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[acm]

There goes his Vuelta. No way he can heal this injury in next 3 weeks and get any training done.

Not necessarily. With all the medical help he can get, this can heal even in two weeks. The "good" news is that it's "only" fractured, but the fracture has not moved (as we can see in the second photo).

 

[Miha81]

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Rogla just can't catch a break :/

 

[Red Rick]

Rogla just can't catch a break :/

Last break Roglic caught was Gino Mäder

 

[Rackham]

Good thing he DNF'd right there & then 13 days ago.

The last time something like this happened (2022 TdF) he raced around the Alps with a fracture. So that in & of itself didn't lead to the best of preparations for the Vuelta that year.

Also, I'm 'relieved' he seems mentally fine & it's just a physical problem. Bones can be healed, whereas the mental part is a bit more complicated.

 

[CyclistAbi]

So serious injury involved, at least this time the team taking it seriously. First and foremost health is what is important ATM, the rest will come. In regards to Vuelta, again a battle with time in full swing. Can the body heal enough, for participating to be considered safe, can the needed level of form be build ...

Although a good GT performance would be desired, still, Rogla is now mostly a Tour oriented rider. So the most important thing being for progress to be detected, entering races in the future. It would be nice if Rogla would be able to participate at Vuelta 2024, relatively healthy and in good form, team around him being strong. Otherwise i am sure that targeting future stage races will bring much joy again.

 

[James M]

Rogla just can't catch a break :/

Its just sad to go out not on your own terms and that what if gotte suck. At least the Vuelta coulda been a very good consolation prize but that might be hard to recover and then train for the vuelta with that injury. He dont deserve this thats for sure.

 

[RJH]

Remco down this bridge, Pogi crashing into the Dane in LBL, Vingegaard in Itzulia, Primoz in many races: the top guys need to be hard… When I remember Lance, he hardly ever crashed.

Primoz has to suffer a lot, he crashes oftenly. Vlasov not so much, so I was surprised. Hope they‘ll be back racing soon. Not what RBH was hoping for, but particularly in Primoz‘ case, he normally comes back strongly from injuries. Maybe he wins Lombardia this year?

 

[CyclistAbi]

Primoz Roglic on Instagram: "Time flies☝️ Still one of the best memories @tokyo2020 🙏 It's today I will pass over the Olympic title, it's been an honour and I wish good luck to all the cyclists and all athletes performing at @paris2024. Go get your d

82K likes, 257 comments - primozroglic on July 27, 2024: "Time flies☝️ Still one of the best memories @tokyo2020 🙏 It's today I will pass over the Olympic title, it's been an honour and I wish good luck to all the cyclists and all athletes performing at @paris2024. Go get your dreams!! 📸 @sta...

www.instagram.com

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Contrast and compare:

Primoz Roglic on Instagram: "Time flies☝️ Still one of the best memories @tokyo2020 🙏 It's today I will pass over the Olympic title, it's been an honour and I wish good luck to all the cyclists and all athletes performing at @paris2024. Go get your d

82K likes, 257 comments - primozroglic on July 27, 2024: "Time flies☝️ Still one of the best memories @tokyo2020 🙏 It's today I will pass over the Olympic title, it's been an honour and I wish good luck to all the cyclists and all athletes performing at @paris2024. Go get your dreams!! 📸 @sta...

www.instagram.com

Note that in road cycling such medals hold little to no value.

Hmmmmm

 

[IndurainsTdF1994]

Contrast and compare:


Hmmmmm

No lies detected. One can have nice memories of events that might not matter so much.

Nice win by Remco.

 

[Gargamel35]

Is there any news at all?

 

[acm]

Nope Vlasov is alone in altitude training, no Rogla...

 

[Tim Cahill]

Rog

 

[acm]

Wut? Oh please, let it be true

 

[Red Rick]

That would be a most welcome surprise

 

[Red Rick]

I would expect very stiff competition from Fabio Jakobsen

 

[Lequack]

Rogla, Lipowitz, Hindley and Martinez. Strong team.

 

[tobydawq]

I would expect very stiff competition from Fabio Jakobsen

Lol, that almost (but not quite) beats when Mareczko was selected for Il Lombardia.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

I would expect very stiff competition from Fabio Jakobsen

Yeah, Rogla vs Jacobsen in a sprint is a wet dream of every forum user. Hopefully nobody dies.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Rogla wouldn't trade his Olympic gold medal for a Tour title.

 

[dazaau]

Rogla wouldn't trade his Olympic gold medal for a Tour title.

I don't know him personally, so can't know for sure. But that to me would be a total no brainer.

What's missing from his palmares? The Tour. No one says "he won all the grand tours and all the major one week stage races, too bad he didn't win an Olympic gold medal."

 

[Carols]

Rogla wouldn't trade his Olympic gold medal for a Tour title.

He came from a sport where an Olympic Gold was the Highest ranking on your achievements.
Personally, I think OL Gold ranks even with any road race win; Worlds etc.

 

[Carols]

I don't know him personally, so can't know for sure. But that to me would be a total no brainer.

What's missing from his palmares? The Tour. No one says "he won all the grand tours and all the major one week stage races, too bad he didn't win an Olympic gold medal."

You have a point!
But the guys that have won one are very happy wearing Gold on their kit for 4 years.

 

[svit]

For me gold Ol medal is much much more valuable than world title. You can win world title every year, Ol is every 4 years. That fact alone ranks Ol higher. I will put gold medal in the same category as one tour win.

I know that right now the Ol medals are less valuable than even the monuments but i do think in the next few years the Ol race will become much more desired challenge

Just look how happy Djokovic was, when he finally won Ol tournament.

 

[Peter von]

I think athletes at this level are extremely good at celebrating the wins they do get and focusing on future goals and not alternative scenarios.

So I don’t think Rogla would give up a gold medal that He earned and won on the day for a TdF title won on paper. His career isn’t over and he can still have some great wins up his sleeves, but he has good reason to be very proud of everything he achieved already.

But I also think in that in 2017 he would have picked the Tour over Olympic gold.