You are a very optimistic skijumper Roglič fan I see
Indeed, sadly. I hope so much he makes it through the first week without time loss and without injury...
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You are a very optimistic skijumper Roglič fan I see
You are a very optimistic skijumper Roglič fan I see
I convinced Skijumper Roglic fan is actually Tadej Pogacar himself. So hey there, Tadej.
It should be noted Pogacar was a massive Roglic fan, no different than the rest of us here in many ways. Just check older Roglic Instagram posts from years ago (like his early ones with only a few thousand likes): Pogacar liked loads of them.
Now though he enjoys winning the Tour on easy mode & trolling Roglic fans here.
It's funny how the general opinion has changed in a couple of years. Two years ago and even last year, a route that had a lot of uphill finishes didn't suit him, but it did suit his opponents, according to this forum. Now a route with a lot of MTFs apparently suits him very well.
Indeed, sadly. I hope so much he makes it through the first week without time loss and without injury...
Tadej and Primoz actually remind me of Wout and Mathieu: they race against each other, but seem to like each other, also...
So it‘s good it‘s cycling, and no boxing.
Yeah I'll add no crashes before the Tour to thatLike in 2020 and 2018?
Is he supposed to be a tough guy? Don't think so.Good luck bodycheking Dennis.
I'm gonna do a hot take and say Roubaix is overrated as hell just because you can win it if you're a big boy without explosivityOn the plus side at least we will know for sure if PR should do PR in the future.
P.S. Totally worth blowing one Tour on that.
Is he supposed to be a tough guy? Don't think so.
Total casual list for this month's Roubaix was like one guy hurt a shoulder and Mads Pedersen still limping. Maybe cobbles are not so much worse wrt to crashes than other races/courses after all.
I'm gonna do a hot take and say Roubaix is overrated as hell just because you can win it if you're a big boy without explosivity
PR isn't as specialized as it's made out to be IMO. Colbrelli won it on his first try. Gilbert won it on his 2nd or 3rd. Moscon, who almost won it, is one of the most alround riders around.Never meet an Australian that wasn't. And how much of the (Tour) GC favourites participated in that race?
It's a race for specialists.
My take on it is the lottery will bear fruit. That is some GC guys will get eliminated on stage 5. As for people believing Roglič will be one of them. I wouldn't be all that sure about that. He will likely manage just fine and has a team to back him. The impression i have is like the Tour likes to sabotage itself. Why else would you kill a GC race on stage 5.
Has he even hinted that? How was it a backstabbing? Its not like he attacked him when he punctured or anything. He was just better and more deserving.They were getting along well until that legendary PDBF TT. I think then Primoz felt as if his younger peer had backstabbed him, it was his turn to win and the future was for Tadej. Since then he's avoided Tadej subject in interviews and once mentioned they had never been friends.
He might be better on cobbles than most of them, but it's very high variance which is very undesirable as someone who'll probably stomp everyone bar Pogacar in the mountains. And the one guy against whom he'd probably like more variance is also probably a better rider on cobbles.My take on this is Roglič is likely in a slight advantage, regarding the stage 5, compared to main rivals. As who you have in your team will determine the outcome (minus lottery). GC guys alone can do little on this stage.
We'll see.
He might be better on cobbles than most of them, but it's very high variance which is very undesirable as someone who'll probably stomp everyone bar Pogacar in the mountains. And the one guy against whom he'd probably like more variance is also probably a better rider on cobbles.
Has he even hinted that? How was it a backstabbing? Its not like he attacked him when he punctured or anything. He was just better and more deserving.
Is he supposed to be a tough guy? Don't think so.
Total casual list for this month's Roubaix was like one guy hurt a shoulder and Mads Pedersen still limping. Maybe cobbles are not so much worse wrt to crashes than other races/courses after all.