner

https://twitter.com/x/status/1662935280104382465

View: https://twitter.com/giroditalia/status/1662935280104382465?s=20

 

[Miha81]

Your Giro winner

His kid is already legend

 

[BullsFan22]

Let's not go there. H was argubly closer to losing this Giro and the 2020 Vuelta than to winning any of those three GTs. When it comes to close races Roglic's luck has gone both ways.

So you’re saying you weren’t at all surprised by Pogačar’s ride in that final TT? You saw Roglič losing almost 2 minutes?

 

[BullsFan22]

Just have a chat with Geraint Thomas and he’ll be alright

Is that a guarantee?

 

[Carols]

His kid is already legend

Lev is learning all the moves and Loving the attention. I suppose he wants to be a bike racer already

 

[jmdirt]

Congrats PR!

 

[Krzysztof_O]

So now it's official. Congrats to Primoz on Giro victory and his 4th GT. Only two guys (Contador, Froome) have more GTs in this century. How far can he go?

 

[Miha81]

Lev is learning all the moves and Loving the attention. I suppose he wants to be a bike racer already

Tempted by champagne bottle and fist bumping with Thomas. Not a shy character.

 

[Red Rick]

Now that Roglic' best Giro result is no longer 3rd, we have finally disproven the original threat title by @johnymax that Rog would be the new Landa.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Someone needs to update the Grand Tour win and podium list for Roglic. I tried searching for it but I don’t remember the exact name of the thread.

 

[Netserk]

Someone needs to update the Grand Tour win and podium list for Roglic. I tried searching for it but I don’t remember the exact name of the thread.

The Podium Slam

Wiggins may or may not win this Giro, but he’s highly likely to podium. If he does, he will have accomplished the “podium slam”—a podium finish in each of the three GTs. Evans is in the same position. In fact, it’s possible they could both podium, and though maybe no one knows for sure, I bet it...

forum.cyclingnews.com

 

[Red Rick]

The Podium Slam

Wiggins may or may not win this Giro, but he’s highly likely to podium. If he does, he will have accomplished the “podium slam”—a podium finish in each of the three GTs. Evans is in the same position. In fact, it’s possible they could both podium, and though maybe no one knows for sure, I bet it...

forum.cyclingnews.com

The thing with all these young guns is that they win GTs before completing the top 10 set.

 

[SHAD0W93]

The Podium Slam

Wiggins may or may not win this Giro, but he’s highly likely to podium. If he does, he will have accomplished the “podium slam”—a podium finish in each of the three GTs. Evans is in the same position. In fact, it’s possible they could both podium, and though maybe no one knows for sure, I bet it...

forum.cyclingnews.com

That’s what it was, I was thinking The Grand Slam

 

[bajbar]

The thing with all these young guns is that they win GTs before completing the top 10 set.

Well, there are two types of them. The Pog/Vinge type that see that they can reach a good level and then just do the Tour from there on in. Or the Evenepoel type who does everything but the Tour as a stepping stone - no Tour until we win everything else.

 

[Elos Anjos]

What's the power output on the little rascal Roglic?

 

[saunaking]

Just watching the replay of the final stage and post-race. Why the hell is Primoz doing interviews, walking around drinking
beer in a regular yellow JV jersey, and not the pink jersey??????????????????

 

[SHAD0W93]

What's the power output on the little rascal Roglic?

Enough

Just watching the replay of the final stage and post-race. Why the hell is Primoz doing interviews, walking around drinking
beer in a regular yellow JV jersey, and not the pink jersey??????????????????

Maybe the regular jersey is more comfortable or he gave it to his family(wife) for safe keeping or to wear.

 

[carolina]

Just watching the replay of the final stage and post-race. Why the hell is Primoz doing interviews, walking around drinking
beer in a regular yellow JV jersey, and not the pink jersey??????????????????

Because he's going to get the pink jersey on the podium.

 

[Divergence]

Well done maestro. Ah, the emotions one goes through whilst cheering for this man are a pure roller coaster.
Now, let us all hope he has a quick rest to heal up completely and on to the Tour.
He won this Giro pretty banged up, that leads me to believe that on top form he could smoke both Pog and Vinge. Let us just hope we get to see it in July.

 

[VeloMaster]

Has anyone seen any solid information on the extent of Rogla's injuries from the crash?

The others directly involved were all put out of the race, which lends some credence to the notion that he was hurt badly enough to limit seriously his performance for many stages thereafter. And certainly, he rarely resembled the explosive Primoz we have come to know.

Yet Sepp Kuss, speaking just minutes after the TT victory sealed Rogla's overall win, implied that biding time and going all-in on the MTT was always part of the plan. We know that he "obsessed" over the penultimate stage ever since it was announced scouting the climb on foot and on two wheels.

Of course, the two are not necessarily incompatible or mutually exclusive. Just curious what the forum may have seen in the world cycling press and social media.

 

[Rackham]

Has anyone seen any solid information on the extent of Rogla's injuries from the crash?

The others directly involved were all put out of the race, which lends some credence to the notion that he was hurt badly enough to limit seriously his performance for many stages thereafter. And certainly, he rarely resembled the explosive Primoz we have come to know.

Yet Sepp Kuss, speaking just minutes after the TT victory sealed Rogla's overall win, implied that biding time and going all-in on the MTT was always part of the plan. We know that he "obsessed" over the penultimate stage ever since it was announced scouting the climb on foot and on two wheels.

Of course, the two are not necessarily incompatible or mutually exclusive. Just curious what the forum may have seen in the world cycling press and social media.

I think the weather conditions + crash (which required stitches) did a play role on Monte Bondone. I think the original plan was definitely to smoke the field in the final ITT (Remco included, if he was still there) but his injury certainly had an impact. How much so? We'll probably never find out.

But a GT evolves in a really organic manner, which means his rivals (mainly Ineos) went from expecting him to attack when he was just sitting 2 seconds behind to eventually believing their own guy was stronger when the attacks never came (or weren't hard enough to cause a separation).

And Thomas put in a phenomenal performance in that final ITT as well, i.e. for such a big guy that was an extraordinary climbing performance on those gradients and on that sort of surface. So Ineos weren't exactly wrong, it's just Rog put in the sort of super performance which they've never been able to live with since the emergence of the Rog/Pog generation.

 

[Miha81]

I think the weather conditions + crash (which required stitches) did a play role on Monte Bondone. I think the original plan was definitely to smoke the field in the final ITT (Remco included, if he was still there) but his injury certainly had an impact. How much so? We'll probably never find out.

But a GT evolves in a really organic manner, which means his rivals (mainly Ineos) went from expecting him to attack when he was just sitting 2 seconds behind to eventually believing their own guy was stronger when the attacks never came (or weren't hard enough to cause a separation).

And Thomas put in a phenomenal performance in that final ITT as well, i.e. for such a big guy that was an extraordinary climbing performance on those gradients and on that sort of surface. So Ineos weren't exactly wrong, it's just Rog put in the sort of super performance which they've never been able to live with since the emergence of the Rog/Pog generation.

According to Slovenian press there was always plan to attack the pink jersey on final MTT and Rogla was obsessed with that final climb. I guess that fall has changed dynamic in the mountains so JV were riding even more conservative but we will never know. I am almost certain that they did not want to be half of minute behind and put everything on the line for stage 20.