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CyclistAbi

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As for worlds RR here tactically i feel that plan A will likely be Pogi, that comes down to riding hard and launching him on penultimate climb. Now if by any chance somebody still survives that then likely Rogla to be in a good position. Unless i guess they will take an unorthodox approach and for Rogla to go for it on the ultimate climb. Pogi waiting. I find that less likely but if the field would be resisting then this to become an option.

Anyway, a medal is in reach, including gold.
 
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pablohidalgo7

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i think he will do a good TT, maybe a top 5 is realistic. i dont expect anything from him at Worlds RR or Lombardia, he really struggles with races over 220k. but maybe i will be pleasantly surprised.
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Well I´m always an optimistic rogla-fan (but sometimes i´m quite accurate to be honest), but more than anything because many of you are deliberately pessimistic to get later a pleasant "surprise." It is obvious that Primoz suffers in races of 6 hours or more, but from there to expect nothing at IL Lombardia... Last year he climbed Ganda with the top riders after being in a 2vs1 with Vlasov and Pogacar, then he recovered from his classic bad moment to do third.
With the team that RB Bora will bring (Vlasov, Lipo, Maybe Hindley and others...), he is clearly the second or third top favorite.
And for the time trial, a bronze medal is also viable, it depends on whether La Vuelta has given him a rush or the opposite, but I suspect that is the first case.

WRR is more tricky for me to predict, I´m a bit less confident there, but it is not imposible for him to be close to the medals ot top 5.
 
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From what I remember Roglic annonced worlds championship road race as a big season goal at the start of the year
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That was before two serious crashes and a serious drain on resources to win Vuelta. I'm sure they'd love it but it's hard to know how deep he can go.
CyclistAbi said:
As for worlds RR here tactically i feel that plan A will likely be Pogi, that comes down to riding hard and launching him on penultimate climb. Now if by any chance somebody still survives that then likely Rogla to be in a good position. Unless i guess they will take an unorthodox approach and for Rogla to go for it on the ultimate climb. Pogi waiting. I find that less likely but if the field would be resisting then this to become an option.

Anyway, a medal is in reach, including gold.
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A good plan would use Roglic as bait if they're both in contention. They would know at that point who had the fresher legs and force others to close, helping Pogacar if he's not totally on top of his uphill power.
Realistically though, the gamblers in the bunch will be planning for pursuing any late move that excludes the favorites. The net effect could be just leading a Dark Horse candidate too close to the finish, too. It's a weird dynamic where trade team alliances also come into play and strategy isn't outwardly logical.
 
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CyclistAbi said:
Looks like Moho will still participate at the Worlds RR, saying something in the lines of a couple of stitches won't stop me.
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Yes, according to this Slovenian news outlet anyway he said he'll still do the Worlds RR, the article mentions he just got a few stitches. (Other news sites make it sound like he's on life support or something.) He'll be skipping the gravel, but hopefully he'll be ready for the RR on the 29th.

www.delo.si

Matej Mohorič dobil nekaj šivov, a ne bo odpovedal SP

Ravno ko je na dirkah po Poljski in Renewi Touru Matej Mohorič pokazal dvig forme, je v Gironi grdo padel. Prejel bo nekaj šivov, a bo nared za Švico.
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CyclistAbi said:
To be honest somehow i am already focusing on Muro di Sormano, on where Rogla will likely win his first Il Lombardia. In regards to the worlds hence medals of any color will do just fine this year. Said that and while we are doing it, gold is obviously a realistic option too. You never know in cycling on how things turn out and for somebody like Rogla just being there, gold is in reach. Do we want Rogla in rainbow jersey at the Tour 2025 though? Immediate crash and off to Vuelta 2025 to follow? Or for the rainbow jersey to act as a shield, against all sci-fi scenarios that went on at the Tour since 2020. We'll see.
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No Muro di Sormano in Il Lombardia route this year only Colma di Sormano and given the last editions, I doubt that Roglič will beat Pogačar there.
 
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Call it hopium, but Pogacar and Evenepoel may both have a chunk of decompression after the World Champs.

And it would then be very Roglic to also somehow bottle it some random ends up winning.

Also, I've rejected the hopium for the ITT, I don't think he can medal at all and top 5 would be a good result.
 
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Red Rick said:
Call it hopium, but Pogacar and Evenepoel may both have a chunk of decompression after the World Champs.

And it would then be very Roglic to also somehow bottle it some random ends up winning.

Also, I've rejected the hopium for the ITT, I don't think he can medal at all and top 5 would be a good result.
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Giro di Lombardia is Pogacar's home. I will be very surprised if someone can stay within a minute from Pogacar after Sormano.
 
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