Man, Roglic is at a peak Valverde level on these kinds of finishes. You basically cannot beat him.
I though when he got blocked in in the middle of the climb that it was too tough to come back. But he certainly proved me wrong.
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Man, Roglic is at a peak Valverde level on these kinds of finishes. You basically cannot beat him.
Any time gaps?Think it needs to be sad Carapaz went for it too early. Really died in those final few hundred meters
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And Bagioli set it up perfectly for Roglic
I dunno but I think Rogl stomps all the tiebreakersRoglic going into red again? They're on the same time with Carapaz.
Honestly what finishes isnt he almost unbeatable now bar flat stages.Roglic is really unbeatable on those kind of finishes...
Still have Valdepenas 2010 etched into my memory. I do like the short murito ones quite a bit more than those 15 minute ramps tbhI have to say, these kind of stages is what the Vuelta does best.
Jumbo Dumbo have a way of making their riders excel in every terrain.Man, Roglic is at a peak Valverde level on these kinds of finishes. You basically cannot beat him.
I have to say, these kind of stages is what the Vuelta does best.
5 years ago these type of stages were straight-up fights between Valverde, Sagan and Dan Martin.Philipsen 9th here is promising.
Also ... Valverde is really feeling the years now. Hard to imagine him not being close on a finish like this.
Even their ITT had a murito
Roglic winning Flanders sounds like insanity but this is the team who had a bunch sprinter pulling on the hardest TDF climb in a decade with 12-15 men left
12 years ago Contador ripped it from really early and only 5 guys finished within 1s of Bettini.This wasn't really a murito though. 5-6%, open enough that you're never sure even what kind of rider will win.
except paris rubaix i agreeI would believe he could win any race he entered if it was an actual target.
Race committee retracted the 3-second gap to Carapaz's group, so he's still in red by 3 seconds.