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

[acm]

Like wine.

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[CyclistAbi]

Imagine if any effort would be wasted at all, on all the ageism talk from cycling fandom, what a huge pile of wasted effort that would be. Anyway. Considering this was a transitional season for Rogla, on where he did good, it's reasonable to expect season 2025 to be better in terms of such stats. Rogla took one step back for being able to take two steps forward. Key in 2025 season will be to avoid injuries, beyodn that good luck to competition. They will need it.

 

[romanzat]

Interview with Ralf Aldag about Roglic season 2025 https://siol.net/sportal/kolesarstv...aldag-o-umetnosti-podpore-stevilki-ena-651915

 

[CyclistAbi]

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Off to Grande Casino!

 

[CyclistAbi]

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Primoz Roglic on Instagram: "🌞 @redbullborahansgrohe @friesoooooo #cyclinglife #cycling #cyclingphotos #redbullborahansgrohe #mallorca"

12K likes, 48 comments - primozroglic on January 12, 2025: "🌞 @redbullborahansgrohe @friesoooooo #cyclinglife #cycling #cyclingphotos #redbullborahansgrohe #mallorca".

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A dose of Monday!

 

[Luthor]

The Giro route is not really friendly to him, very few unipuertos and not a lot of ITT. I think he'll try to get time early in ITT and stages 7&16. The final 2 stages are really hard and probably only trying to defend.

 

[CyclistAbi]

If healthy i feel that conservative approach is what the head says but the heart will likely win on an occasion and Rogla will, although needlessly, attack. We'll see.

 

[AmRacer]

If healthy i feel that conservative approach is what the head says but the heart will likely win on an occasion and Rogla will, although needlessly, attack. We'll see.

Think Rogla wants > 100 wins before he retires, so he will win a few stages.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Think Rogla wants > 100 wins before he retires, so he will win a few stages.

Likely the plan is to complete the 100 goal in the 2025 season.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Likely the plan is to complete the 100 goal in the 2025 season.

Not even close. With Jonas doing PN and Catalunya, Roglic will not have more than 6/7 wins this year.

 

[AmRacer]

Likely the plan is to complete the 100 goal in the 2025 season.

He could do it before Tadej, both of them will have > 100 after this season.

 

[AmRacer]

Not even close. With Jonas doing PN and Catalunya, Roglic will not have more than 6/7 wins this year.

*Algarve

 

[Netserk]

Not even close. With Jonas doing PN and Catalunya, Roglic will not have more than 6/7 wins this year.

The Catalunya route is good for Rogla.

 

[Peyroteo94]

The Catalunya route is good for Rogla.

It is but he is racing against Jonas IMHO, only Pogacar would be a worse opponent.

 

[Luthor]

It is but he is racing against Jonas IMHO, only Pogacar would be a worse opponent.

Surely Roglic didn't expect Jonas to come to Algarve/Catalunya, it makes zero sense for a Tour preparation. Wouldn't surprise me if Rog suddenly goes for Tirreno/Itzulia at some point next year.

 

[acm]

Surely Roglic didn't expect Jonas to come to Algarve/Catalunya, it makes zero sense for a Tour preparation. Wouldn't surprise me if Rog suddenly goes for Tirreno/Itzulia at some point next year.

And why would he do that? Roglic is a beast in one week races, if anything everyone else should be afraid of him and not vice versa. 😉

 

[Luthor]

And why would he do that? Roglic is a beast in one week races, if anything everyone else should be afraid of him and not vice versa. 😉

Roglic hasn't been a beast for quite a while, barely won Dauphine against Jorgenson for 8" , beat Evenepoel by 6" in Catalunya and finished 10th in PN. Against Jonas he is not the favorite.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Surely Roglic didn't expect Jonas to come to Algarve/Catalunya, it makes zero sense for a Tour preparation. Wouldn't surprise me if Rog suddenly goes for Tirreno/Itzulia at some point next year.

Why?

 

[acm]

He is the master of one week races, no matter what you say. 🤷‍♀️

 

[Luthor]

Why?

Catalunya for someone who targets Tour makes little sense and it's usually done by those who go for Giro but probably Vingegaard wanted to win it as well.

 

[tobydawq]

He is the master of one week races, no matter what you say. 🤷‍♀️

While his win in Catalunya '23 was legendary, it is quite hard to argue against the fact that he hasn't faced the stiffest opposition in the one-week races he has managed to win in the last three years. In fact, he hasn't participated in one alongside Pog or Vingegaard since Dauphiné '22 apart from the fateful Itzulia '24.

Last time he met Pogi in one of those was in Itzulia '21. Crazy.

 

[Peyroteo94]

While his win in Catalunya '23 was legendary, it is quite hard to argue against the fact that he hasn't faced the stiffest opposition in the one-week races he has managed to win in the last three years. In fact, he hasn't participated in one alongside Pog or Vingegaard since Dauphiné '22 apart from the fateful Itzulia '24.

Last time he met Pogi in one of those was in Itzulia '21. Crazy.

Yes, he just needs to avoid Vingegaard in one week stage races and he will win a lot. Pogacar doesn't care about one week stage races. There is no doubt he is the best.

 

[YavorD]

Catalunya for someone who targets Tour makes little sense and it's usually done by those who go for Giro but probably Vingegaard wanted to win it as well.

Not true. Contador was doing Catalunya regularly, Froome has done it often as well, so did Quintana too.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Not true. Contador was doing Catalunya regularly, Froome has done it often as well, so did Quintana too.

Valverde did a lot of times too. Purito too.

 

[Luthor]

Not true. Contador was doing Catalunya regularly, Froome has done it often as well, so did Quintana too.

Valverde did a lot of times too. Purito too.

That was before the new era of training as in post-2020. These guys never reached w/kg like Pogacar does as of now.