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

[Sciatic]

It could be fun watching him in all three grand tours in one season, just not all of them GC oriented. Maybe going for KOM or stage wins...

He hung out with Kuss for too long!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Rog X Pog

https://twitter.com/x/status/1833424976852009286

 

[CyclistAbi]

 

[Oldermanish]

This was great to see:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1832864420889825563

View: https://x.com/RBH_ProCycling/status/1832864420889825563


The way he made new friends and forced a new destiny for himself at Bora after last year's Jumbo debacle is an integral part of his extraordinary journey, IMO.

In any case after reflecting on this Vuelta a bit I think anything that comes next... is totally bonus. I mean he entered the history books, he's got 5GT wins, he gave Ralph Denk a GT win (thus justifying the transfer & salary fee) & basically proved he could win with any team - not just at Jumbo.

I think notwithstanding Olympics year, there's basically 9 major prizes in a normal cycling season no matter the rider profile: 5 monuments, 1 world championship road race and 3 GT's. Then there's a bunch of other slightly lesser prizes as well. But those 9 races are the main ones.

Flanders & Roubaix? Van der Poel's playground. Milan-San Remo? It seems way too easy for sprinters (even Pog hasn't won that one yet), Liège? Pog & Evenepoel territory. Lombardia? Pogi again. Worlds? Yeah good luck with that one versus the current one day monsters. That leaves 3GT's.

The Tour? Yeah, no. Not with Pog & Vinge at their current level. That leaves the Giro & the Vuelta. And... Rog just won the Vuelta. So there's a logic in what happened but he also had to actually go & win the damn thing, which is easier said than done. And he did so whilst arguably pushing his career best numbers at nearly 35 years old.

So... chapeau Rog.

The only Tour that counts for him at this point is one he can finish. Today, right now there are unknowns for the major contenders except Pogacar. They've all been scuffed up and come July it's all new. Best wishes to all of them for a healthy start so we can get the dream race we'd hoped for this year.

 

[Sciatic]

While I must admit Pogacar is already there (among the best of all-times), Vingegaard has a long, long way to get there. Right now, he's in Fignon (actually not quite), Thevenet and Delgado teritory, and below Roglic.

Vingegaard not anywhere close to Fignon, unless he won a Giro, several MSRs, etc when I wasn’t looking?

 

[Carols]

According to @Gazzetta_it,

Primoz Roglic will be at the start line of the World Championships in Zürich!

Primoz Roglic AND

Tadej Pogacar in one team? Good luck to their competitors!
Sounds good to me!!!

 

[Peter von]

According to @Gazzetta_it,

Primoz Roglic will be at the start line of the World Championships in Zürich!

Primoz Roglic AND

Tadej Pogacar in one team? Good luck to their competitors!
Sounds good to me!!!

great, hopefully they compete at Lombardia as well!

Hope it doesn't get too spicy and spark a civil war in Slovenia. There is a real chance of gold + silver for Slovenia here.

 

[Blanco]

Vingegaard not anywhere close to Fignon, unless he won a Giro, several MSRs, etc when I wasn’t looking?

You're right. Fignon is well above, Jonas would need another Tour and maybe even more.

 

[acm]

Rogla's race program until the end of the season:
- WC ITT (not 100% sure, he'll decide this week)
- WC RR
- Giro dell' Emilia
- Il Lombardia

 

[Miha81]

great, hopefully they compete at Lombardia as well!

Hope it doesn't get too spicy and spark a civil war in Slovenia. There is a real chance of gold + silver for Slovenia here.

Some "fans" are already sharpening their knives based on Slovenian cycling forums :/

 

[Berniece]

- WC ITT (not 100% sure, he'll decide this week)

Go for it, high chance of podium, and if the others don't get in proper shape maybe even the #1 spot

 

[Lequack]

Roglic interview

https://twitter.com/x/status/1833390575996838359

View: https://x.com/marca/status/1833390575996838359


Full interview (video and text)

Primoz Roglic: "Ganar cuatro veces LaVuelta es muy loco, no se me ocurre otra definición"

Cuatro victorias en la general y quince triunfos de etapa. Primoz Roglic es el auténtico rey de LaVuelta. El esloveno, en el altar ya de las leyendas del ciclismo, consiguió hacer

www.marca.com

 

[svit]

I doubt that Rogla will be competitive in WC RR. RR is cca. 270 km long and I think that kind of stage doesn't suit him well due to sheer length. He will be a super domestique for Pogacar.

 

[Carols]

I doubt that Rogla will be competitive in WC RR. RR is cca. 270 km long and I think that kind of stage doesn't suit him well due to sheer length. He will be a super domestique for Pogacar.

That's okay a Silver will be fine

 

[Berniece]

I doubt that Rogla will be competitive in WC RR. RR is cca. 270 km long and I think that kind of stage doesn't suit him well due to sheer length. He will be a super domestique for Pogacar.

He won Liege so there's no need for him to play domestique

 

[Luthor]

He will probably mark Remco, even though Pog has better sprint. I can see Pog not risking anything and going solo.

He won Liege so there's no need for him to play domestique

Yet since then he wasn't that good in long races. He tried multiple times to win Lombardia but he misses that final kick that he has in short races.

 

[Red Rick]

If he races the ITT it becomes more likely he is gonna ride for Pog

 

[Luthor]

If he races the ITT it becomes more likely he is gonna ride for Pog

Hopefully not, that climb is not hard enough for him.

 

[acm]

If he races the ITT it becomes more likely he is gonna ride for Pog

Why? Slovenia has two spots for ITT, but Pogi decided we won't race.

Meanwhile, Rogla confirmed to Slovenian media he will also race ITT.

 

[Red Rick]

Why? Slovenia has two spots for ITT, but Pogi decided we won't race.

Meanwhile, Rogla confirmed to Slovenian media he will also race ITT.

It's not about negotiating spots. It's that I'm more sceptical Roglic would solely come to the Worlds to not do the ITT and then ride the RR solely in service of Pog.

I also think the TT is Roglic' better chance of a medal for himself.

 

[Sciatic]

Regarding the WC races, is there still some super compensation effect 3 weeks after the Vuelta has finished? We’ e seen that sometimes at San Sebastion but that usually happens just a week after the Tour. Just curious.

 

[Red Rick]

Regarding the WC races, is there still some super compensation effect 3 weeks after the Vuelta has finished? We’ e seen that sometimes at San Sebastion but that usually happens just a week after the Tour. Just curious.

Riders try to carry Vuelta form through to Lombardia regularly.

But Roglic will have no specific prep for the Worlds, and he's not naturally good at 250km+ races, so it's not gonna be easy at all.

 

[Sciatic]

Riders try to carry Vuelta form through to Lombardia regularly.

But Roglic will have no specific prep for the Worlds, and he's not naturally good at 250km+ races, so it's not gonna be easy at all.

Thanks. Don’t see him as a favorite but as a fan it’s nice to have another top rider competing who might shape the race dynamic. Maybe the team will suggest he should be the one to shadow Evenepoel if the latter tries to go solo early. I can just imagine the ruckus in the Remco thread if that were the case

 

[rokovski]

Rogla should work for Remco, cause there are rumours that RBH wants Remco... 😅😭

 

[Miha81]

It's not about negotiating spots. It's that I'm more sceptical Roglic would solely come to the Worlds to not do the ITT and then ride the RR solely in service of Pog.

I also think the TT is Roglic' better chance of a medal for himself.

This is exactly what national coach announced today. Goal is two medals and ITT will be done by Rogla and in RR they will bet on Pog.