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Peyroteo94

Peyroteo94

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I think this has nothing to do with his back. Roglic seems more and more vulnerable to hard stages (and I think altitude too). Today was a very easy stage until Ancares and he still is elite in this type of climbs because he wasn't cooked earlier. His endurance is not stellar anymore but he still is a master in pure w/kg
 
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Lequack

Lequack

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Great performance today. There were always doubts, especially after that bad day and big Mas performance. But he was strong today.

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Red Rick said:
He said before the race, he's racing on his TdF training base, essentially meaning that if the condition comes back, it's the shorter end that recovers more quickly.

And yes, he's always gravitated to fresher efforts.

I also wonder how bad he truly was on Hazallanas, cause it could also be that he just didn't feel great, and noped out of attacking but he wasn't so bad he was actually close to dropping or anything. I think that fits quite well with how Roglic has often raced in the past, especially with how he was sitting on O'Connors wheel in the first half of the group instead of back of the group. And with it having a long descent it was kinda pointless to do any attacking after you don't follow Mas.
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Obviously we will never have the absolute truth but sounds like it was just the heat and the fact that GTs are now brutal compared to the 2000s giros
 
Rackham

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Scarponi said:
Obviously we will never have the absolute truth but sounds like it was just the heat and the fact that GTs are now brutal compared to the 2000s giros
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I think riding with Mas on Sunday would have been a pretty bad investment, considering the nature of the descent afterwards. These guys all know those roads as well because they have training camps around there; at Sierra Nevada. I mean I was surprised to see Yates lose so much time as well in the final 5km's.
 
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Rackham

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Anyway Rog is back. For real.

I based my predictions for this Vuelta (including after O'Connor took all that time last week) on the 'hope' he could get his stage 11 of the TdF legs here (the one where he battled with Vinge & Evenepoel).

With that kind of form, he was going to beat this field. I hope he keeps it up & takes red on Sunday.
 
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Eddy Evenepoel

Eddy Evenepoel

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Red Rick said:
I also wonder how bad he truly was on Hazallanas, cause it could also be that he just didn't feel great, and noped out of attacking but he wasn't so bad he was actually close to dropping or anything. I think that fits quite well with how Roglic has often raced in the past, especially with how he was sitting on O'Connors wheel in the first half of the group instead of back of the group. And with it having a long descent it was kinda pointless to do any attacking after you don't follow Mas.
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After yesterday I thought similar things. Obviously he didnt feel great that day, but with the downhill and flat section at the end it does make sense that he perhaps thought "I wont take any risk today. Mas can go and I stay with the group. The time loss will not be big anyway with the downhill to come".

The way he looked today and yesterday I dont think there is any way he's gonna lose this Vuelta now. Even on bad days he's so good at limiting the time losses and Mas confidence must have taken a hit after today.
 
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Peyroteo94 said:
I think this has nothing to do with his back. Roglic seems more and more vulnerable to hard stages (and I think altitude too). Today was a very easy stage until Ancares and he still is elite in this type of climbs because he wasn't cooked earlier. His endurance is not stellar anymore but he still is a master in pure w/kg
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"His endurance is not stellar anymore"........how would you remotely know that? He's coming off a back injury and walked away from everyone at a pace he maintained for nearly 4km. That sounds an awful lot like endurance.
 
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bNator

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I think after this Vuelta, certain designations will be off the menu when we comes to our beloved Rogla: mountain sprinter, negative rider, wheelsucker… he has more than proven he will attack when situation calls for it and not only that - he’s a damn good attacker, too! All this at 35 and after another spine fracture… Amazing!
 
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Berniece

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bNator said:
I think after this Vuelta, certain designations will be off the menu when we comes to our beloved Rogla: mountain sprinter, negative rider, wheelsucker… he has more than proven he will attack when situation calls for it and not only that - he’s a damn good attacker, too! All this at 35 and after another spine fracture… Amazing!
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Question is if he will still attack and go for it once he's in the lead. Obviously he needs to attack when he's behind.
 
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