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I think he should have realistically been expected to finish with the Ciccone, Del Toro, Ayuso group. 3 minutes back from there isn’t terrible, but not amazing. His season has been so strange though that’s it tough to know what kind of form he’s in or should be in or when he should be at peak, if ever this year.
 
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I think he should have realistically been expected to finish with the Ciccone, Del Toro, Ayuso group. 3 minutes back from there isn’t terrible, but not amazing. His season has been so strange though that’s it tough to know what kind of form he’s in or should be in or when he should be at peak, if ever this year.
Everyone cited altitude affecting their recovery, and recovery from 6h of intervals was never his strong suit to begin with. He would also have done some extra work defending countermoves, especially in the early finale.

He also came down from altitude very late. If he's in great shape to begin with, I would expect him to be with Ayuso and Pogacar on Mont Kigali, cause at that point the distance would not have gotten to him yet.

Basically the race unfolded in a way that it would have been possible for the 2 Slovenians to be away together for a lap or two.
 
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It's normal for your first effort after coming from training at altitude not to be the best, and even less so if it's such a violent one. It's usual to improve over the next week or two after altitude, so it's clear to me that his peak is scheduled for Lombardy (even though it's equally impossible to win) and that for Rwanda he arrived in good shape but without any freshness in his legs, knowing that he didn´t have any real options either.
In Emilia he should be more sharp
 
It's normal for your first effort after coming from training at altitude not to be the best, and even less so if it's such a violent one. It's usual to improve over the next week or two after altitude, so it's clear to me that his peak is scheduled for Lombardy (even though it's equally impossible to win) and that for Rwanda he arrived in good shape but without any freshness in his legs, knowing that he didn´t have any real options either.
In Emilia he should be more sharp
But the race was at altitude.
 
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A few years ago I was completely ambivalent towards Roglic, now I adore him. I have no memory of how or why things changed, but interviews like this just make me like him even more.
It is often a bit difficult to cheer on the biggest favorites and Visma was still a superior team under Roglic. Maybe that's why you didn't notice what a great character he is. Either way, you're forgiven.

Great ride at the WC the other day considering the late arrival and the length of the course. I think that Rogla was also the best rider, who also did some domestique duties.
 
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Dang. Consistent with how he’s looked on this type of stage in recent GTs. Used to be automatic here…
He had to rest for a long time after the Tour and just didn't have enough time to both recover and get back to his best. I had hoped that he was stronger in Rwanda and here, but while he is a bit more fragile and less reliable with age, I don't think his winning days are over.

He can win his 5th Vuelta next year.
 
But this year he wouldn't have won that Vuelta, as was suggested here. It always seemed crazy to me to consider doing the Vuelta. He no longer has the recovery ability he had in 2023, especially after completing the full Tour.

The worrying thing today is that he had prepared very well and Bernal overtook him.
 
It reminds me of the people who deluded themselves in the Tour de France, saying that if he couldn't win, it didn't matter whether he finished sixth or third. As if he wouldn't have finished third because he couldn't.

We have to be realistic. The biggest rival Roglic has beaten this year is Ayuso, who isn't the most reliable guy in GT.
Thinking that he would have won the Vuelta against Vingegaard is like that wishful thinking others had about Almeida: that he would have finished second in the Tour if it weren't for the accident, or that he would have won the Vuelta against him. The Vuelta was a reality check for those who thought that. Even though Vingegaard was fatigued after the Tour, Almeida could never dropped him, let alone think he would have done so in the Tour... .
 
But this year he wouldn't have won that Vuelta, as was suggested here. It always seemed crazy to me to consider doing the Vuelta. He no longer has the recovery ability he had in 2023, especially after completing the full Tour.

The worrying thing today is that he had prepared very well and Bernal overtook him.
He didn't bother sprinting for 4th place. More important was to stop his garmin ;)
 

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