Lev has spent so much time on the podium in the last couple of years, he probably thinks staying on the podium and receiving trophies has to be an integral part of every adult's life...lol
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I read somewhere that little Lev will be on the podium more times than most cyclists in their entire careers.
Today he looked very good. Responding to several attacks in first person. He was keeping high cadence and never looked like going full gas. He was also up there in the sprint.
The GC is still very short and obviously Saturday's stage is the decisive one. But tomorrow there will be no hidding. The finale suits him, he should try to take some seconds on the main rivals.
The GC is still very short and obviously Saturday's stage is the decisive one. But tomorrow there will be no hidding. The finale suits him, he should try to take some seconds on the main rivals.
The only difficulty I could see with tomorrow stage’s action is the two most GC relevant stages back to back, so a few riders might save their legs, but that is less common these days.
He makes plenty of mistakes in the sprints though, he should have won yesterday and been close the day before.
Perfectly positioned to launch his sprint, he hesitates and takes the wheel of Ulissi instead:
They even rode through here between the two climbs, so the route should be fresh in his memory.
Depressing.
I think that's how I'd describe this Basque Country. TJV need to have a closer look at why their number one stomper looks a little broken right now.
I think that's how I'd describe this Basque Country. TJV need to have a closer look at why their number one stomper looks a little broken right now.
If he's feeling that bad he should simply DNS tomorrow.
Rogla didn't look worried at the interview. Just smiled, said he was tired, and laughed when asked if he would attack tomorrow
Rogla didn't look worried at the interview. Just smiled, said he was tired, and laughed when asked if he would attack tomorrow
You've been spoilt with a rider always performing at 100%. It's fine to sometimes be a little tired or not in optimal shape. It means he's human. Tomorrow is another day.
I don't think it's wrong to feel a little melancholic though. FYI I felt this way after Formigal in the 2020 Vuelta as well (let's not even mention the Planche des Belles Filles).
He usually comes back & stomps, i.e. that's his style, so I'm hardly writing him off entirely. But considering Basque Country is an actual objective for TJV, right now it looks unlikely either Jonas or Rog ill win (& Jonas with his little accident at the end made matters worse).
Meh.
Roglic’s facial expression on the final climb today was telling… I haven’t seen him this weak since 2017 I think. I don’t think he can do anything tomorrow and we can hope this is all part of his new approach to winning TDF finally.
However his form should be on the rise yet when comparing to P-N it seems to be declining which is really not a good sign…
However his form should be on the rise yet when comparing to P-N it seems to be declining which is really not a good sign…
I wonder if there is a reason for this as I've never seen him struggle like this in the Spring. Is it maybe a post Covid effect? Age catching up? Deliberately lower form to be better for TDF-Vuelta double?
I'm with Rackham in feeling depressed, was looking forward to this race, especially after that Wout's Covid positive in one of the worst moments...
And then I really hoped for him to win Fleche, but I can't see it happening with these legs...
I'm with Rackham in feeling depressed, was looking forward to this race, especially after that Wout's Covid positive in one of the worst moments...
And then I really hoped for him to win Fleche, but I can't see it happening with these legs...
I would like to add that these performances that you mentioned were - even though he lost time to some favourites - not that bad after all. He was comfortably in top 10 I believe. Today I’m not sure where he finished but there must have been 20 riders that did better than him..
He is too nice for a rider who wants to have the palmares of a champion. He can't be happy when his teammate goes away and he stay stick to the peloton. Seriously, he is the leader and vingegaard needs to know his role in the team. Vingegaard is a backup,period!! After today, I'm pretty sure Pogacar will murder jumbo in the tour.
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He clearly didn't have the legs today otherwise he would have finished way higher in the chasing group. No point in letting the co-leader lose a minute as well. If it took you until today to realise that Pogacar is going to destroy Jumbo in the Tour this year, that's on you.
Flying in Paris-Nice? Must have been watching another race
This can be a slow start (compared to his usual dominant self) or a slow decline
And what were they supposed to do in your opinion? Put Jonas on the front of peloton to chase 5/6 strong guys ahead, and let's imagine he catches them which takes a lot of imagination, he'll lose time as he's empty now and Roglic will lose time with those legs too. Jonas' job was to mark moves and he did so, he f...ed up by crashing at the finish, and Roglic f...ed up by not following Remco attack or better say he couldn't... That's how Jumbo lost this race
Faster than slow prolly, but slower than very fast. He won PN, won a couple of time trials against the best in the world etc.
Or maybe today was a really bad day by him. It was unbelievable when weaker guys were stomping him on that final murito.
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