They didn't cooperate as they didn't have to, del Toro did all the work. As for Giulio, Rogla doesn't stand in his way. He doesn't need to launch Rogla as del Toro needs to launch Pogi.
Note that personally i wouldn't mind it, from time to time.
They didn't cooperate as they didn't have to, del Toro did all the work. As for Giulio, Rogla doesn't stand in his way. He doesn't need to launch Rogla as del Toro needs to launch Pogi.
Note that personally i wouldn't mind it, from time to time.
It makes a difference whether you work with 3 or having one guy doing all the work. And you could also see that there were some small moments of hesitation for Isaac when pulling.
Gap would have been 15-20 seconds larger for sure if the other two had cooperated. And Pellizzari doesnt have to launch Roglic anymore because Roglic lost too much of his acceleration.
He doesnt stand in his way, as he is always behind him.
How about the leaders at Redbull start performing or let riders like Giulio shine.
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Once again Roglic is washed within 2 race days of the season starting.
You can't have it both ways, that is if Giulio was not allowed to work with the duo then he is still launching Rogla.
Doesn't he shine like a star already?
Give it an additional day or two.
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Come on, no one is standing in Giulio's way. He's clearly a co-captain and he is not "chained" to Primož like he was last year.
Pellizzari is very good and I wouldn’t be surprised if he has a Vingegaard type rise where he ends up surprising some of the louder phenoms. Maybe this is that year, but as of last year he was not ready. Sure, he did some work for Roglic before Roglic got KOed in the Giro, but after Roglic was out, aside from major display of force, Pellizzari did not deliver the goods. Nearly 10 minutes back or Simon Yates in GC is far from Roglic’s normal level.
MvP was free to ride any way he wanted. As sketch as the gravel was; he was fine and protected by UAE, RB with their main guys back in the pack. He needed to win the sprint and that wasn't a foregone situation. He's not a GC contender unless he suddenly decides that's important. Just training and Pellizzari was doing his thing, too. It didn't look like gaps were changing that much once it got slick except for crashes.
Moving up to third, having Giulio positioned in front of del Toro. Rather perfect.
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There was a nice moment today at around 10,5km to go. Rogla patted Pellizzari and gestured with his hand for him to calm down a bit and not waste his energy.
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No he was educating the child on not making nonsense attacks and instead suckwheel his way to the leader's jersey.
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I'm half convinced we all got baited by cycling news outlets citing PCS which in turn is a CIA psy op designed to *** with us
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Van Aert hasn't won anything big since 2020 and was the best rider in the world according to some as recent as 2022.
Roglic has basically been called washed every year since 2022.
...while winning 1 Giro, 1 Vuelta, a few one-week stage races, and getting robbed of another Vuelta.
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