I don't know anything about his religion or idiosyncracies but the thread title was too obvious to miss.
He will lead the Vuelta in the penultimate weekend, not many riders do that these days without ending up featuring high on GC (since 2015, only Simon Yates, Jesús Herrada and Jan Polanc has worn a leader's jersey on stage 14 or later without finishing in the top 10).
Can he finish in the top 10? I was surprised that he was climbing as well as he was before he got the jersey so I don't think it can be ruled completely out even if the worst is yet to come (climbing wise).
One thing I don't get; why is it that stage wins don't seem to matter to him at all? He didn't even try to follow Storer on the day he got the jersey. Of course he had to keep an eye on Martin but he was evidently the stronger of the two. And yesterday, he was just chilling at the back of the bunch before hitting the final ramp which should be his specialty. A bit baffling to me, even if he hardly could have beat Roglic anyway.
He will lead the Vuelta in the penultimate weekend, not many riders do that these days without ending up featuring high on GC (since 2015, only Simon Yates, Jesús Herrada and Jan Polanc has worn a leader's jersey on stage 14 or later without finishing in the top 10).
Can he finish in the top 10? I was surprised that he was climbing as well as he was before he got the jersey so I don't think it can be ruled completely out even if the worst is yet to come (climbing wise).
One thing I don't get; why is it that stage wins don't seem to matter to him at all? He didn't even try to follow Storer on the day he got the jersey. Of course he had to keep an eye on Martin but he was evidently the stronger of the two. And yesterday, he was just chilling at the back of the bunch before hitting the final ramp which should be his specialty. A bit baffling to me, even if he hardly could have beat Roglic anyway.