Teams & Riders Everybody needs a little bit of Roglstomp in their lives

[Netserk]

Not bad! I don't think he was washed before Vuelta 2022 though (so only Dauphine x1).

It was a big talking point before the Tour that year.

 

[CyclistAbi]

The problem here is Rogla seems so washed he almost comes across as a pro cleaner, especially when it comes to sweeping the competition.

As for the question on who in RBH can potentially peak the most in terms of stage racing and season 2026. I feel that it is important for most of them to achieve great results in stage racing, Rogla IMHO is still GOAT stage racer so i don't see any particular reason on why that would to change. Lets not forget he opened Giro in brutal fashion this season, unfortunately a bit of crashing prevented better statistical results, but that is rather normal in cycling, crashes and injuries are all in all rather common. We'll see.

 

[CyclistAbi]

From Tour perspective i feel that the question on who can peak the most is not that relevant, that would be the wrong approach. It's important that all the best ones go and after apply some compound pressure on UAE and Visma. Individually i don't feel any of them can close the gap of 10 minutes during the off season and building up for the Tour. As a group applying some combined pressure, here i feel that if they play it smart tactically either Pogi or Jonas or both should crack rather easily. As once you throw Pogi or Jonas out of their comfort zone the response for sure won't be an alien alike but as a mere human, as that in the end is what they both are.

 

[red_flanders]

What they wrote there seems reasonable to me, but they put him behind BOC as a Tour contender. Now that’s just a bridge too far. I wouldn’t put him behind Lipowitz, Ayuso, Onley, Del Toro, or Seixad either, but trajectories and all that. BOC on the other hand??? Come on

For sure. Ridiculous.

 

[Hugh Januss]

From Tour perspective i feel that the question on who can peak the most is not that relevant, that would be the wrong approach. It's important that all the best ones go and after apply some compound pressure on UAE and Visma. Individually i don't feel any of them can close the gap of 10 minutes during the off season and building up for the Tour. As a group applying some combined pressure, here i feel that if they play it smart tactically either Pogi or Jonas or both should crack rather easily. As once you throw Pogi or Jonas out of their comfort zone the response for sure won't be an alien alike but as a mere human, as that in the end is what they both are.

I don't think those guys together have the gravity to crack Jonas and certainly not Pogi. What do they do? Go in a long break and UAE and/or Visma just put enough guys on the front to control them. If one or two attack early on the last climb then they have essentially become super-doms and I think both UAE and Visma have enough of those to control that. I hope I'm wrong at least to the point where it becomes really interesting.