Vuelta a Burgos 2023, August 15-19

[Tim Cahill]

He's won 4 stage races including the Giro this year having put about 10 seconds cumulatively that I can remember on road stages into his main rival

There was Lo Port and that one Giro stage where he sprinted against Thomas and got a gap, can't remember any others?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

The discrepancy between Roglic' riding style and the size of his fanbase remains one of the weirder things about this era.

 

[DNP-Old]

The discrepancy between Roglic' riding style and the size of his fanbase remains one of the weirder things about this era.

Watching paint dry has gained quite the traction in recent years.

 

[tobydawq]

The discrepancy between Roglic' riding style and the size of his fanbase remains one of the weirder things about this era.

Well, he hasn't always been riding THIS boringly. Now he even makes the stomp seem boring.

 

[Blanco]

Lol, is he trying to brake boundaries for winning in the most boring way possible*? I like the guy, but come on...

*I'm not talking about not attacking, but barely standing up in the sprint, no celebration, pressing the computer as he crosses the line. It gets old.

It's just pure training for Rogla, he will be celebrating at Vuelta...

 

[Red Rick]

The discrepancy between Roglic' riding style and the size of his fanbase remains one of the weirder things about this era.

This is like flaming Pogacar for winning Col de Portet and Luz Ardiden in sprints

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Well, he hasn't always been riding THIS boringly. Now he even makes the stomp seem boring.

It's worse than ever now, but he's always been a defensively-minded rider who gets far less stick for being boring than other defensively-minded riders.

 

[Netserk]

Well, he hasn't always been riding THIS boringly. Now he even makes the stomp seem boring.

It's watching perfection.

 

[Billie]

Well, he hasn't always been riding THIS boringly. Now he even makes the stomp seem boring.

2021 he had some great victories. This year not so much

 

[Valv.Piti]

It's just pure training for Rogla, he will be celebrating at Vuelta...

You are still allowed to celebrate after winning the stage and overall though.

Guy just started riding like a complete robot lately, and not like Robo-Basso!

 

[tobydawq]

This is like flaming Pogacar for winning Col de Portet and Luz Ardiden in sprints

No, it isn't?? He forced the selection and did some attacks... Plus, it was the Tour. Your Pogacar takes are really poor I must say. Plus he had destroyed the race earlier, there's no reason to do that every day.

 

[tobydawq]

It's watching perfection.

Okay. I hope you enjoyed LBL in 2015 and 2017.

 

[Netserk]

One mountain sprinter is just so radically different from the other mountain sprinter, duh!

 

[Netserk]

Okay. I hope you enjoyed LBL in 2015 and 2017.

I didn't blame the winner for riding for the win. I blame the losers.

 

[Lequack]

 

[Valv.Piti]

I can assure you, Netserk, that you didn't think Valverde winning Liege in those years mentioned were like watching perfection. Yet Roglic manages to win in an even more boring manner!

 

[Netserk]

Difference is that Rogla is actually perfect. Valverde is ***.

And I expect more from the competition in Liège than I do here. It's quite sad when the other contenders were fine with taking Valverde on in a sprint in a monument, but I don't blame Valverde for that.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Well at least it looks like he bothered to shave his legs recently.

 

[Red Rick]

No, it isn't?? He forced the selection and did some attacks... Plus, it was the Tour. Your Pogacar takes are really poor I must say. Plus he had destroyed the race earlier, there's no reason to do that every day.

I mean, we're literally comparing a Burgos unipuerto with a TdF here. Hell, how is this any worse than Le Markstein this year? It's basically a carbon copy. Or Peyragudes.

The thing that happens is that one rider waits for the sprint uphill he's a boring robot and when the other does it's somehow sacrilege to suggest he's just being an uphill sprinter.

 

[Netserk]

I mean, we're literally comparing a Burgos unipuerto with a TdF here. Hell, how is this any worse than Le Markstein this year? It's basically a carbon copy. Or Peyragudes.

The thing that happens is that one rider waits for the sprint uphill he's a boring robot and when the other does it's somehow sacrilege to suggest he's just being an uphill sprinter.

Everyone would throw tomatoes at him if Pogi rode the same way with a Rogla mask.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Its sacrilege to suggest Pogacar is just an uphill sprinter, yes. And I think the reasons for that are blatantly obvious when you look at how he races Flanders, Amstel, Paris-Nice just as a few examples this year.

 

[tobydawq]

I mean, we're literally comparing a Burgos unipuerto with a TdF here. Hell, how is this any worse than Le Markstein this year? It's basically a carbon copy. Or Peyragudes.

The thing that happens is that one rider waits for the sprint uphill he's a boring robot and when the other does it's somehow sacrilege to suggest he's just being an uphill sprinter.

This is just too dumb to comprehend that it's you who wrote it.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I mean, we're literally comparing a Burgos unipuerto with a TdF here. Hell, how is this any worse than Le Markstein this year? It's basically a carbon copy. Or Peyragudes.

The thing that happens is that one rider waits for the sprint uphill he's a boring robot and when the other does it's somehow sacrilege to suggest he's just being an uphill sprinter.

The difference is that Roglic has spent about five minutes on the attack this season. Pogacar had managed more with an hour to go in the first race of his season.

 

[Didinho]

Least possible effort. Trademark celebration. A mailman does not celebrate when he delivers the mail

I'm a mailman and I always celebrate when I'm done.

 

[Blanco]

20th GC win for Rogla. He's tied with Quintana at the 1st place among active riders (that is if Quintana is still active...), and also tied with him for a 10th place at the all-time list.