The thing that makes it more interesting is that it’s not just Pog v. Rog, and UAE v. TJV. Ineos will have cards to play, and even though they won’t have the best rider in the race they could still have the strongest team and they do know how to win.
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Tactical move made today, stage 4, will or will not bear fruit on stage 6. I feel it is too soon to judge if they blew it or nailed it. Lets wait until the race unfolds first.
P.S. The worst tactics they could use is to repeat the one that was proven to fail. As for downplaying Roglič or JV, sure, underestimate them, the better for them.
P.S. The worst tactics they could use is to repeat the one that was proven to fail. As for downplaying Roglič or JV, sure, underestimate them, the better for them.
Wow, Great Ride, Great Win. He really worked for that one 
. Primoz Rocks!
What is next on his schedule?
. Primoz Rocks!What is next on his schedule?
Amstel Gold Race, Fleche Wallonne and L-B-LWow, Great Ride, Great Win. He really worked for that one
What is next on his schedule?
Nice, he can rack up another classic and maybe defend LBL.
I guess that silly talk about how boring rider Roglic is now ends.
I don't think it was silly talk. The past two seasons he was one of the most boring dominant rider I had seen in a while.
But today was legendary. A career defining performance for me.
Big Doopie
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I think this was great. I had picked pog to win this, but chapeau to rog. great tactical win and an epic fail by uae - pog would have been up there and likely won the stage had they not hesitated in favor of mcnulty at first. tho it is questionable that pog would have been able to do enough to make up his time deficit in GC...
i definitely admire rog's perseverance and sportsmanship. even though i do not find him a particularly exciting rider and still do not think the TDF will even be close...
gaudu continues to make steps.
i definitely admire rog's perseverance and sportsmanship. even though i do not find him a particularly exciting rider and still do not think the TDF will even be close...
gaudu continues to make steps.
More exciting than all of his 2020 races combined. Le nouveau Roglic est arrivé!
I would like to start a petition to put Frans Maassen in the TJV team car during the Tour de France!
I would like to start a petition to put Frans Maassen in the TJV team car during the Tour de France!
Congrats
Roglič
What a great champion, What a gentleman to gift the stage to his breakaway companion.
Roglič
What a great champion, What a gentleman to gift the stage to his breakaway companion.
Tbh, before Roglic become dominant force he was quite the attacking rider. I remember a romandie where he and a young Bernal kept trading accelerations a long way form the finish.
It's just that for most of 2020/2019, it wasn't needed for him to attack from afar. Less incentive.
It's just that for most of 2020/2019, it wasn't needed for him to attack from afar. Less incentive.
I also remember him being way too aggressive in Il Lombardia. How often did that happen?
He is looking immense, clearly number one right now and the best team. UAE had a very strong team on paper and and Jumbo Visma a "weak" team and arguably does a lot of errors but still dominating. I fear that Tdf will be very one-sided this year
I don't think this makes Roglic the favorite for the Tour. It's simply a very sweet win I hope he doesn't forget to enjoy.
Actually I think we are in for a very exciting Tour. Right now Roglic and Pogacar look close.
Another fun fact. Maassen and Niermann, the DS duo here in Itzulia is the same duo that was present at the Tour (and Vuelta) last year. Fortunatelly since the pee-gate in the Giro, Addy Engels has been absent from the races Roglič participates in haha.
Not really. This victory was great and taking his fait into his own hands that far from the finish by going on the attack showed real panache BUT it's not really something new that riders act vastly different during gt's compared to small stage races. I mean, if you want to see great offensive racing by Roglic there is enough to look at in the past as well, just not when he was competing for gt victories. If this kind of aggression translates to the tour I'm happy but I doubt it will. I think his tdf approach will be exactly as passive as it was last year.
What stage and what a final 50km of racing. Really great to see such exciting racing and great to see such a champion as Roglic win it in the end. Chapeau!
And Pogacar is not looking good??? The fact that he was dropped on one descent does not suddenly negate all that has happened the past 19 months.
Also Completely different team now and the Tour, this time he was forced to do a lot more by himself. not really comparable
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