Is it?Eastern European culture is not to cause waves......
To me it just screams "yeet me over when I'm in the way cause I don't retaliate anyway"
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Is it?Eastern European culture is not to cause waves......
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.
Is it?
To me it just screams "yeet me over when I'm in the way cause I don't retaliate anyway"
"Did you do the bad thing?"We should hear Colbrelli's side before assigning blame
We should hear Colbrelli's side before assigning blame
IMO, that's why winning 2, 3, 5 TdFs in a row (or not in a row for that matter)is that much more impressive: staying off the ground, avoid flats, avoiding mechanicals, etc. for 100+ days!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.
"Did you do the bad thing?"
"No I did not do the bad thing"
~Any guy who did the bad thing
What we need is the helicopter footage from that crash.
apparently there is noneWhat we need is the helicopter footage from that crash.
How very suspicious.
For GC? Think thats a long shot...I guess if all goes wrong for Roglic it's better to at least have van Aert still in the race...
He's had bad luck in France for years now. Dauphine, Tour, Paris-Nice... I tried to change that with wishing him good luck, but it didn't help. I'm gonna cryI blame the thread title. Way too cheesy.
Thanks. I only glance at this thread now and then. I didn't know you did the title and I didn't get it. I thought it was conjured up by a fanboy who had gone simple. Bad luck for him, but he's less than a minute behind Pog.He's had bad luck in France for years now. Dauphine, Tour, Paris-Nice... I tried to change that with wishing him good luck, but it didn't help. I'm gonna cry
...and scrubbing dirt/gravel out is soooo much fun!The problem is he crashed where there was some gravel on the side of the road, and the road rash from gravel is much worse.
Maybe, but yellow after the TT isn't.For GC? Think thats a long shot...
Man, lots of in your post:In my opinion Roglič should assess his chances and if chances are low he should abandon the Tour and focus on new goals. Healthy Roglič could get that amount of time back, as for injured one ...
For years i had high opinion of the Tour, but this years fiasco seriously undermined that. I do expect for cyclists to give everything they got. To suffer physicality and mentally and to do that tremendously. But for me it stops when it is obvious i am watching a circus with a freak show and the bar is set beyond the body bag. And nobody really cares and find that amusing.
Pogačar said they sent them down a narrow road full of holes at the end of the stage all knew will finish in a high speed bunch sprint. There is just no excuse for that after Poland.
Such reduced and broken up GC squad. What is the point in watching that. Like with the sprinters, Bennett missing, OK then second tire ones will get a chance. Oh no, they crashed, third tier to get a chance ... If the best of the best are basically eliminated on stage 3 then the race can't be considered to be first tier anymore. Just do the train or something and lets get it over with.
Anyway i am not watching this GT race actively anymore. Good luck to you Primož with whatever you decide to do next.
You will still be my GOAT with or without the Tour title in your trophy cabinet.
IMO it was a mistake by both guys. Colbreli reacted to pack movement and Roglic was next to a Sprinter about to do his job. Move on; it's a tough sport.We should hear Colbrelli's side before assigning blame
Man, lots of in your post:
-This is the first time that you see the TdF as a circus?!
-PR crashed long before the finish, had nothing to do with the sprint.
-Bennett isn't the best sprinter of 2021.
-TM is a first tier sprinter (better than Bennett this year).
-Your definition of 'tiers' is too narrow IMO.
-No GC racer is the GOAT without a TdF title.