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Gigs_98

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Him winning this way must be very concerning for Roglic.

I genuinely cannot wait for the eventual Pogacar vs. Vingegaard vs. Remco showdown. When it happens it cannot possibly deliver the expectations I have, but I can't wait anyway.
 
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peterfin said:
Great to see Remco finally win his first stage of the year! I really thought that Rog would win again. While watching, it is difficult to assess how deep Rog had to go just to follow him.
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Think it was a worry when Roglic didn’t win yesterday. Back to back races costing him
 
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bNator

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Red Rick said:
Rog was clearly struggling on the long climb in Tirreno. Now he's very clearly 2nd best.
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He’s improved immensely in two weeks. As much as we kid around with what percentage ”they are at”, it’s probably the one thing that will decide the Giro… based on the vague evidence presented here and in Tirreno, Roglic does seem on a steeper part of the curve of his form approaching the peak (as far as longer climbs are concerned) but as ever, we’re not able to really back any claims with hard evidence and will have to wait a bit more.

This race will also show how they stack up against each other on the punchier terrain and I believe it will be there (and not stage 5) where this race gets decided…
 
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Andre

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bNator said:
He’s improved immensely in two weeks. As much as we kid around with what percentage ”they are at”, it’s probably the one thing that will decide the Giro… based on the vague evidence presented here and in Tirreno, Roglic does seem on a steeper part of the curve of his form approaching the peak (as far as longer climbs are concerned) but as ever, we’re not able to really back any claims with hard evidence and will have to wait a bit more.

This race will also show how they stack up against each other on the punchier terrain and I believe it will be there (and not stage 5) where this race gets decided…
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I've been noticing that "evidence" in cycling many times just gets thrown out of court when least expected; meaning that we think we have it figured out and then something completely unaccounted for turns out in the next race in which the so called evidence was going to make a stand.
 
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Andre said:
I've been noticing that "evidence" in cycling many times just gets thrown out of court when least expected; meaning that we think we have it figured out and then something completely unaccounted for turns out in the next race in which the so called evidence was going to make a stand.
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Absolutely agreed. All it takes is the rider you expect to do well all of a sudden puts on his sufferface, emptily staring at the front of his wheel moving his body all over the place on his bike while the commentators are yelling in disbelief. I’ve had traumas because of that:)
 
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bNator said:
Absolutely agreed. All it takes is the rider you expect to do well all of a sudden puts on his sufferface, emptily staring at the front of his wheel moving his body all over the place on his bike while the commentators are yelling in disbelief. I’ve had traumas because of that:)
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Some, er....all of the best have made mistakes that cost them energy. We could rate the most dramatic Bonks of all time. Start with Pogacar.
 
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Cancellara, de Ronde 2011 (at least I think that’s why he got caught)
Indurain chasing Pantani on x climb in Tour stage (year?)
Me climbing the stairs at work yesterday
 
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Extinction said:
I think the Indurain-Pantani episode was at the 94 Giro, Mortirolo stage, where Pantani was a raging bull.
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When chasing Pantani Miguleon climbed Mortirolo in about 43 and half minutes dropping all other top guys (BTW it's a ridiculous time for an almost 80 kg guy, it's close to 500 watts of sustained power!). He paid for it on Santa Cristina, where he lost a lot of time.
 
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Krzysztof_O said:
When chasing Pantani Miguleon climbed Mortirolo in about 43 and half minutes dropping all other top guys (BTW it's a ridiculous time for an almost 80 kg guy, it's close to 500 watts of sustained power!). He paid for it on Santa Cristina, where he lost a lot of time.
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So what you're saying is Miguel might miss the podium in a Zwift race
 
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From an interview of Domenico Pozzovivo in today's la Gazzetta dello Sport:

In these years you have been able to race against the new generation of phenomena, Van Aert, Pogacar, Van der Poel and Evenepoel. Do you have a preference?

"They are all spectacular, but if I must choose I say Evenepoel. He demolishes the competition starting with his head. It's incredible."
 
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