Teams & Riders Jakob Fuglsang discussion thread

[Broccolidwarf]

Worrying mediocre day in Tirreno with seventeen days to the World's.

I don't think he is riding T-A for the win, he even soft pedaled when the 3rd group came in, to lose contact with the group.

My guess is he is still building his form, which is timed to start the peak at Worlds, and continue it thoughout the Giro.

As such I am thinking he is riding for Vlasov at T-A.

 

[tobydawq]

Yeah, I second the last couple of posts. He didn't look too troubled, and honestly, with the insane level he has had the last year and a half, it has to take more than a few bad showings in a warm-up race to make his star fade IMO.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Yeah, I second the last couple of posts. He didn't look too troubled, and honestly, with the insane level he has had the last year and a half, it has to take more than a few bad showings in a warm-up race to make his star fade IMO.

We have to remember, it's still over 2 weeks to Worlds and over 6 weeks to the end of the Giro, if he was in peak condition and riding hard now, he would be completely gassed by week 3 in the Giro.

I'm pretty sure he knows, that he has the opportunity of a lifetime this year, both at Worlds and the Giro, and he is too experienced to mistime his condition.

I think he is being extremely disciplined at T-A, and even when he wants to (and could), he is being careful not to go too deep, because of the races to come.

Fingers crossed

 

[RedheadDane]

Maybe he's just figured that winning GT prep-races is bad mojo for him. Look at what happened the times he won Dauphiné...

 

[Bardamu]

I read somewhere that's gonna write a daily blog during this Giro for a Danish newspaper. Some Danes here wanna update us from time to time if Jakob has something to say?

 

[ciranda]

Not exactly, more like a reporter talks to him and write some piece together from that.

I think everything goes online. https://www.bt.dk/cykling/fuglsangs-klumme-taktikken-slog-grueligt-fejl

 

[quadrago]

Most interesting bits so far have been Fuglsang trashing Palermo and him questioning whether Vlasov really gave it his best to complete the stage.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Love Jakob's comments about Palermo and Southern Italy. The guy has a great sense of humor and dares to go a bit against the usual political correctness that dictates the debate. He does not feel obliged to pretend respect for people and institutions he thinks absurd.

Great ride today.

 

[jnormanroach]

That was a hilarious piece - love his candor! Thanks for sharing that link, look forward to reading these throughout the Giro.

 

[Red Rick]

Most interesting bits so far have been Fuglsang trashing Palermo and him questioning whether Vlasov really gave it his best to complete the stage.

That's gonna be fun next year.

 

[Forever The Best]

him questioning whether Vlasov really gave it his best to complete the stage.

Really? He had stomach problems. Does Fuglsang really think Vlasov retired to not help him or sth like that?

 

[BlueRoads]

Woo - that was... a bit unordinary. Not sure yet what to think about it. Yes, he is very open, but... I only read the translation, can't really make out what the tone of the original is.

 

[Bardamu]

Not exactly, more like a reporter talks to him and write some piece together from that.

I think everything goes online. https://www.bt.dk/cykling/fuglsangs-klumme-taktikken-slog-grueligt-fejl

Haha these pieces are great, love the guy.

 

[SafeBet]

Not exactly, more like a reporter talks to him and write some piece together from that.

I think everything goes online. https://www.bt.dk/cykling/fuglsangs-klumme-taktikken-slog-grueligt-fejl

I just opened the link and used Chrome translate tool. Here's the title:
Column of the song of the birds, tactics failed horribly.

 

[SafeBet]

Lol "As Italians from the North say: everything below Firenze is Africa".

I need to send this stuff to my Sicilian friends

 

[Netserk]

Really? He had stomach problems. Does Fuglsang really think Vlasov retired to not help him or sth like that?

Unless you are injured (in a way that will worsen if you ride) you ride through that *** and hope you get better later in the race.

If he tried as much as he could, do you not think that Vlasov could finish the stage within the time limit?

 

[skippo12]

The Vlasov situation just looked really strange. It wasn´t like he was dropped and had no chance to finish the stage within the time limit. He was in the peleton and suddenly abandoned the race.

 

[jnormanroach]

Here are his thoughts on the Etna stage (for some reason not with the other pieces). Says Nibali isn't on the same level as 2016 and that he isn't scared of him.

Fuglsang slagter favoritten: Han forsøger at overleve

Læs mere her.

www.bt.dk

EDIT:

And I missed this one too!

Fuglsangs klumme: Jeg føler mig som den stærkeste | B.T.

www.bt.dk

 

[gerundium]

Interesting comments by Jakob. Vicenzo was one of the first to attack that eventually led to their group of 5 going clear. But afterwards Vicenzo was on the limit, Jakob did look stronger attacking just afterwards. If he can keep it up maybe he can drop the rest on a harder climb.

 

[topcat]

Here are his thoughts on the Etna stage (for some reason not with the other pieces). Says Nibali isn't on the same level as 2016 and that he isn't scared of him.

Fuglsang slagter favoritten: Han forsøger at overleve

Læs mere her.

www.bt.dk

EDIT:

And I missed this one too!

Fuglsangs klumme: Jeg føler mig som den stærkeste | B.T.

www.bt.dk

Fuglsang asking for an ass kicking

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Birdsong with them big balls. Love it. This sport needs more adversarial banter like this

 

[skippo12]

Interesting comments by Jakob. Vicenzo was one of the first to attack that eventually led to their group of 5 going clear. But afterwards Vicenzo was on the limit, Jakob did look stronger attacking just afterwards. If he can keep it up maybe he can drop the rest on a harder climb.

Looked like he tried it a few times but never could get rid of Nibali and Pozzo. Majka was dropped every single time they accelerated.
I think Fuglsang and Nibali are pretty much on an equal level. They also aren´t going to work together even though they probably could eliminate all remaining opponents. That leaves the door open for guys like Majka, Pozzo, Kruijswijk and Kelderman.

 

[skippo12]

Also wouldn´t be suprised if he loses time on a flat/hilly/technical stage at some point. Astana is never close to the front. Just one split in the peleton at the wrong time could be enough to end his GC hopes. Today he himself was the one to close a small gap in the sprint. Barely avoided losing another 5-10s to Nibali and Almeida.

 

[yaco]

'Pot Kettle Black' with Fulgsang criticising Vlasov - This is the same Fuglsang who gave up after a second crash in the 2019 TDF.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

'Pot Kettle Black' with Fulgsang criticising Vlasov - This is the same Fuglsang who gave up after a second crash in the 2019 TDF.

What did he say about Vlasov? What did he expect him to do?

Putting the boot into a teammate who climbed off while obviously ill is not displaying the kind of leadership that makes others want to turn themselves inside out for you!