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It was always a bit of a mystery why he couldn't sprint, he has the build for it. I think it was more inexperience than inability.
I think he still has the jersey because Jorgenson didn't want it. The Belgian commentators were fuming, "why isn't he pulling! The DSes should tell him to get to the front!" Guys, wasn't it obvious? In this race having the leader's jersey isn't exactly an advantage.
IIRC Roglic did altitude recently. Visma practically has it's headquarters on top of Teide, so it wouldn't surprise me if Jorgenson has as well, but that's just a guess.
But after watching today I’m not sure they can set a pace high enough. His team is lacking at the moment.
He needs a mano-a-mano with the other favourites. If Evenepoel is good, he can keep attacking, up, down and on the flat. After some time, most would just give up. The problem is when there are team mates among the favourites that can set the pace.
He needs a gap, but they are stuck on his wheel. Maybe he’s able to make a proper gap when it gets steeper.
No, they are not. They are mostly underwhelming. And we could easily have a one week race with a bit distinctive profile than doing just these type of climbs. CD, Tour de Suisse, Romandie and Catalunya are enough. Let at least PN have a bit different profile.
A steeper uphill finish would make PN more similar to the other races.
Maybe there's a future for him as a climber? I mean, 86th ain't too far off from his usual sprint result.
Yesterday w the green leggings he looked like was at yoga or a dance class, that Bora color better go when Red bull comes on
Jorgenson does altitude all the time.
I hope so. Mateo needs a lead out for bonus points if McNulty recovers a bit....
That was very well executed today—they of course it helped that Vlasov has good legs. Would love to see something like this in the Tour, with either Vlasov or Hindley (who also looked good today) on the attack.
I disagree. If Jorgensen would have pulled and made sure he was leader, he wouldn't have had to deal with McNulty anymore. Now, he needs to lose McNulty and has to make sure no others that are close in GC break away. Besides, it would probably be QS that will try to pull the peloton after a while, so the weight wouldn't really be on Jorgensen's team.
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