Who is Bora's true leader???

[Krzysztof_O]

If Roglic somehow wins the Vuelta (without top dogs of course) then he will stay in RBH for another season.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Or if any of those teams are smart they structure it like SOQ did it for Gilbert. Normal base pay, and high bonus structure. Would incentivise him to work for it.

That would require Roglic to both have the motivation to work for it and think he still has big results in him if he does. Which is why he won't sign such a contract.

 

[Berniece]

That would require Roglic to both have the motivation to work for it and think he still has big results in him if he does. Which is why he won't sign such a contract.

Oh well, in that case you will be right and this is his last season. Maybe if he does a great Vuelta (podium or win) he's able to get a proper contract somewhere.

 

[Red Rick]

Who exactly?

Alpecin - definitely not
Bahrain - half their team is out of contract and none of those are their most expensive riders, doesn't make sense
Decathlon - why would they
EF - definitely not
Groupama - definitely not
Ineos - cash seems to have dried up, otherwise maybe
Lidl - possible but unlikely
Lotto - definitely not
Movistar - highly unlikely
NSN - post-Froome debacle this hasn't been their style anymore
Soudal - definitely not
Jayco - definitely not
Picnic - definitely not
Visma - maybe as more of a mentor if there is no bad blood after the way they parted, but you don't pay 2M for that
UAE - only if Pogacar talks them into it for some reason
Uno-X - definitely not
Astana - highly unlikely
Tudor - possible but unlikely
Q36 - highly unlikely

The situation reminds me a bit of when Sagan went to Total, but unlike Sagan, Roglic doesn't have Specialized to pay a big chunk of his salary, and also unlike Sagan he is at a very normal age for a big name to retire at.

There's definitely way worse riders than Roglic on that sort of money, and there's even more in the 1M-1.5M range not doing anything year after year, but most of those at least have some domestic value, and there's not really imaginary potential that so many 2-3rd tier GC riders that were kinda young when they signed a fat contract had.

But I think he's still a top 6 GC rider on his day but not one that fills a need any team particularly has. And it mostly depends on what he wants and why he's riding around the way he currently is.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Who exactly?

Alpecin - definitely not
Bahrain - half their team is out of contract and none of those are their most expensive riders, doesn't make sense
Decathlon - why would they
EF - definitely not
Groupama - definitely not
Ineos - cash seems to have dried up, otherwise maybe
Lidl - possible but unlikely
Lotto - definitely not
Movistar - highly unlikely
NSN - post-Froome debacle this hasn't been their style anymore
Soudal - definitely not
Jayco - definitely not
Picnic - definitely not
Visma - maybe as more of a mentor if there is no bad blood after the way they parted, but you don't pay 2M for that
UAE - only if Pogacar talks them into it for some reason
Uno-X - definitely not
Astana - highly unlikely
Tudor - possible but unlikely
Q36 - highly unlikely

The situation reminds me a bit of when Sagan went to Total, but unlike Sagan, Roglic doesn't have Specialized to pay a big chunk of his salary, and also unlike Sagan he is at a very normal age for a big name to retire at.

Lidl can sign him as a TGH replacement

 

[Red Rick]

The big deal however is that the market for a rider like Roglic could not be worse. It used to be that gaps between riders near the top were way, way slimmer, so in 2017 Contador or in 2020 Nibali had much more plausibility for winning big than Roglic does now in their big targets.

There's a few riders in a weird position where they can win a GT if like 3 guys don't show up - and I still think Roglic is one of them. Otherwise you just have riders who can be an also ran at the TdF or a podium candidate at the Giro or Vuelta.

 

[Netserk]

movistar should kill to get him