Volta ao Algarve 2024 - 2.Pro (February 14-18)

[Samu Cuenca]

You are setting yourself up for a world of pain first time Roglic doesn't win this season.

Unless you're planning on sending a hit squad after him, I think he's going to be alright.

 

[red_flanders]

Comparable (not saying it's predictive, just interesting) TT result from TdS 2022.

25.6k, 28 secs between Remco and Martinez.

Tour de Suisse 2022 Stage 8 (ITT) results

Geraint Thomas is the winner of Tour de Suisse 2022, before Sergio Higuita and Jakob Fuglsang. The stage from Vaduz to Vaduz was won by Remco Evenepoel.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Escarabajo]

I already seeing pictures in my head of Martinez setting up Roglic for the sprint at the Tour. Gosh, if he can keep the good form he would be great domestique for Roglic.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Was eating my dinner, quietly, and nearly choked. On why wasn't i informed Rogla is participating in this race. The images went through my head, while choking, Landisimo thinking to himself, damn wheel suckers.

Then i decided to settle down and seen Daniel to push through. Bravo!

Honestly i am intrigued by this possible collaboration since the very beginning. On how Rogla and Daniel would sound in a band, Mick in my opinion wouldn't stand a chance.

But lets not get ahead of ourself. All in all it was a nice stage and the dynamics in between SOQ and Visma were something i watched closely too. Tratnik on the role.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Bora will be a very dangerous team in the last 500 meters of every mountain stage in the Tour de France 2024.
I hope vingegaard and Visma are careful with that situation. They can lose the Tour there.

My god we will have so much fun, Bora has the perfect line up with the goat mountain sprinters Roglic and Martinez, together with cycling's ultimate villain Vlasov who will surely want to attack. Every stage can be like bejes in that team.

Hindley was another 500m specialist in the Giro. Visma better prepare the sprint train!

 

[JosefK]

Roglic sitting back on the TV couch, watching and laughing.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Unless you're planning on sending a hit squad after him, I think he's going to be alright.

You know nothing.

 

[red_flanders]

You know nothing.

"...John Snow".

 

[Froome]

My god we will have so much fun, Bora has the perfect line up with the goat mountain sprinters Roglic and Martinez, together with cycling's ultimate villain Vlasov who will surely want to attack. Every stage can be like bejes in that team.

Hindley was another 500m specialist in the Giro. Visma better prepare the sprint train!

This time Roglic will not have to worry about his domestique being better than him, because the "monster climber performer" of alto de foia Daniel martinez, disappears after february, specially in Grand Tours.

 

[tobydawq]

This time Roglic will not have to worry about his domestique being better than him, because the "monster climber performer" of alto de foia Daniel martinez, disappears after february, specially in Grand Tours.

He did disappear last year, but I don't really think there's a pattern. In 2022, he was good most of the year.

Edit: Okay, he was good until April, then he was really bad in the Tour. Last year, he was average in Algarve even though he won it and then terrible the rest of the year.

 

[Blanco]

I assume it's a joke/reference to the stage in the Vuelta when Evenepoel didn't sprint because he thought there was still someone from the break up the road.

Yeah, that stage when Evenepoel said he didn't sprint, but who watched that stage could see that he actually did sprint.

 

[Froome]

He did disappear last year, but I don't really think there's a pattern. In 2022, he was good most of the year.

Edit: Okay, he was good until April, then he was really bad in the Tour. Last year, he was average in Algarve even though he won it and then terrible the rest of the year.

He just did one decent grand tour, Giro 2021.

 

[repre]

Comparable (not saying it's predictive, just interesting) TT result from TdS 2022.

25.6k, 28 secs between Remco and Martinez.

Tour de Suisse 2022 Stage 8 (ITT) results

Geraint Thomas is the winner of Tour de Suisse 2022, before Sergio Higuita and Jakob Fuglsang. The stage from Vaduz to Vaduz was won by Remco Evenepoel.

www.procyclingstats.com

Looks alright, i expect 20-25 sec difference

 

[tobydawq]

He just did one decent grand tour, Giro 2021.

Tour 2020 (not for GC but still a good level).

But granted, he had won Dauphiné there, so more should probably have been expected.

 

[johnymax]

You are setting yourself up for a world of pain first time Roglic doesn't win this season.

He needs to lose against Remco's domestique to be even. A Landa win in a sprint against Roglic would do it. It would be fricking amazing if it happens...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

He needs to lose against Remco's domestique to be even. A Landa win in a sprint against Roglic would do it. It would be fricking amazing if it happens...

Any kind of Landa win would be amazing.

 

[johnymax]

Unless you're planning on sending a hit squad after him, I think he's going to be alright.

I'm actually starting to get worried about the hit squad tbh.

And wait untill I mention how apart from Martinez and Leknessund they were all a bunch of wheelsuckers...according to some of our beloved forum members.

 

[johnymax]

Martinez is the new Roglič it seems.

Remco the new Vlasov.

 

[red_flanders]

Looks alright, i expect 20-25 sec difference

Yea seems like a decent guess. That said, DM beat Ganna (by 2 secs) last year. Hard one to know.

 

[Froome]

I'm actually starting to get worried about the hit squad tbh.

And wait untill I mention how apart from Martinez and Leknessund they were all a bunch of wheelsuckers...according to some of our beloved forum members.

Roglic virus, spreading more and more....specially on daniel martinez.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Honestly i didn't expect such outcome today. I know Martínez is quality cyclist and one of the favorites of overall. Still at first i thought i got punked somehow. But it really happened. That is while SOQ and Visma were grinding it out Martínez really did stomp them rather effortlessly.

I guess this is on how cycling looks like, on when the final decision comes down to two former footballers.

 

[Froome]

Honestly i didn't expect such outcome today. I know Martínez is quality cyclist and one of the favorites of overall. Still at first i thought i got punked somehow. But it really happened. That is while SOQ and Visma were grinding it out Martínez really did stomp them rather effortlessly.

I guess this is on how cycling looks like, on when the final decision comes down to two former footballers.

"Martistomp"?

 

[CyclistAbi]

"Martistomp"?

We'll see as maybe he will need to give it back, after the race.

 

[Froome]

We'll see as maybe he will need to give it back, after the race.

Tratnik also in great shape. He is climbing very well.

 

[repre]

Yea seems like a decent guess. That said, DM beat Ganna (by 2 secs) last year. Hard one to know.

Ganna was on a lighter side last year with the best climbing form of his life, maybe ITT suffered a bit.