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

[Peyroteo94]

The mountain sprinter is back. Great to see him again, toying with the kids.

 

[Red Rick]

The question is not whether he's in his top form or whether he is able to win this race. The claim I was opposing was that he struggled yesterday on that climb each time they went uphill and that his poor positiong was a reflection of that struggle. And then at some point he decided he is not struggling anymore and wins the stage? I don't buy that...

I also think he is pretty far from his regular self. I think his regluar self would have launched so hard noone would be able to follow (think San Luca 2021, for instance)...

I think it was smart to start the climbs in the front and then slip some places when nobody is riding away anyway. They did the first few climbs pretty fast so not fighting in the peloton uphill to stay in the front is just saving energy.

But it's also not like the other guys weren't on their limit on that climb. You'd expect Mas to do something here given recent results, but he also only suckwheeled.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Fifth or sixth position is reasonable to expect today. That is somewhere in JV train.

 

[acm]

Stomp number 2.

 

[Red Rick]

Guys taht was not a Stomp.

That was an absolute wheelsucking masterclass in full glory

 

[SHAD0W93]

I like Roglic getting these wins and bumping up his self esteem. A huge confidence boost for the Giro.

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

Not the best climber in the bunch today, but I don't know to what extent he was hiding from the wind and hoping the attackers would be f*cked by the headwind. Kelderman did a good job keeping stuff together.

 

[jmdirt]

PRx2!

 

[Peyroteo94]

The mountain sprinter strikes again. He is not in great shape but he will be fine in the Giro

 

[Lequack]

Great win today, probably a lot harder than yesterday

ay as well

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

Great win today, probably a lot harder than yesterd

ay as well

Any way you look at it, 2 wins in his first race back after constant setbacks and surgery is fantastic. Meant to say, they look super happy.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Good that Primoz shaved his legs. Otherwise, given the increased aero drag, he would've finished in the grupetto today!

 

[Miha81]

Looks like he read some tactics books while being on "sick leave". Good to see him smile again.

 

[Red Rick]

Interesting interview with Arthur van Dongen, who's the DS at Tirreno. He said they knew Roglic was back on the short climbs and stuff, but they thought he wasn't quite ready yet on the longer climbs, so he admitted the headwind was lucky. Roglic was also disappointed by his ITT.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

You know he's still world class when he's nowhere near his best form, yet still wins back to back uphill finishes in a WT race. Not sure for how much longer he will remain capable of challenging for GTs - the Tour already seems something of a long shot - but he still has a good few years of being an absolute force in one-week stage races and probably also the classics in him.

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

The fact that he won two stages against solid competition when he really shouldn't be in form to me is an extremely positive sign. I know these stages favored him, but if you don't have the legs, you can't stay in the front, and you don't have anything left for the sprint.

 

[Cookster15]

Looks like Roglic is well on his way to being back to his best. A welcome return. This also spells very good news for Jumbo and Vingegaard for the TdF.

 

[Salvarani]

Guys taht was not a Stomp.

That was an absolute wheelsucking masterclass in full glory

Valverde found his heir.

 

[pablohidalgo7]

Interesting interview with Arthur van Dongen, who's the DS at Tirreno. He said they knew Roglic was back on the short climbs and stuff, but they thought he wasn't quite ready yet on the longer climbs, so he admitted the headwind was lucky. Roglic was also disappointed by his ITT.

Interesting... Do you have the link please?

 

[Red Rick]

Interesting... Do you have the link please?

Primoz Roglic sprint door weer en wind naar 2e ritzege en is nieuwe leider | sporza

Primoz Roglic heeft toegeslagen in een winderige 5e etappe in Tirreno-Adriatico. Op de ingekorte slotklim van de koninginnenrit was de tegenwind een gesel voor de klassementskanonnen, die dan maar zouden sprinten in Sassotetto. Door de bonificatieseconden neemt ritwinnaar Roglic de leiderstrui...

sporza.be

It's in Dutch without subtitles so I don't know if you can make cheese of it.

 

[Carols]

Another day when I was unavailable so just watched the stage. Amazing Champion!!! How many people can come back after his last 6 months and win back to back WT stages and take the leaders jersey on their 4th and 5th days back racing? Name one please .
Keep on stomping Primoz you make me happy to be a cycling fan

 

[Tonton]

Valverde found his heir.

I agree, and it's a compliment. You can't race like that and win if you're just good or very good. So I would say that actually it's a classic roglstomp: Primoz is dominating this bike race, no one can drop him, he's the best finisher, it's not even close.

 

[Oldermanish]

Guys taht was not a Stomp.

That was an absolute wheelsucking masterclass in full glory

In a headwind that's a proper sprint. Would you expect him to take a glory pull and let Mas win it? That's racing and he won.

 

[Red Rick]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=jfee86mdbak&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fpeloton%2Fcomments%2F11oedii%2Frace_thread_2023_tirreno_adriatico_stage_6_2uwt%2F&feature=emb_logo

 

[limak_]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=jfee86mdbak&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fpeloton%2Fcomments%2F11oedii%2Frace_thread_2023_tirreno_adriatico_stage_6_2uwt%2F&feature=emb_logo

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