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Carapaz made up a lot true - but it was also his best GT ever arguably. I mean, he also from that point on, only lost 1:30 to Pogacar and 1:42 to Vingegaard in two weeks racing.

I already said yesterday: Mas only made up 2:06 on O’Connor in two weeks racing, Keldermann was the largest time gainer outside the top 3 on O’Connor and it was 3:46.

I just think this can potentially get close. I wouldn’t be hugely surprised if O’Connor still cracks, but also not if Roglic (or certainly other podium contenders) struggle a lot, getting back that time.

so, how many guys dropped him today?
 

zlev11

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O'Connor didn't even crack. He's at his level.

He made a tactical mistake responding to Rog's changes of pace but after that, business as usual resumed. There's a natural hierarchy & it was respected today.

yeah like, O'Connor is a second tier GC rider that got his high placings in GT's due to fortunate events. unless he showed up here on way better form than he's ever had, he isn't gonna hold on to the jersey.
 
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What a breath of fresh air is to watch an attacking Roglic. We rarely get to see it, but it makes for good racing.

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Am I the only person who doesn't even think O'Connor has to 'crack' for Rog to win this thing? All it takes is getting dropped à la pédale on multiple tough stages. 30 seconds here, 20 seconds elsewhere, 45 seconds another day, 1 minute etc.

This isn't a scenario in which Rog, Almeida & co will only take back time via bonus seconds. They'll do it the 'normal way', aka dropping the dude.
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Looks to have this in the bag, don't see anyone who can hang with him but Mas, and Mas has to beat him badly somewhere to make up for bonus seconds. O'Connor doesn't have enough time, clearly.
 
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What I'm seriously impressed by is the fact, that he wasn't involved in a crash yet. And there were a lot of crashes already. Like to see Roglic in this form and taking the command. His team was big help, Vlasov managing to crash at 10km/h uphill, Martinez doing a pull for what.. 70 seconds? And where was Lipo? Was Lipo doing an Ayuso?
 
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450 watts 450 IQ taking the jersey with most white innit availble to him the day before the hottest hardest mountain stage of the year
It was so hot today that even Mas had his (white) jersey zipped down little. Not Rogla, he was fully zipped (in black). I don't think it ever gets too hot for him.
 
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So once Rogla undoes the strategic f’up of his team by attacking left and right for the next 8 stages, do you guys think it’s time to gift the red jersey again? 🤣

While I’m really happy he’s that good (best since 2021?) it still blows my mind he’s gonna have to repeat what he did today 5 more times to compensate for Vila’s stupidity. It’s insane when you think about it… he could be cruising at this point…
 
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