Itzulia Basque Country 2021 ***Spoilers***
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Roglic is depressingly impressive.0
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I'd forgotten how much I hate roadside fans ****ing about at the side of the road.0
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Pog, Roglic, Old man Valverde, A Yates, Landa0
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Considering Roglic has struggled a bit with GT durability could racing this hard this early be considered a bit unwise?0
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So basically, if you want to win a race, don't enter one that Pog or Rog have entered?
Is this why SDB says he wants the Grenadiers to be more fun, he knows they can't go head to head with the young guns?0 -
Primoz thanks you for the flattery; he’s 31.roscoe said:So basically, if you want to win a race, don't enter one that Pog or Rog have entered?
Is this why SDB says he wants the Grenadiers to be more fun, he knows they can't go head to head with the young guns?
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.1 -
I wonder if that explains some of the confusion which seems to be present in minds of the race officials regarding who does and doesn't get kicked out?0
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I saw several riders fling bottles at the start of the climb, but I also someone who might well have been an official holding out a non-Basque, red flag.
Let's face it, we know how dumb the UCI can be, but even they must have realised that riders were going to want to discard any excess weight before tackling a final climb with those gradients.
Meanwhile, the CPA aren't prepared to take things lying down.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/riders-fight-against-punishment-for-throwing-bottles-to-roadside-fans/"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
The AG2R guy was spraying his water away instead of throwing the bottle just before the climb"Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0
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It might be a fair way from the finish, but I can see Pogacar lighting the blue touch paper again, with the final climb's explosive potential.
But first just a dash of San Sebastian.
Before the Slovenian launch pad.
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
🤣 good pointblazing_saddles said:
Primoz thanks you for the flattery; he’s 31.roscoe said:So basically, if you want to win a race, don't enter one that Pog or Rog have entered?
Is this why SDB says he wants the Grenadiers to be more fun, he knows they can't go head to head with the young guns?0 -
I think it's Rich who likes to point out that he's older than Quintana.roscoe said:
🤣 good pointblazing_saddles said:
Primoz thanks you for the flattery; he’s 31.roscoe said:So basically, if you want to win a race, don't enter one that Pog or Rog have entered?
Is this why SDB says he wants the Grenadiers to be more fun, he knows they can't go head to head with the young guns?
"Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago1 -
Climb finishes 20km from the finish, but 15km is descending, so should be a fun finish.0
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Those two are a different level ..."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 pm0
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mididoctors said:
Those two are a different level ...
At the moment....
I remain unconvinced by Roglic's Tour de France credentials. He consistently fades in the third week in GTs.Twitter: @RichN951 -
He has that hanging over himRichN95. said:mididoctors said:Those two are a different level ...
At the moment....
I remain unconvinced by Roglic's Tour de France credentials. He consistently fades in the third week in GTs."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 pm1 -
The guy has won the vuelta twice"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 pm0
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Froome won me over after that giro but frankly he needs a miracle now to be match fit by July"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 pm0
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mididoctors said:
The guy has won the vuelta twice
Last time out he needed Movistar to save him from Carapaz beating him. Put the TT on the last weekend and attack him in the last week and those bonifications aren't going to be enough.Twitter: @RichN950 -
Everyone gets help 🤔😉RichN95. said:mididoctors said:The guy has won the vuelta twice
Last time out he needed Movistar to save him from Carapaz beating him. Put the TT on the last weekend and attack him in the last week and those bonifications aren't going to be 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 pm0 -
He was never losing the vuelta, even without a bit of help from movistar.RichN95. said:mididoctors said:The guy has won the vuelta twice
Last time out he needed Movistar to save him from Carapaz beating him. Put the TT on the last weekend and attack him in the last week and those bonifications aren't going to be enough.
He did crumble in the final TT of the 2018 tour when I thought he'd push Froome for the podium though."Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0 -
I watched that final stage of the vuelta and movistar definitely helped him out.
Whether through spite or coincidence is another matter but he could very easily have lost that.
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Don't forget that last year's Vuelta didn't have 21 stages, and he only won due to the time bonuses and was on the ropes on the penultimate stage. Carapaz rode the Vuelta in less time than Roglic. Had Roglic had the extra missing stages in his legs he may have crumbled further.RichN95. said:mididoctors said:The guy has won the vuelta twice
Last time out he needed Movistar to save him from Carapaz beating him. Put the TT on the last weekend and attack him in the last week and those bonifications aren't going to be enough.0 -
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/trentin-hits-back-at-rider-criticism-of-uci-super-tuck-ban/blazing_saddles said:I saw several riders fling bottles at the start of the climb, but I also someone who might well have been an official holding out a non-Basque, red flag.
Let's face it, we know how dumb the UCI can be, but even they must have realised that riders were going to want to discard any excess weight before tackling a final climb with those gradients.
Meanwhile, the CPA aren't prepared to take things lying down.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/riders-fight-against-punishment-for-throwing-bottles-to-roadside-fans/0 -
gsk82 said:
He was never losing the vuelta, even without a bit of help from movistar.RichN95. said:mididoctors said:The guy has won the vuelta twice
Last time out he needed Movistar to save him from Carapaz beating him. Put the TT on the last weekend and attack him in the last week and those bonifications aren't going to be enough.
He did crumble in the final TT of the 2018 tour when I thought he'd push Froome for the podium though.
Roglic had a 45s lead going into the last major stage. It had reduced to 15s by the time he managed to follow Movistar's wheels
Roglic also faded in the 2019 Giro. He was only 10th in the final TT - behind NibaliTwitter: @RichN950 -
The last climb is where Yates, Bernal and Landa got dropped in San Sebastian 2019 with 70km to go.0
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I get the feeling that when the riders demanded the UCI improved race safety, they didn't realise that might also mean they would be forced into change too.rick_chasey said:
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/trentin-hits-back-at-rider-criticism-of-uci-super-tuck-ban/blazing_saddles said:I saw several riders fling bottles at the start of the climb, but I also someone who might well have been an official holding out a non-Basque, red flag.
Let's face it, we know how dumb the UCI can be, but even they must have realised that riders were going to want to discard any excess weight before tackling a final climb with those gradients.
Meanwhile, the CPA aren't prepared to take things lying down.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/riders-fight-against-punishment-for-throwing-bottles-to-roadside-fans/
I also get the feeling that this rule was the UCI getting their own back on the riders for the "inconvenience.""Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0