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

[VayaVayaVaya]

His form looks fine I guess but for what? He’s moving through his spring targets pretty fast, and soon he’ll be down to just the Vuelta as a target. Fine I guess if you consider that his only real target but not long ago he farmed these stage races.

 

[ftm]

Aren't you tired of writing the same essay over and over again...

You misunderstand me. My point is not to come here to brag that I was right, quite the opposite, I am trying to understand and I am trying to get the forum's view on this like it happened the last time I had a question about whether his decline was happening or not (this was back when he changed teams) and I was provided with interviews and a plausible explanation that I wouldn't have found on my own.

I've been a lurker for years, I think there are quite a few sensible posters here but lately I've been reading takes that are as baffling as my own confusion about what's going on with Roglic all of a sudden. It seems he is doing better than ever according to some posters when it's clear that he has become a complete different rider and is struggling mightily. And I wanted to debate that situations with examples to get a counter argument, if there is one.

Believe, I am the first that wishes he could continue many more years.

 

[Red Rick]

His form looks fine I guess but for what? He’s moving through his spring targets pretty fast, and soon he’ll be down to just the Vuelta as a target. Fine I guess if you consider that his only real target but not long ago he farmed these stage races.

Winter and spring are for sowing.

The harvest is in September

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

He's lucky that Decathlon isn't going to be pragmatic and won't send Seixas to the Vuelta like most of the young riders who are making their GT debut in the Vuelta.

Roglic is at a point where he wouldn't beat emergent riders. Lipowitz is proving more and more every day that he's already surpassed him. But the fact that the World Championships are in Canada this year means neither of the best GC riders will be at the Vuelta.

Roglic is still superior to the B-level riders in the peloton. The only risk would be if someone like Ayuso or Del Toro takes that step forward in three weeks, and they won't be there. Vingegaard because of the Giro, and Pogacar because of the World Championships won´t be at the Vuelta either .

Almeida could be a tough rival without the Tour, but Almeida isn't a Grand Tour winner; he has to be in top form and have everything go perfectly. There have been many Almeida who, for various reasons, haven't achieved it. I would never bet on him; even if his main rival at the Vuelta were Felix Gall.