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It's not the jersey, it's the passport.
Roglič and Pogačar also have national jerseys btw.
Roglič and Pogačar also have national jerseys btw.I guess you missed Stelvio and Sestriere. TGH got the Giro on a silver plate from Dennis which def suffocated the rest far worse than Jumbo did this season.
How's your Slovenian coming along?
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As big as Tom can be, he is now in the same team with arguably today's best GT rider and at least another competent GC man in Kruijswijk.
Exactly!Roglic in his last four grand tours: 2019 Giro, placed 3rd; 2019 Vuelta, placed first; 2020 TDF, placed second; 2020 Vuelta, placed first. So, in his last 4 grand tours, he's podiumed all of them, won 2, finished 2nd, and finished 3rd. . . . Clear signs of a weak final week rider.
I am wondering where all those commens come from and if it would be any different if he would come from a country with bigger population, bigger fanbase, than from this 2 million souls parking lot called Slovenia
Dutch fans salty Dumo wasn't in his place. Totally Roglic's fault btw, as usual. It has to be, no other way.Exactly!
I am wondering where all those commens come from and if it would be any different if he would come from a country with bigger population, bigger fanbase, than from this 2 million souls parking lot called Slovenia
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Yes, one team leader with one teammate controlling a total of three climbs is more dominant than a full team controlling two entire GTs?
I got sick of watching Jumbo on the front of the peloton on literally every stage at the Tour and this Vuelta wasn't much better.
Edit: and also, make no mistake, I will never be a fan of SkIneos, but I see Jumbo excused for the same dominance people loathed Sky for. In my view there is no difference, in both cases we have a team that's the death of attractive racing.
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Do you think he would be a more exciting rider if he came from, say, France?Exactly!
I am wondering where all those commens come from and if it would be any different if he would come from a country with bigger population, bigger fanbase, than from this 2 million souls parking lot called Slovenia
To be fair it really was a bad move from Carapaz/Acquadro/Ineos last year with Movistar. So its understandable their move.
Actually JV is better than Ineos at suffocating a race.
Ineos was using their train to shred the peloton into pieces, JV is using it to keep everything together.
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What a dramatic finish it was! I thought that Roglic might actually loss another GT on the last mountain. Kudos to Carapaz for trying (I supported him this year) but I was a bit disappointed that they didn't try harder a couple of km earlier on the steepest section. Roglic showed a slight weakness but managed to limit his loss. As I expected at the race start it was Roglic-Carapaz battle (albeit with Carthy as the third contender). Congrats to Primoz on defending his Vuelta title - very impressive considering that he won 4 stages and had a very busy autumn (TdF, WC, classics). Great season for him - I think overall he deserves the rider of the year title.
BTW I liked the scenery today. Under the clouds at the climb start, inside clouds in the middle and above the clouds (+sunshine) near the top. I pleasently reacalled my mountain hikes.
BTW I liked the scenery today. Under the clouds at the climb start, inside clouds in the middle and above the clouds (+sunshine) near the top. I pleasently reacalled my mountain hikes.
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How is that relevant? You think i'm British?
I'm not asking Roglic to speak Dutch, so i don't know why you would ask me how my Slovenian is.
It's also not about him not knowing the words, his English is more than enough, it's the monotonous way in which he speaks, cut up by errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr after every word.
It's not about a language barrier imho. Plenty of people speak like that in their native language as well and it doesn't become any less irritating. And i'm not making fun of it, i'm simply saying it's annoying as hell.
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To be fair, I feel there may be a cultural aspect to his boring interviews. Pogacar doesn't come across as very charismatic either, but he could be mistaken for the shy kid from a few doors down thanks to his baby face.
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Because it's not French.
I wonder what happened to Woods today?
If he was as strong as on previous MTFs, he could set the higher pace to prepare for Carthy's attack and there could have been bigger gaps on the last mountain.
If he was as strong as on previous MTFs, he could set the higher pace to prepare for Carthy's attack and there could have been bigger gaps on the last mountain.
They won't because they only set up Roglic for the 1 kilometer sprint and there are always more explosive riders than Kuss to take 2nd.
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Exactly!
I am wondering where all those commens come from and if it would be any different if he would come from a country with bigger population, bigger fanbase, than from this 2 million souls parking lot called Slovenia
I'm not going to lie, in this forum it's easier to be popular or unpopular if you come from certain countries.
However, I have not seen being Slovenian has ever been an issue for any rider's popularity here.
Being a good TTer in a dominant team, especially if you also have good sprint for a climber on the other hand...
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Do you think that was their motivation? I thought Soler was pulling to get more time on Martin for Mas.
Congrats to Roglic on the GC. He saved it today... Didn’t expect him to be able to do it due to his long racing season and staying in shape for so long... Easier, and shorter, 3rd Vuelta week definitely helped him a little.
This Vuelta was for Carapaz to win, or lose, but I didn’t expect his team to self-destruct so rapidly and prove to be completely useless...
Congrats to both. I like them for different reasons and have no problem to root for both of them
This Vuelta was for Carapaz to win, or lose, but I didn’t expect his team to self-destruct so rapidly and prove to be completely useless...
Congrats to both. I like them for different reasons and have no problem to root for both of them
Yeah. My basic rule of thumb is that the Tour winner had the best season unless someone else either wins 2 or more of the 9 tier one races or wins one of those races and an absolute ton of tier two races. This year Roglic and WVA both did enough to overcome the presumption in favour of the Tour winner and Roglic had the slight edge on WVA.
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