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Feb 18, 2015
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Super impressive win. Without both Remcos crash and his wrong turn, the gap to his main rivals might be smaller, but then beating Evenepoel in a short TT like this is always impressive. The wrong turn might be annoying but the more important take away is that if he is stronger than Remco and significantly stronger than Vingegaard in the TT, he is looking pretty good for the gc.
 
Feb 20, 2012
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Super impressive win. Without both Remcos crash and his wrong turn, the gap to his main rivals might be smaller, but then beating Evenepoel in a short TT like this is always impressive. The wrong turn might be annoying but the more important take away is that if he is stronger than Remco and significantly stronger than Vingegaard in the TT, he is looking pretty good for the gc.
I'd be slightly careful to read super much into this ITT, this is the sort of ITT where Roglic can wake up from a coma and still crush it. In fact he did the same thing in '22 when he was actually nursing injury.
 
Jul 16, 2015
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Nov 16, 2013
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I'd be slightly careful to read super much into this ITT, this is the sort of ITT where Roglic can wake up from a coma and still crush it. In fact he did the same thing in '22 when he was actually nursing injury.

He didn't just win, though, he annihilated the entire elite bar Pogacar even though he missed a turn. I think this was an absolutely insane performance, but of course it doesn't mean he'll automatically win the Tour now.
 
Oct 15, 2017
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He didn't just win, though, he annihilated the entire elite bar Pogacar even though he missed a turn. I think this was an absolutely insane performance, but of course it doesn't mean he'll automatically win the Tour now.
Or was he the one most desperate to make a statement here?

It is a great win, but the race overall is not won yet and that would mean more than winning the opening 12km ITT.

"Absolutely insane performance" is just not accurate nor is it fair to Roglic either.

However, hopefully it is a confidence boost and sets it up for an interesting week to see how it all unfolds.
 
May 6, 2021
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The church of Rog is back open

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Jul 10, 2012
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He didn't just win, though, he annihilated the entire elite bar Pogacar even though he missed a turn. I think this was an absolutely insane performance, but of course it doesn't mean he'll automatically win the Tour now.
the only person who would even write this is someone who believes it's going to happen
 
May 8, 2014
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