There is Flexing and there is punching for the win. One of those two riders know the difference and had the confidence to be patient. Tractors pull, drivers win.
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Roglic attacked twice before Remco did. As some have mentioned, Remco would probably have been better off setting a really hard tempo like he did on stage 3.
Well, he did win by minutes in Poland and the WCC against no lesser opponents than here. Considering Jumbo doesn't look great, i don't know who would be doing the chasing to bail Roglic out. It's certainly not out of the question that he wins by a considerable gap.
Remco is dangerous on that type of stages if they gave in some gap. If roglic wheelsucks him, remco is not gonna win time.
But he has to drop Roglic first. That's the problem.
OK and these guys are always totally honest and never downplay themselves before big objectives, I'm sure roglic didn't even do a more than 5 minutes effort in training before today, just to give his opponents a small chance to beat him.
Roglic was at Teide for 3 weeks in February where its a 30km climb back to the hotel, but apparently he isn't training for long climbs. ok.
The last stage is only 135km. Isnt that too short for a classic Remco solo?
Also, Roglic is a rider that is extremely hard to gap. Im pretty sure race was decided today.
Also, Roglic is a rider that is extremely hard to gap. Im pretty sure race was decided today.
When remco is at his best, sure.. he can try something on that parcour. But this is not yet peak Remco either. Its also a bit different compared to other circuits he raced. Don't think he is going to do anything crazy, he is 10seconds behind, and Roglic won't move a finger away from his wheel when he attacks. (if he does)
This wasn't a long climb, this was a short climb with almost no climbing before it. Also we don't know what Remco trained in terms of effort, so all these statements are moot at best.
It was rather clear that Remco wouldn't drop Roglic today. 2 days ago Roglic had trouble following an attack, today that wasn't the case. Probably not enough fatigue buildup from the race. The idea that REmco would easily take this should be pounded in the ground by now. :x
At least now he knows.. Vuelta tactic and make sure the boni seconds are gone at the finish.
For now it seems the Catalunya is in the bag for Roglic. (unless he crashes)
Yeah, of course he has done some longer climbs, but he hasn't trained for them specifically. That wasn't downplaying his chances, why would you, Roglic doesn't need that.
If Roglic can keep up with Evenepoel (assuming he goes for it, unlike his previous statements have us believe) on this course, he will be in much better shape than people (including yourself i believe) here want us to believe. Evenepoel is naturally much more suited to that type of racing. So if he tries and can't drop Roglic then there is no doubt that Roglic is not only clearly stronger this week, but also not behind on form.
A city circuit with short, explosive climbs... that suits Roglic perfectly. If anything, he's a little more explosive than Evenepoel so maybe he's actually better than Remco on such a course.
That's what his past results show. It may be 1-2 min. That is enough for the overall
Not sure how Remco is as good on circuits as he is
Or maybe even on less than top form he can match and beat Remco. Btw as demonstrated at the Vuleta last year.
I bet the Olympic tt champion is shitting himself.
I don’t expect Remco to ride away on Sunday just because Roglic will sit on his wheel and follow whenever he tries something. Roglic is a Liège contender so it’s not like it’s easy to drop him
His fans certainly can be happy, no doubt about that. The post I replied to strongly implied that Rog is much further down in his build up to the Giro than Remco and his other main rivals which to me looks like a heavy overstatement given he is on his way to winning second consecutive WT stage race. Rog has always been one of those who holds a very high consistent level in almost every race he does, as opposed to someone like Vingegaard who does a single superpeak for a chosen GT and is a level or two below it the rest of the year.
As such I don't expect Roglic to be that much stronger than his rivals in the Giro compared to what we are seeing now in Catalunya. The biggest unknown factor with regards to Giro is still Remcos ceiling as a GT rider and how close to it he is at this point of his career.
At this point, it's more surprising when a climb record doesn't get broken. Could see the AdH or Ventoux records seriously challenged for the first time in decades next time the Tour heads there.
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