Teams & Riders Everybody needs a little bit of Roglstomp in their lives

[tobydawq]

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZO-OXJcHDYE

Too bad they forgot to flip the phone horizontally before filming.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Don't know if it was mentioned yet but a while back it was announced that Rogla won't be defending his ITT Olympic title. Likely Tratnik will take his place.

 

[Froome]

Don't know if it was mentioned yet but a while back it was announced that Rogla won't be defending his ITT Olympic title. Likely Tratnik will take his place.

Tratnik will be partner of Roglic next year in Bora.

 

[CyclistAbi]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPNRMpfNiDk

Spoiler: Who won.

Rogla couldn't drop the Dane on ascend but was quick to do so on the descend.

 

[johnymax]

No wonder he couldn't podium Paris-Nice, he can't even drop an amateur.

I change my prediction for Itzulia. He won't win by more than a minute but only by 20-30 seconds.

 

[Red Rick]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPNRMpfNiDk

Spoiler: Who won.

Rogla couldn't drop the Dane on ascend but was quick to do so on the descend.

Man literally recognized Roglic by how he almost crashed into the car

Alternatively, he just thinks "Finally I found a Dane I can put into the hurtbox"

 

[Berniece]

Nice to see him in much better shape

 

[Netserk]

Expectations for Itzulia: Victory in the ITT (or close to it), another stage win, and in the last stage he will attack on Krabelin with ~70 km to go (only Vingegaard will follow him there).

No expectations for Liège, but he will avenge 2021 this time in Flèche.

It's looking good, as expected.

 

[Elos Anjos]

I have never seen a more lean Roglic. Ever.

 

[Gigs_98]

What is it with Roglic winning TTs despite weird mishaps.

 

[Netserk]

9th consecutive year where he has won a WT ITT (all years where he had the opportunity to do so).

Something neither Tony Martin nor Fabian Cancellara managed to do.

 

[Gigs_98]

Super impressive win. Without both Remcos crash and his wrong turn, the gap to his main rivals might be smaller, but then beating Evenepoel in a short TT like this is always impressive. The wrong turn might be annoying but the more important take away is that if he is stronger than Remco and significantly stronger than Vingegaard in the TT, he is looking pretty good for the gc.

 

[Red Rick]

Super impressive win. Without both Remcos crash and his wrong turn, the gap to his main rivals might be smaller, but then beating Evenepoel in a short TT like this is always impressive. The wrong turn might be annoying but the more important take away is that if he is stronger than Remco and significantly stronger than Vingegaard in the TT, he is looking pretty good for the gc.

I'd be slightly careful to read super much into this ITT, this is the sort of ITT where Roglic can wake up from a coma and still crush it. In fact he did the same thing in '22 when he was actually nursing injury.

 

[SHAD0W93]

A great win for Roglic to build some momentum. Hopefully it doesn’t turn out the way Paris Nice went after the promising TTT intermediate.

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

Nice win. I don't want to make extravagant claims before I see how he fares in a proper mountain stage, but...

Tour GC is in the bag

 

[Carols]

It was Good to see him Win despite his minor course change. FIRST win on Bora!!! Hopefully the climbing legs are good and he gives his new team more wins in this race.

 

[Cookster15]

Congrats to Roglic. Nice to see him deliver a win so soon for Bora.

 

[Rackham]

Congrats to Roglic. Nice to see him deliver a win so soon for Bora.

Very nice indeed. First win (always good to get that out of the way)... & first "heart attack" as well:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1774843251712737621

View: https://twitter.com/BORAhansgrohe/status/1774843251712737621


Bora better get used to that, i.e. giving fans & his team heart attacks is a Rogla speciality.

 

[tobydawq]

I'd be slightly careful to read super much into this ITT, this is the sort of ITT where Roglic can wake up from a coma and still crush it. In fact he did the same thing in '22 when he was actually nursing injury.

He didn't just win, though, he annihilated the entire elite bar Pogacar even though he missed a turn. I think this was an absolutely insane performance, but of course it doesn't mean he'll automatically win the Tour now.

 

[Salvarani]

He didn't just win, though, he annihilated the entire elite bar Pogacar even though he missed a turn. I think this was an absolutely insane performance, but of course it doesn't mean he'll automatically win the Tour now.

Or was he the one most desperate to make a statement here?

It is a great win, but the race overall is not won yet and that would mean more than winning the opening 12km ITT.

"Absolutely insane performance" is just not accurate nor is it fair to Roglic either.

However, hopefully it is a confidence boost and sets it up for an interesting week to see how it all unfolds.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Too good! Suiting ITT for him but still it's a big win after PN debacle. The form is rising.

 

[Tim Cahill]

The church of Rog is back open

 

[proffate]

He didn't just win, though, he annihilated the entire elite bar Pogacar even though he missed a turn. I think this was an absolutely insane performance, but of course it doesn't mean he'll automatically win the Tour now.

the only person who would even write this is someone who believes it's going to happen

 

[tobydawq]

the only person who would even write this is someone who believes it's going to happen

No

 

[johnymax]

Very nice indeed. First win (always good to get that out of the way)... & first "heart attack" as well:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1774843251712737621

View: https://twitter.com/BORAhansgrohe/status/1774843251712737621


Bora better get used to that, i.e. giving fans & his team heart attacks is a Rogla speciality.

Winning is also Rogla speciality. They better get used to it.