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

[Lequack]

Team LottoNL-Jumbo return to OVO Energy Tour of Britain with Primoz Roglic:
https://www.tourofbritain.co.uk/2018/08/21/team-lottonl-jumbo-return-to-ovo-energy-tour-of-britain-with-primoz-roglic/

 

[Lequack]

Roglic to miss Worlds time trial but will ride road race:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/roglic-to-miss-worlds-time-trial-but-will-ride-road-race/

Darn, was hoping he'd battle it out again with Dumoulin.

 

[johnymax]

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Roglic to miss Worlds time trial but will ride road race:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/roglic-to-miss-worlds-time-trial-but-will-ride-road-race/

Darn, was hoping he'd battle it out again with Dumoulin.

This is big news. A medal is up for grabs now. I was really looking forward to see the battle between him, Dennis and Dumoulin. But if he has problems with his elbow and if he thinks he has little to no chance at a gold medal, I trust him and think it's the right thing to do. He has got silver already, so he should put all his efforts in trying to win a medal in the Road Race. It's maybe once in a lifetime opportunity. Who knows when will the WC course be this hard again. I expect him to be ready.

 

[Lequack]

More beard than usual at the Tour of Britain
Also a strong performance to finish in the lead group.

 

[Lequack]

What a nice performance today from the team to win the TTT and put Roglic into the lead.

 

[Red Rick]

https://nos.nl/artikel/2252437-roglic-reed-tour-met-pijnlijke-elleboog-er-zat-nog-een-steen-in.html

So apparently Roglic' poor time trial in the Tour gave cause to investigation.

Turned out he still had a rock in his elbow from a crash before the Tour.

 

[Lequack]

Re:

https://nos.nl/artikel/2252437-roglic-reed-tour-met-pijnlijke-elleboog-er-zat-nog-een-steen-in.html

So apparently Roglic' poor time trial in the Tour gave cause to investigation.

Turned out he still had a rock in his elbow from a crash before the Tour.

That's crazy that they can miss something like this with all the modern imaging.

 

[Carols]

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https://nos.nl/artikel/2252437-roglic-reed-tour-met-pijnlijke-elleboog-er-zat-nog-een-steen-in.html

So apparently Roglic' poor time trial in the Tour gave cause to investigation.

Turned out he still had a rock in his elbow from a crash before the Tour.

Wow! Reminiscent of one Alberto Contador's knee in 2014. Hopefully Primoz has a Contador 2014 Vuelta type ride on Sunday! Go Primoz .

 

[RedheadDane]

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https://nos.nl/artikel/2252437-roglic-reed-tour-met-pijnlijke-elleboog-er-zat-nog-een-steen-in.html

So apparently Roglic' poor time trial in the Tour gave cause to investigation.

Turned out he still had a rock in his elbow from a crash before the Tour.

 

[johnymax]

I am a believer

Slovenia is riding like a big team taking responsibilities in the chase of the early brake. They've been very confident lately and the whole team is 100% committed to Roglic. In the pre-race interviews one could clearly see they believe in him and think he can end up with the rainbow jersey. Rainbow is the goal!

 

[GuyIncognito]

Shame about the crash. Would've liked to see what he could've done.
Seeing as routes that suit him will be scarce.

 

[Finn84]

It would have been very fitting him to do well in Innsbruck considering city is also known for ski jumping (as my avatar shows)

 

[Lequack]

Roglic aims for pink jersey in Giro. Slovenian rider wants to win first grand tour.
https://www.velonews.com/2018/12/news/with-roglic-mollema-2019-giro-field-just-keeps-getting-better_482454

That is a really strong Giro field, along with Dumoulin, Simon Yates, Landa, Valverde, Nibali, Lopez, possibly Bernal and Aru.

 

[Red Rick]

Favorite for the prologue imo.

 

[Cinemaniak]

Looks like he stepped up another level. Didn't really expect him to go for the win in the UAE Tour. Last year his first races weren't this dominant. Truly becoming one of the biggest GT-contenders.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I don't agree. This is the same kind of level he showed in winning all those 1 week stage races last year. It's a continuation.

 

[Cinemaniak]

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I don't agree. This is the same kind of level he showed in winning all those 1 week stage races last year. It's a continuation.

His first few races weren't the same kind of level. Far from it. Not in February at least.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

That was more due to bad luck than anything else. Last year he won stages in both Algarve and Tirreno after being taken out of GC due to sheer bad luck earlier if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Blanco]

The guy is a real deal! I'm becoming a fan!

 

[Lequack]

Re:

That was more due to bad luck than anything else. Last year he won stages in both Algarve and Tirreno after being taken out of GC due to sheer bad luck earlier if I'm not mistaken.

Yeah he was strong in the early season as well last year, although last year he skipped the Giro to focus on the Tour, this year he's riding the Giro and the Tour, but apparently in the tour he's supposedly be helping Kruijswik. I guess we'll have to see. Perhaps he should've gone with the Tour only option this year as well, but that would mean Kruijswik probably going to the Giro. Not sure what race Bennet is doing this year though.

Anyway great ride today, just edged at the line by the old fox, no shame in that. I just love his riding style, he looks so good on the bike.

 

[johnymax]

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That was more due to bad luck than anything else. Last year he won stages in both Algarve and Tirreno after being taken out of GC due to sheer bad luck earlier if I'm not mistaken.

He didn't do Algarve last year but Valenciana where he was 6th overall and without a stage win. He was strong but not the strongest in the race. Today he looked the strongest IMO. In Tirreno you are right, he lost GC ambitions because of a crash in a flat stage.

I think he is even better than last year and will be hard to beat in stage races. I can't wait for the Giro. It's going to be helluva fun.

 

[Son of Amsterhammer]

Looking good for Giro right now. Really damn good!

 

[Carols]

This boy is going to the Big Time this season.....I predict a real Giro battle. He should definitely podium, maybe even Top Step .

 

[dastott]

Really impressive. Is there anything he can't do? TT, climb and even sprint? Giro is a mouth watering prospect...

 

[fuiers]

Have not seen that much of him this season yet but seems that he is already in good shape. It is going to be interesting Giro.