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[pastronef]

Rogla was 2 seconds faster than Vingo on the final climb. 7:18 vs 7:20

 

[tobydawq]

He did not look very happy during the interview at the finish.

Yes he did.

 

[Rackham]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbjdZS3sXIU

 

[Red Rick]

We're used to Roglic always being 8/10 everywhere, but he also never really races in February. Last time he raced in February he did those 2 French 1 days and was complete ass in them.

 

[Red Rick]

Getting warmed up, he will be fighting for the win in Catalunya.

I'll take him over Vingegaard only if the parcours includes a 3 round wresting match or a pubcrawl, otherwise it's hard to see him beating Vingegaard.

 

[Netserk]

I'll take him over Vingegaard only if the parcours includes a 3 round wresting match or a pubcrawl, otherwise it's hard to see him beating Vingegaard.

Only Berga is threatening if he is in good form.

*Until Supermolina.

 

[Rule #9 apostle]

I'll take him over Vingegaard only if the parcours includes a 3 round wresting match or a pubcrawl, otherwise it's hard to see him beating Vingegaard.

Call stage one 'one-day' and you'll see Jonas in all kinds of trouble

 

[Divergence]

I'll take him over Vingegaard only if the parcours includes a 3 round wresting match or a pubcrawl, otherwise it's hard to see him beating Vingegaard.

I think Rog should/will win Catalunya if no accidents.

 

[Peyroteo94]

I think Rog should/will win Catalunya if no accidents.

Do you have the route?

 

[Divergence]

Do you have the route?

I guess it is not all flat stages, so he should be in good form before the Giro and win.

 

[Netserk]

Do you have the route?

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Profiles will be published late, but they should be fairly predictable. I think the Berga stage will be the same as last year and decide the GC.

 

[Rockestar_33]

Catalunya is the one which will tell us where he's really at. He should be ramping up there, whilst Jonas will be steadier.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

The earliest he started his season since 2018 when he was 6th at Valencia , wouldn't read anything into his level from this week

 

[theyoungest]

He did not look very happy during the interview at the finish. I would also like to add my 2 cents about this Dan Bingham guy or whatever his name is. I listened to him once or twice is he was one of those guys who is constantly saying weight does not matter it is all about aero (this is delusional in my opinion). I do not know how good he is at aero stuff but if he honestly thinks that way (and is not just saying stuff to promote aero equipment) then RBH are in trouble. No good can come out of such an engineer. Also, INEOS seem to go OK without him now.

Dan Bigham is very highly regarded. His work at Visma and Ineos produced pretty obvious results. Bora have been hiring the best in the business because they have all the money in the world, and Bigham is one of them.

Also, apparently Roglic' result wasn't because of his aero position, but because he was just having fun, right? And actually he was better than Vingegaard because if we look at just the final 3 k of this 20 k TT, he was actually one second faster.

 

[Divergence]

Dan Bigham is very highly regarded. His work at Visma and Ineos produced pretty obvious results. Bora have been hiring the best in the business because they have all the money in the world, and Bigham is one of them.

Also, apparently Roglic' result wasn't because of his aero position, but because he was just having fun, right? And actually he was better than Vingegaard because if we look at just the final 3 k of this 20 k TT, he was actually one second faster.

He did not sound very bright to me in those interviews I watched. Teams/companies hire all sorts of people. Heck, the yellows hired Patrick Broe for some reason .
And yes, Rog is better than Vingo.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Rogla was not in the mood and it looks like the form in mid February is just not there yet.

 

[Lequack]

Apparently he's exploring ruins

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Looks like he sheltering from the wind
Funny that

 

[acm]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1901997418981335512

View: https://x.com/dnlbenson/status/1901997418981335512?t=LmCW5PUiF51G4aZAHkJAAA&s=19

 

[Netserk]

I thought his original contract with the team was for three years? That was at least the initial rumours before the transfer was official.

 

[acm]

I thought his original contract with the team was for three years? That was at least the initial rumours before the transfer was official.

Initial report was 2+1, but then on PCS and RBH website was only 2 years, so everyone assumed his contract was ending this year.

 

[Berniece]

Might mean they definitely aren't getting Evenepoel early

 

[AmRacer]

Might mean they definitely aren't getting Evenepoel early

One crash a lot at the time

 

[acm]

Might mean they definitely aren't getting Evenepoel early

His contract has nothing to do with Evenepoel.

 

[Berniece]

His contract has nothing to do with Evenepoel.

You said yourself that his initial contract was 2+1. Using that extra year could definitely have something to do with not getting Evenepoel. They wanted him, having both is difficult, so extending Roglic makes sense.