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

[CyclistAbi]

Knowing Pogi he will attack in any cause, still thinking about it Remco would likely be under more pressure if he would be the one in need to attack. Launching Pogi on penultimate climb would be rather bold move still then hopefully for team Slovenia to still have Rogla on Remcos wheel. If by any chance Rogla will go first, then Remco likely still to have Pogi on his wheel. Or just do it mano-a-mano. Around penultimate to ultimate climb for the trio to thrown in a couple of exchanges, until something breaks. No tactics, pure balls.

 

[Oldermanish]

Recently Ala is in good form indeed and so you are! Remco and Pogi should have a nice fight for the bronze.

that would be a weirdly delightful outcome. It is the WC RR!

 

[CyclistAbi]

So will Pogi pull for Rogla?

 

[Berniece]

So will Pogi pull for Rogla?

I can't imagine any scenario where Pogacar would pull for Roglic.

 

[AmRacer]

So will Pogi pull for Rogla?

When Rogla sucks Pogi's wheel, it looks like Pogi pulling for Rogla.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

So will Pogi pull for Rogla?

We will see if Pogi is humble enough to pull for his more experienced colleague.

 

[Peter von]

So will Pogi pull for Rogla?

It does seem like Slovenian team has some interesting choices in the past, so trying to control it for a Roglic sprint is a possibility

 

[AmRacer]

Rogla and Pog should do to Remco and Mathieu what Rogla and Jonas did with Pog.

 

[Red Rick]

I can't imagine any scenario where Pogacar would pull for Roglic.

Rog tries to launch Pog amd already drops everyone else on a penultimate lap I can see him let Rog tag along

But yeah its more likely I date Margot Robbie in the mear future

 

[Berniece]

Rog tries to launch Pog amd already drops everyone else on a penultimate lap I can see him let Rog tag along

But yeah its more likely I date Margot Robbie in the mear future

If they are with the two of them, then indeed it makes sense they would take turns. Wonder who would get the jersey then

 

[bNator]

Rog tries to launch Pog amd already drops everyone else on a penultimate lap I can see him let Rog tag along

But yeah its more likely I date Margot Robbie in the mear future

If you look anything like your avatar, it's not happening I'm afraid...

 

[CyclistAbi]

I see guys, no such guarantees. Anyway, Rogla and Pogi are both OK for as long as Slovenia wins the race.

Pogačar in Roglič o scenariju, ko se v nedeljo skupaj odpeljeta proti cilju: Če ne drugače, pa s "kamen, škarje, papir"

Slovenska šampiona Tadej Pogačar in Primož Roglič sta se z ramo ob rami za omizjem na novinarski konferenci dobro znašla. Gotovo se bosta v nedeljo tudi na cest...

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In case of riding together to the finish line and on how to decide who wins. Both mentioned playing games, that now famous game, on a more serious note such decision would be made on spot. As for Pogi attacking 50km to go, he says likely it would be hard but this option is not excluded. Basically all agree that good communication prior and during the race will be key and all will need to adapt to the situation on the race. Tactically they don't want to reveal too much, understandably.

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Pogačar: Imamo več orožij. Če bomo dirkali pametno, imamo res močne karte.

"Trasa je zelo zahtevna. Ni mi stoodstotno pisana na kožo, mi je pa veliko bolj kot lani," je povedal prvi favorit cestne dirke na svetovnem prvenstvu v kolesarstvu Tadej Pogačar.

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[CyclistAbi]

Rather secret tactics to be applied by team Slovenia.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Rather secret tactics to be applied by team Slovenia.

Hopefully it goes better than Shaq and free throws.

 

[CyclistAbi]

A bit of rain while Rogla training, question was asked by a journalist, if he has seen the rainbow already. Today first training with the whole team is scheduled. Mood seems to be good all emphasising on how it's important to be homogeneous and for each to do their part to the fullest.

 

[romanzat]

Rogla did 6h training yesterday in Zurich

 

[red_flanders]

Rogla did 6h training yesterday in Zurich

The recovery ability of these guys is hard to believe. I would have thought they'd be tapering and putting much less effort prior to such an important race.

 

[Red Rick]

The recovery ability of these guys is hard to believe. I would have thought they'd be tapering and putting much less effort prior to such an important race.

I don't know if it's a recent change in training but I've seen some coaches say tapering too much was one of their own most common mistakes.

With how much load these guys can tolerate and recovery they have they probably don't wanna taper too much for a monument/WC. Similar reason to why they still do rides on rest days in GTs when conventional weekend warrior wisdom is to not do zone 1 rides and instead take the day off.

 

[red_flanders]

I don't know if it's a recent change in training but I've seen some coaches say tapering too much was one of their own most common mistakes.

With how much load these guys can tolerate and recovery they have they probably don't wanna taper too much for a monument/WC. Similar reason to why they still do rides on rest days in GTs when conventional weekend warrior wisdom is to not do zone 1 rides and instead take the day off.

Interesting. I get the ride on the rest day, but it's usually pretty short and chill. Doing 6 hours a few days before seemed like a lot. I'm sure they know what they're doing, just remarking on it as a weekend warrior.

 

[Red Rick]

Interesting. I get the ride on the rest day, but it's usually pretty short and chill. Doing 6 hours a few days before seemed like a lot. I'm sure they know what they're doing, just remarking on it as a weekend warrior.

I believe current view is that fatigue in some ways is delayed onset or it the effect on performance is delayed onset, and first performance goes up temporarily before it goes down. Additionally, while common wisdom is to do max 2 interval sessions a week it's now more common among elite athletes to do a full block of race specific trainings with max efforts before starting to taper, basically building up fatigue for a temporary gain in fitness. Dylan Johnson has a nice video on that. Hence, peaking in the 3rd week of a GT is truly a thing and not just a mirage of 'getting worse more slowly than everyone else'.

A lot of this is gonna be pretty specific to top athletes though, and not something my couch potato bum should try to do. I did a 2km TT on the way home from work cause it was pouring and I still haven't recovered.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Nah, the fun is over, due to death of two young cyclists.

 

[Extinction]

I believe current view is that fatigue in some ways is delayed onset or it the effect on performance is delayed onset, and first performance goes up temporarily before it goes down. Additionally, while common wisdom is to do max 2 interval sessions a week it's now more common among elite athletes to do a full block of race specific trainings with max efforts before starting to taper, basically building up fatigue for a temporary gain in fitness. Dylan Johnson has a nice video on that. Hence, peaking in the 3rd week of a GT is truly a thing and not just a mirage of 'getting worse more slowly than everyone else'.

A lot of this is gonna be pretty specific to top athletes though, and not something my couch potato bum should try to do. I did a 2km TT on the way home from work cause it was pouring and I still haven't recovered.

It all depends on your level of fitness. If it is very high, you can establish a nice pace when you aren't pushing at all and then when you push hard, after a big effort, just dial it down a bit to not build up excess fatigue. This is as true for the weekend warrior as it is for the world class rider, except the latter just goes way faster.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Lets see then if the rainbow jersey will act as a shield, especially at the Tour, or if it was a horrendous idea to begin with.

Go Rogla!

 

[CyclistAbi]

No pressure.

 

[Peyroteo94]

No pressure.

I might be wrong but I think he is not in great shape.