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JosefK said:
Agreed that Roglic will probably win the whole thing, but with Rog one can never be sure how the story will unfold. Most likely something like this: Rog and Mas duel evenly up to stage 20, when Mas puts in an attack and gaps Roglic, whose chain comes off just as he is responding. Attempting to put the chain back on, Rog is knocked over by a goat that has gotten loose, and the handlebars of the bike get snagged in the goat's collar. The animal drags the bike away and Rog has to wait for the team car to come up for a bike change. Rog rides the spare bike to the finish and loses two minutes to Mas. Next day, Rog puts 41 seconds into Mas in the TT and wins the overall by 1 second.
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All fine and well, but who’s the goat? Pog? Merckx? Remco?!?
 
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Rest day video conference with the media:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VifTuTn1Mm8
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what about this question from the interview: do you even want to red jersey back already?

I think its a fair question. I think everyone agrees that having the red jersey is better then not. BUT...The team can save energy is a valid argument. I just think that it didnt really work out because they did most of the chasing and controlling anyway because Decathlon is crap and the big time difference allowed them to stay back.
 
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I don't see it.
 
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JosefK said:
Agreed that Roglic will probably win the whole thing, but with Rog one can never be sure how the story will unfold. Most likely something like this: Rog and Mas duel evenly up to stage 20, when Mas puts in an attack and gaps Roglic, whose chain comes off just as he is responding. Attempting to put the chain back on, Rog is knocked over by a goat that has gotten loose, and the handlebars of the bike get snagged in the goat's collar. The animal drags the bike away and Rog has to wait for the team car to come up for a bike change. Rog rides the spare bike to the finish and loses two minutes to Mas. Next day, Rog puts 41 seconds into Mas in the TT and wins the overall by 1 second.
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Omg, I'm not sure I would survive that! :sweatsmile:
 
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Rackham said:
Rog can now let the race come to him. It's Mas who has to keep on attacking. Not just attacking Rog, but O'Connor as well.

He needs to gain 1:25 over the next two MTF's. Also for what it's worth I think Saturday is 'overrated' as a raid stage. Its cols are long drags & not parrticularly explosive.

Picon Blanco is hard though.
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Mas needs way more than the 1:25 with the TT. Roglic can probably lose 2 minutes to him from here until then and still win.
 
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zlev11 said:
Mas needs way more than the 1:25 with the TT. Roglic can probably lose 2 minutes to him from here until then and still win.
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I was talking about Mas needing time on O'Connor.

He needs to retake that time and then some in order to be safe for the ITT on Sunday if he wants second in GC. Rog meanwhile can continue to surf on Mas's wheels. The race is literally landing on his lap right now.
 
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Rackham said:
I was talking about Mas needing time on O'Connor.

He needs to retake that time and then some in order to be safe for the ITT on Sunday if he wants second in GC. Rog meanwhile can continue to surf on Mas's wheels. The race is literally landing on his lap right now.
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Ben O'Connor versus Enric Mas | Same race results

Comparison of results between Ben O'Connor and Enric Mas in races where they both started.
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Red Rick said:
Today was more on the attritional side and O'Connor still dropped a minute. If I'm Roglic I'm more wary of a Mas counter than not putting more time into O'Connor, although I absolutely want to lead by a full minute come time trial just because I don't wanna be *** around with no mechanicals and what not.
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I think if he just focuses on Mas completely, he will gain extra 2 minutes on O’Connor before TT automatically…
 
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