- Apr 30, 2011
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You think he should have attacked there? It was still only a couple of days after his crash when he was at his weakest in the race.
Bergamo Alto rarely see splits among the best riders, so he would have needed to attack Roncola.
- Sep 26, 2020
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Sorry, I thought it was Van Eetvelt's own mistake. I'vee seen multiple Belgian and Dutch riders do similar things in writing, so you're not alone.
- Sep 26, 2020
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- May 5, 2010
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threeth*
or thirth?
Thirth is just third for people with a lisp.
- Mar 17, 2009
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Riglic keeps on proving the haters/doubters wrong
Congrats
Congrats
- Mar 20, 2022
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No he wasn't. He wasn't attacking a single time. Just was doing his normal uphill sprints.
There is also Dauphiné 2024. There are more examples than just Giro 2023.
- Feb 20, 2012
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Attacked on stages 8, 18 and 19. Thomas attacked only on stages 16 and 19, and Almeida only on stage 16.
- Mar 20, 2022
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Stage 19 was an attack in the last km.
Stage 8 was an attack in the last km of the last climb. This is vintage Roglic with his vintage uphill sprint.
- Feb 20, 2012
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- Jan 10, 2019
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Yeah he has it also spelled like me.
It was about that he knows the echelons are still his main problem.
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No, they are not. In stage 19 Roglic attacked around the 1 km mark IIRC and then Thomas counterattacked.
- Apr 30, 2011
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I don't think he would have been more likely to win those races if he attacked where exactly?
- Nov 16, 2013
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If he could attack on the Fossombrone stage, he could attack at Bergamo Alta (crash notwithstanding). But you're right, he did have his crash and was likely more affected by it than was ever communicated to us.
He could also have attacked the stage 1 TT a bit harder than he did
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- May 14, 2011
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Great that the organizers of Catalunya could plan a course like that for the final stage. It was hard enough to force a result.
Gotta give it to Roglic, that was an impressive win. He's been around a while now with plenty of detractors and this former ski jumper can still do the near impossible. Just too strong even after crashing.
I think Pogacar would be the only rider in the peloton who could match that attack. Its also another reminder why Juan Ayuso needs to rethink how he approaches grand tours. Needs to be less selfish and support Pogacar 100% else go ride on another team where he can be the leader.
Gotta give it to Roglic, that was an impressive win. He's been around a while now with plenty of detractors and this former ski jumper can still do the near impossible. Just too strong even after crashing.
I think Pogacar would be the only rider in the peloton who could match that attack. Its also another reminder why Juan Ayuso needs to rethink how he approaches grand tours. Needs to be less selfish and support Pogacar 100% else go ride on another team where he can be the leader.
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Great final stage. It was very interesting, it didn't compensate how dreadful the rest of the race was but still a great final stage.
- Jun 1, 2015
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I agree and disagree. When he isn’t out of form (Dauphine 2024, etc) or recovering from a crash (Giro 2023), he is fairly aggressive. He was very aggressive for example in 2023 Vuelta (put the sword to Remco and took him out of the race), 2024 Vuelta, here. 2020 Tour is the main race where he screwed up. If he’d been aggressive, I think he could have won.
I do think he came up with the older school mentality that GTs are all about conserving energy, attrition, and strategic bursts of aggression. The new guys have a very different attitude and have changed the game. Roglic has embraced that more and more and maybe even surprised himself by what he can do when he really goes for it.
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The rest of the race was really not that bad. We had an all-time great stage finish on stage 1 and a fine finish on Montserrat where two riders were just very evenly matched as they also showed the day before. Stage 6 was of course not good but that was on account of the weather.
And then it finished with an all-time great Barcelona stage where the race lead changed for the first time ever; it was a fine race all in all. There were even echelons on stage 5.
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- Feb 20, 2012
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That's pretty true.
Catalunya produces better routes these days than 10 years ago, unlike say Tirreno. Still in this particular instance I thought 2 of the MTFs were a little too soft.
Aaaand I just dislike 3 sprinting stages in frigging Catalunya.
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If he would have won that Tour, he could have been the first to win the 10 major tours.
But the first to win the 7 big one week races, is already amazing.
If I'm not mistaken there hasn't been anyone who even managed to get a podium in all 7. Richie Porte and Quintana were close.
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The less you like Roglic, the less the feat seems.
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