Itzulia Basque Country 2022 April 4-9

[Red Rick]

I think the secret is that everyone goes all out on that hill amd then Roglic goes at 90% and stillbdoes one of the fastest splits and hammers the rest

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Looking at the first time check Vlasov really smashed the 2nd part, he gained time on everyone (even 1sec on Remco).

Wonder if maybe Evenepoel screwed up a corner or something. During the last part of Roglic' TT the time gap was -1 and a bit later +1. And then half a minute later it suddenly said -8.

 

[Extinction]

I think the secret is that everyone goes all out on that hill amd then Roglic goes at 90% and stillbdoes one of the fastest splits and hammers the rest

No way he was only at 90%

 

[Eclipse]

Race over? Maybe Vlasov is close enough to do something interesting

 

[KZD]

What a brutal time by Roglić is these hilly TTs he is almost unbeatable

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Wonder if maybe Evenepoel screwed up a corner or something. During the last part of Roglic' time the time gap was 1- and a bit later +1. And then half a minute later it suddenly said -8.

Just less good cornering

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Race over? Maybe Vlasov is close enough to do something interesting

There are a lot of technical roads in Basque country. I think race is not over till end of final stage

 

[Valv.Piti]

Stages 3-6 looks promising, but does anybody have the ability to put Roglic under real pressure? I say no.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Stages 3-6 looks promising, but does anybody have the ability to put Roglic under real pressure? I say no.

Gaudu

 

[AlfaLum]

In every race... with peaks of form lasting 3 months... At least in the past you could enjoy preparation races and flemish classics without the July freaks. Not possible anymore.

Exactly. Right now Pogacar is still a bit fun because he is trying new things and got a bit of a bloody nose last weekend. But these guys win too easily.

Well at least it has now gotten to a point where I am hoping for a very good Evenepoel and Ineos this week. So that’s a good thing.

 

[Extinction]

Primoz is clearly a master of high speed cornering. I bet the 5 sec differential was all there.

 

[Red Rick]

Stages 3-6 looks promising, but does anybody have the ability to put Roglic under real pressure? I say no.

Roglic probably will put himself under pressure at some point

 

[Extinction]

Roglic with such a dominant performance over all, with Remco the only one more or less his level, and considering how well he handles Basque type climbs, means he will probably have to crash or have a mechanical not to win the overall.

 

[Ranagazoo]

Ineos have a very strong team and were solid today (4 riders in the top 11), can definitely put Roglic under pressure

 

[Extinction]

Ineos have a very strong team and were solid today (4 riders in the top 11), can definitely put Roglic under pressure

Not gonna happen. Jumbo is such a force.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Ineos have a very strong team and were solid today (4 riders in the top 11), can definitely put Roglic under pressure

They are less of a threat than Gaudu or Huguita or Remco. They are tactically useless. Thomas won't like these roads. Yates won't attack. Too technical for Martinez. Goeghean Hart is not quite at that level

 

[johnymax]

Nothing super human here. Roglič has been the best in the world in these short to middle length, explosive, up and down, technical ITTs since 2017.

 

[Aimar16]

Honestly starting to enjoy Slovenian super human performances less and less..

Why would this be a super human performance? Roglic was the big favourite before the stage.

 

[Extinction]

Nothing super human here. Roglič has been the best in the world in these short to middle length, explosive, up and down, technical ITTs since 2017.

Or superhuman in being so consistantly strong in this type of course.

 

[AlfaLum]

Not gonna happen. Jumbo is such a force.

Honestly I think that Ineos is much stronger then Jumbo here. However Roglic, Vingegaard and Kuss is a force yes. Kuss is however not very reliable.

So one has to hope that Evenepoel/Alaphilippe and Ineos can put Roglic on the backfoot somehow in stage 3 and/or 6. Maybe with some help from other contenders like Bora with Vlasov.

 

[TomBonnen2005]

Nothing super human here. Roglič has been the best in the world in these short to middle length, explosive, up and down, technical ITTs since 2017.

Same gap between him and the 3rd than between the 3rd and the 24th... don't know what you need to be superhuman.

 

[AlfaLum]

Why would this be a super human performance? Roglic was the big favourite before the stage.

Because he is like 3% faster here then any other contender with the exception of another guy that rode extremely well here today.

Just because Roglic is the big favorite because of previous superhuman performances doesn’t make this less of a super human performance. The Slovenians are there the whole year, every race, never failing. It is unseen for me since I started watching cycling. So hence another super human performance. It’s admirable, but I enjoy it less and less.

 

[Ancalagon]

They are less of a threat than Gaudu or Huguita or Remco. They are tactically useless. Thomas won't like these roads. Yates won't attack. Too technical for Martinez. Goeghean Hart is not quite at that level

The only real threat to Roglic on this type of route would be Fausto, unfortunatley he is still training for his peak of form in the Tour of Oman 2023.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

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