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[CyclistAbi]

Beautiful performance by Rogla and the team, tactics perfectly played too on stage 11. Looks like they are rather sure in themself, didn't think they will blew today's stage apart already, a positive sign for the remainder of week two. Lets hope both Rogla and the team can keep it up. If they take 50% of opportunities ahead, that should already be rewarding.

I enjoy watching best cyclist in the universe at work, thank you.

 

[cen]

Only needs to take 2 more minutes, keep things manageable on the hard MTFs and then smoke everyone in final TT. Things are looking promising after today.

 

[tobydawq]

I did some squats yesterday for the first time in a while. My lower back is completely toast today, I can barely bend down. I guess I am even more of a Roglic supporter than I thought, even emulating his pains.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Back very good today. I assume it will be back to quite bad when he loses time to Mas on a MTF

 

[tobydawq]

Back very good today. I assume it will be back to quite bad when he loses time to Mas on a MTF

How do you know it was very good today?

 

[Valv.Piti]

How do you know it was very good today?

Im just making assumptions, but I just find it funny how his back and his pain of it fluctuates as much as it does according to himself

 

[tobydawq]

Im just making assumptions, but I just find it funny how his back and his pain of it fluctuates as much as it does according to himself

When has he said the back was good?

Hasn't he just not spoken about it when he won?

And would it be surprising that he has back pain after breaking a lumbar vertebra less than two months ago?

 

[VayaVayaVaya]

Im just making assumptions, but I just find it funny how his back and his pain of it fluctuates as much as it does according to himself

I’m generally aligned with your takes, but I don’t quite understand this one. He has said before and during the Vuelta that his back still hurts. This is what the Cyclingnews recap said after his first victory on stage 4:

“"It was tough - the heat, and for me now coming a bit back," Roglič said, adding that he is still struggling with his back injury.”

Here he is after his stage 8 win per the guardian :

“I’m going every day full racing, just see how I will respond to all of this input to my body after a hard period with my injury. I still feel it, so we’ll see,” Roglic said.

 

[Mako]

Back very good today. I assume it will be back to quite bad when he loses time to Mas on a MTF

Which MTF do you think he will lose time to Mas? Did you study the profiles? I'm curious. I think nothing is quite like the Sierra Nevada stage. I could see Roglic losing time on stage 20 though.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Back very good today. I assume it will be back to quite bad when he loses time to Mas on a MTF

I mean there was even a picture posted online, type and extent of injury. You can take that and ask some online or local orthopaedists, will i experience any pain if i ride Vuelta with such condition a month from now?

Or just do what @tobydawq did and you'll answer it for yourself.

 

[zlev11]

Im just making assumptions, but I just find it funny how his back and his pain of it fluctuates as much as it does according to himself

that's because you're just making stuff up. he mentioned his back after he won stage 8 and i'm pretty sure he did after stage 4 too.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Im just making assumptions, but I just find it funny how his back and his pain of it fluctuates as much as it does according to himself

Talk to any older person, the pain always fluctuates all over the body. And no they are not making it up.

 

[acm]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1828883746981904793

View: https://x.com/CyclingGraphs/status/1828883746981904793?t=94N26vBZuLySmYgsk67hUw&s=19

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Is nice that Roglic give these anonemous twitter guys his power meter to share with the world

 

[CyclistAbi]

I do wonder if Rogla doesn't attack more due to being cautious in regards to the crashes, age catching up or he just likes to wheel suck. Such dilemmas!

 

[Mako]

Hazallanas was by far the hardest stage of the Vuelta, probably overall, so I don't think it's weird at all if that's a stage where his back felt the worst and where he wanted to attack but noped out in the end.

I think so too. Maybe stage 20. But in retrospect that tripple succession of hard climbs was not in favor of Roglic. I think he fares way better on all the stages to come, as they have easier run ins to a single hard climb, where he might be on par with Mas if not slightly better.

 

[CyclistAbi]

A moment when journalist asks Rogla about the back pain and Rogla answers it.

 

[topcat]

I did some squats yesterday for the first time in a while. My lower back is completely toast today, I can barely bend down. I guess I am even more of a Roglic supporter than I thought, even emulating his pains.

It makes total sense that you cheer for the Slovenian Valverde.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1828883746981904793

View: https://x.com/CyclingGraphs/status/1828883746981904793?t=94N26vBZuLySmYgsk67hUw&s=19

Facing one of the strongest headwinds on a climb? In what timeframe? They were riding through a forest!

 

[Peyroteo94]

Landa did something similar to Roglic. He was not drafting and he closed the gap to Roglic

 

[Sciatic]

View: https://x.com/CyclingGraphs/status/1828883746981904793?t=94N26vBZuLySmYgsk67hUw&s=19

And yet the small chasing group with Landa caught up with him before the top?

 

[Sciatic]

I do wonder if Rogla doesn't attack more due to being cautious in regards to the crashes, age catching up or he just likes to wheel suck. Such dilemmas!

He has initiated the attacks on several of the climbs and then rode at the front. The least wheel sucking we’ve seen. But he does modulate his efforts to conserve energy when he can. That used to be normative behavior for GC leaders but Pogacar and Vingegaard skew out vision because they ride like they have endless energy.

 

[CyclistAbi]

@Sciatic

I see. A lot of people came in the past to say hi and on why doesn't Rogla attack, or similar. Was wondering what is going on this time and now i see they are still waiting for the cue.

 

[SHAD0W93]

@Sciatic

I see. A lot of people came in the past to say hi and on why doesn't Rogla attack, or similar. Was wondering what is going on this time and now i see they are still waiting for the cue.

Roglic is definitely attacking and setting the pace more than maybe any GT at this point. I wouldn’t be surprised if he wants to take advantage of the days his back isn’t hurting as bad as others since you never know what will happen. Plus has to get that gap down to about a minute before the TT.

 

[Netserk]

Landa did something similar to Roglic. He was not drafting and he closed the gap to Roglic

It was Cattaneo who chased most of the climb, Landa only got in the wind near the end.