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

[Red Rick]

Like he bottled the Tour last year in the final ITT, he's now bottling the reputation of having no charisma.

 

[Netserk]

Rewatched the crash, and while he goes down on his shoulder, he immediately rolls over and lands on his butt, quick to stand up again. It could easily have been the end of his Tour.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Day two and already 4th. Clearly on decline and that 5th ranking remark was on the spot.

 

[Gargamel35]

He looks good. Anyone have any information about his cough at the end of the first and second stage?

 

[CyclistAbi]

Likely he just needs to adapt to altitude and racing rhythm again. He survived first two stages. That was more or less crucial. If nothing unexpected happens then stage 3 and 4 should be a good training rides. On stage 5 he should i guess be just right, like as he would do Dauphiné before the Tour. In perfect racing form.

 

[JosefK]

He looks good. Anyone have any information about his cough at the end of the first and second stage?

I don't have any specific info on Rog's cough, but I've seen it from other endurance athletes after a hard effort -- some coughing after finishing. Seen it from distance runners as well as cyclists. It could be nothing.

 

[cen]

I don't have any specific info on Rog's cough, but I've seen it from other endurance athletes after a hard effort -- some coughing after finishing. Seen it from distance runners as well as cyclists. It could be nothing.

I would tend to agree, probably just from the huge effort at the finish.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Realistically this were two brutal opening stages. Roglič was already put under big pressure. In my opinion it is a good sign he didn't fold. I feel that this was not yet peak Roglič.

 

[Red Rick]

I would tend to agree, probably just from the huge effort at the finish.

Yeah its especially associated with short, max efforts

 

[Krzysztof_O]

He looks good. Anyone have any information about his cough at the end of the first and second stage?

It's a sign of great form, see peak Froomey.

 

[Gargamel35]

Well, he does say that all his body hurts form the fall the first day and one of the legs is specially bad. I hope he can get better now in these two stages before nr. 5 chrono.

 

[Anderis]

Clearly the title thread change has jinxed him.

 

[ppanther92]

Why did WvA not wait? At Sky or US Postal that wouldn't have been possible, tbh.

 

[Red Rick]

Nothing broken for Roglic.

 

[BlueRoads]

Why did WvA not wait? At Sky or US Postal that wouldn't have been possible, tbh.

I guess if all goes wrong for Roglic it's better to at least have van Aert still in the race...

 

[Carols]

Every time Primoz rides a French race bad things happen . But these first 3 days have been off the charts BAD . Hopefully he recovers enough to make a race of it!

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

Those 'Grande Casino' and 'Me like it' quips have just endeared him to me a lot more.. what a guy but I'm pretty sure he didn't like the french version very much (le grand bordel?)...

 

[IndianCyclist]

Why did WvA not wait? At Sky or US Postal that wouldn't have been possible, tbh.

More importantly why was he not following WVA in the finale

 

[hfer07]

so Primoz is already down a minute on Pogacar.......

damn it

 

[JosefK]

When is the last time a rider as banged up as Primoz is won the Tour? It doesn't happen.

 

[Rackham]

There are too many personal vested interests for different teams after a stage like today's ergo no one will make a unified stand against madness (stage design + peloton behavior). I mean just look at how certain teams have benefitted from the carnage (in terms of GC prospects & sprint stage victories).

So Roglic will continue, lose the Tour & afterwards people will unironically say "tough luck, you shouldn't have crashed & you weren't going to beat Pogacar anyway". Rinse repeat for Pogacar if he finds himself in the same position, i.e. "tough luck, but Carapaz deserves it for staying on his bike" etc.

It just makes the entire concept of being the best, training hard & preparing for the Tour so redundant based on the nature of the crash lottery.

 

[Carols]

Colbrelli should be disicplined! Is there any penalty for this?
Moments later, Roglic himself came up with a response . “I got a body check from Colbrelli. It wasn't necessary, but it was very stressful with all those narrow streets.'

 

[Red Rick]

Bit worried about Roglic' passive reaction here. If that really happened you at lest put in a protest. You can't let yourself get *** with like this.

 

[topcat]

I blame the thread title. Way too cheesy.

 

[Carols]

Bit worried about Roglic' passive reaction here. If that really happened you at lest put in a protest. You can't let yourself get *** with like this.

Eastern European culture is not to cause waves......