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

[Hugh Januss]

What do you mean with youngsters changing the rules of engagement?

They got stronger

 

[AmRacer]

A casual Rogla fan will tell you you have to look at it with your heart, otherwise you are doing it wrong. It's the heart, on what got us all here in the first place. It was always about full range of emotions and not spreadsheets. Faith is something i see you lack too. Try it out sometimes. Stuff the champions are made of. And boy is Rogla a true champion.

Fairytales don't help Rogla winning the Tour.

 

[Rackham]

The 'heart' says we should just want to see Rog finish the Tour with a smile on his face. When's the last time that happened? 2017?

It doesn't matter where he finishes as long as he's happy. Embrace the platitude and cliché guys because in this case it's totally bang on the money.

When a rider has a ratio of sad ending - sad ending - DNF - DNF - DNF over the 5 Tours he's taken part in (his 2018 through to 2024 TdF's), I think his fans should cut him some slack and just roll with the punches without expecting anything tbh.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Guys, what's up with all the doom and gloom. Rogla after all is riding as a lead for Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe. Happy again. Sure it would be nice if Rogla won the Giro too, but how long has it been, half year? Since winning Vuelta for the fourth time.

Relax.

 

[CyclistAbi]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGvu42q7z2w

 

[fenns]

I'm not convinced Roglic is in decline - the way he clawed back time from O'Connor in the Vuelta showed he's still got it. But it's only 50/50 he finishes a GT.

 

[veganrob]

last years Vuelta seems like a long time ago. I really hope he does well in Tour but it seems like we are always waiting for Vuelta. And it really isn't much of a consolation, I don't care how many times he wins it.

 

[Red Rick]

The only declining Roglic does is declining off his bicycle repeatedly at the encouragement of Ineos and Bahrain riders.

 

[CyclistAbi]

I'm not convinced Roglic is in decline - the way he clawed back time from O'Connor in the Vuelta showed he's still got it.

Of course and that is mostly ageism talk anyway. Due to ageing population more and more education on this subject will be needed in the future.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5HabROvzyk

But it's only 50/50 he finishes a GT.

Actually, 5/5 it's more of a win/DNF ratio, chances Rogla will finish a GT are statistically substantially higher.

 

[CyclistAbi]

An interview with Primož Čerin, first Slovenian to finish the Tour and doing that 39 years ago. A confidant of Rogla, ever since they met at the Tour of Slovenia 2015, the edition Rogla won still riding for a Slovenian team Adria Mobil. Talking about some of the more commonly discussed topics regarding Rogla and beyond.

Rogličev stric iz ozadja: Primož je lahko konkurenčen Tadeju, toda ...

Primož Čerin, nekdanji slovenski kolesar o svojemu 'varovancu' Primožu Rogliču, Tadeju Pogačarju, Giru, Touru, dirki po Sloveniji ...

sportklub.n1info.si

A bit of trivia, another edition of most serious bicycle race in Slovenia just finished, Goni Pony.

New record was set riding up Vršič on a Pony (bike) and what is interesting is current ski jumping world record holder Domen Prevc was one of the attendees and got dropped, finished 23 minutes behind the winner.

Luka Kovačič na dirki s kolesi poni podrl lasten rekord

Gorski tekač in turni smučar Luka Kovačič je na Red Bull Goni Pony postavil nov rekord – s kolesom poni se je iz Kranjske Gore na Vršič povzpel v 39 minutah in 10 sekundah, kar je 29 sekund hitreje kot njegov prejšnji najboljši čas iz leta 2020.

www.rtvslo.si

As Tour of Slovenia just finished, some summer reading, after all Rogla is preparing for his summer holidays, this year the Tour, on what happens when an amateur cyclist, journalist by trade, wants to become a pro road cyclist for a day and undertakes Golte.

Pogačar, Roglič: kje so noge?

Spal sem kot Tadej Pogačar pred odločilno etapo. Briefing športnega direktorja – kljukica. Večerna masaža – kljukica. Kolo brezhibno pripravljeno, prehrana natančno izračunana, bidoni pripravljeni, rezervna kolesa na spremljevalnem vozilu. Radijska zveza deluje, hladilni jopiči pred štartom so...

siol.net

Spoiler alert gruppetto is called "kripl bataljon".

 

[Carols]

Pretty much agree with all this. It was the same with Contador in later years. He couldn't stay on his bike, couldn't avoid the random off day (like that first mountain stage in his final Vuelta where he dropped a couple minutes despite being arguably the best climber in the race after that), didn't command the same respect in the peloton, couldn't stay focused, and, on top of that (and not unrelated to all that), he couldn't avoid ill fortune. That's where Roglic is now.

This. One day Alberto could shine with some of his former luster, the next he was on the ground.

As much as I Love Rog I can't see him beating the mutants. If he finishes the race and says 'I did my best, I'm Happy' that will make me happy no matter where he finishes. Any successes he achieves will be pluses for me. Just Don't Fall!

 

[CyclistAbi]

In Rogla defense it was rather the same in his former years too.

P.S. For once we all would like for Rogla to ride a GT and to win it unscarred.

 

[CyclistAbi]

I must say that Tour de Suisse stage profiles do look rather inviting.