On the roundabout before the second to last climb he lost about 4 bike lengths to Pog (he was on Pog's wheel as they were approaching the roundabout). That equates to about 20 positions or even more. It is hard to be up there at the end of such a climb if you start so far back. The good thing is that he looked fine on the last climb.
- Jul 7, 2013
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- Jul 16, 2015
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Nope. Nice bit of camaraderie with (maybe future teammate) Evenepoel as well after his crash.
View: https://x.com/LosBrolin/status/1942249992074199087
Meeus (quite a hard crash I think) and Pithie hit the deck though so there goes Bora's big backup sprint plan to get something out of the Tour.
- Jul 7, 2013
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- Feb 20, 2012
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His stuntman career is in decline.
- May 16, 2015
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???? Did he tell you that? Looks like he abandoned the front when Bora wanted their sprinter effort to begin. What else would you do with the last 30km straight into a headwind?
- Feb 20, 2012
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Pretty sure he was joking in that Roglic stayed upright in a stage where 90% of the noteworthy action was people falling off their bicycles at high velocities.
- Jul 7, 2013
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I saw Bora kit lying all over the tarmac and I expected the worst. Good job Primoz.
He did spend some time heading to the finish checking on Remco. Wonder if that might be the beginning of a RBH recruitment charm offensive and collaborative breakaway strategy. May as well combine the strengths of two teams to take on the Double Headed Dragon for the podium. Wouldn't that be an amazing podium if those guys both made it?
So two team members taking a hit, not a good outcome for stage 3. As for stage 4, from GC point of view i don't feel it's that important stage, but there is more to it. Pogi highly likely plans to go all out and to take stage win, yellow and 100th career win, Jonas obviously invited to the party, Remco hard to say, due to the crash. Rogla, penultimate climb is his terrain, unfortunately not a MTF. Anyway, staying with the best or winning the stage, that would be good for morale. Especially if at least one team member at his side and one waiting up front.
- Jul 7, 2013
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Rogla already almost 1.5 minutes behind Pogi in the GC. No crucial stages ridden yet and and no crash involved. That's a lot.
- Feb 20, 2012
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Yeah if he loses the Tour to Pogacar he definitely lost it because of the first 4 days. Never know how much positioning issues caused underperformance today.
We'll have to see the ITT tomorrow.
- Jun 30, 2022
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I assume positioning will be blamed again when he started the last climb in about 15th Position and finished 18th. That‘s just not gonna cut it.
- Apr 13, 2021
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- Aug 3, 2015
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Well he didn't say that, but it is a lot of time for a caliber like Roglic. You can add stage 2 where he potentially could have lost time again, but it came back together.
He ain't looking strong at all, and I very much doubt he has the watts necessary tomomrrow.
- Aug 3, 2015
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Remco did it on his own because he had legs. Roglic could easily have done the same.
- Jun 30, 2022
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I think he‘ll do a good time trial, he could probably do that without legs. But he won‘t look good on Stage 10.
- Jul 16, 2015
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Several things can be true at the same time, i.e. he can struggle on punchy profiles and short steep climbs right now (which means he's going to suffer a lot before next week), but that doesn't mean he can't climb later as third best climber or thereabouts on Hautacam and the real cols.
- Apr 13, 2021
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- Aug 3, 2015
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- Mar 19, 2009
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I think the plan was that a Giro win is better than no Giro win and a Top 3 could still be possible in the Tour.
But the teams level the entire year has been pretty meh.
Today they didn't have a single domestique finish in the Top 50.
So whatever prep they are doing, it ain't working.
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