Well I'm glad I didnt watch the whole stage, but this last bit has been OK
It was dire. I actually fell asleep during the first two climbs. If it wasn't for the bike change and crashes, much ado about very, very little.
39 seconds shipped by Roglic, on wrong bike.
Maybe the UCI will neutralize it for him? :P
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
Roglic is falling apart. They all know they can drop him now.
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
Well I'm glad I didnt watch the whole stage, but this last bit has been OK
It was dire. I actually fell asleep during the first two climbs. If it wasn't for the bike change and crashes, much ado about very, very little.
39 seconds shipped by Roglic, on wrong bike.
Maybe the UCI will neutralize it for him? :P
was he on a wrong sized bike?
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
Roglic is falling apart. They all know they can drop him now.
I don't know how you can draw that conclusion from today.
He did far better than Van Garderen, when he was in a similar situation and he had a bunch of team mates in support.
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
Roglic is falling apart. They all know they can drop him now.
I don't know how you can draw that conclusion from today.
He did far better than Van Garderen, when he was in a similar situation and he had a bunch of team mates in support.
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He did but that's a low bar
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
Yes, Roglic had to take a team mate’s bike and no time to change as the race hotted up.
Pete
surprised one of his team was close enough
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
I'd be happy for any of the main contenders to win it, apart from Nibali. He's just a scrote.
can't say he is my favourite human being either. But who will win?
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
Brad Wiggins laying into the Jumbo management and Addy Engels in particular. "Roglic's management team will have been in his ear like a lorry load of monkeys going down the motorway."
Adam Blythe nicely explaining how much of an issue the different bike would have been on that descent.
Now waxing lyrical over Nibali.
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
Scott and Yates are total loose cannons now. Going to attack all the way to Verona. Opens the racing up.
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
If anyone saw TJVG's attempt to ride his team mates bike it's hardly surprising.
I have seen TJvG riding his own bike and he struggled to hold on...........
The bike TJvG swapped to had the brakes reversed, apparently. Which is a tiny bit worse than having the wrong geometry or a slightly bad fit, I reckon.
As for Roglic, while a chunk of his time can be put down to mechanical, it did seem a little easy to ride away from him on the climb before that.
“Road racing was over and the UCI had banned my riding positions on the track, so it was like ‘Jings, crivvens, help ma Boab, what do I do now? I know, I’ll go away and be depressed for 10 years’.”
Brad Wiggins laying into the Jumbo management and Addy Engels in particular. "Roglic's management team will have been in his ear like a lorry load of monkeys going down the motorway."
Adam Blythe nicely explaining how much of an issue the different bike would have been on that descent.
Now waxing lyrical over Nibali.
Apparently at the moment Roglic had a mechanical the DS had stopped for a p1ss
Brad Wiggins laying into the Jumbo management and Addy Engels in particular. "Roglic's management team will have been in his ear like a lorry load of monkeys going down the motorway."
Adam Blythe nicely explaining how much of an issue the different bike would have been on that descent.
Now waxing lyrical over Nibali.
Been impressed by what I've seen of Blythe.
Wiggins looked uncomfortable yesterday responding to a Tweet they read out and discussed about Roglic being a wheelsucker happy to hang on up the climbs and take time in the time trials!
Apparently at the moment Roglic had a mechanical the DS had stopped for a p1ss
And the bike Roglic swapped onto had broken derailleur apparently.
. Good grief.
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm
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It was dire. I actually fell asleep during the first two climbs. If it wasn't for the bike change and crashes, much ado about very, very little.
39 seconds shipped by Roglic, on wrong bike.
Maybe the UCI will neutralize it for him? :P
I don't know how you can draw that conclusion from today.
He did far better than Van Garderen, when he was in a similar situation and he had a bunch of team mates in support.
It's not just the size though is it.
Pete
He did but that's a low bar
I'd be happy for any of the main contenders to win it, apart from Nibali. He's just a scrote.
"Roglic's management team will have been in his ear like a lorry load of monkeys going down the motorway."
Adam Blythe nicely explaining how much of an issue the different bike would have been on that descent.
Now waxing lyrical over Nibali.
Carapaz. Looking strong.
I have seen TJvG riding his own bike and he struggled to hold on...........
The bike TJvG swapped to had the brakes reversed, apparently. Which is a tiny bit worse than having the wrong geometry or a slightly bad fit, I reckon.
As for Roglic, while a chunk of his time can be put down to mechanical, it did seem a little easy to ride away from him on the climb before that.
@DrHeadgear
The Vikings are coming!
We'll see what happens up the Mortirolo, if you can't open up a gap there, then it's game over
And the bike Roglic swapped onto had broken derailleur apparently.
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/raci ... lia-425123
Been impressed by what I've seen of Blythe.
Wiggins looked uncomfortable yesterday responding to a Tweet they read out and discussed about Roglic being a wheelsucker happy to hang on up the climbs and take time in the time trials!
So Tolhoek had to borrow a bike from Movistar to continue after the swop...penalty time?
That's not my reading of the report. I think it was Roglic's original bike that had a (shifter/deraillier?) problem, the bike he got worked fine...
Was thinking the same, that shirt yesterday :shock:
I found that very surprising. Why would Movi help Roglic’s team?