Pro-cycling thread

Roglic at risk of becoming a modern day Poulidor in a single season here.

I don't really want Roglic to lose another stage race on the last proper day, it's not nice.

doesn't look good for roglic this. going to be close

Also where's Dan Martin gone?

Oh, Rog.

Nice of Movistar to adopt Roglic and lead him out.

Yup, drinks owed in Madrid.

Great ride from Gaudu, I think he's ridden himself into the Top 10 as well.

grand tours were all amazing this year

I think (but cannot prove) the lack of mid-summer heat has really helped with this.

Will there be racing tomorrow, or a roll the. Bunch sprint a la le tour?

Carapaz and Carthy were amazing this Vuelta.

Reckon they would have usurped Roglic if they had 2 more days in the mountains...

Does this prove that Roglic isn’t quite capable of riding solo?

Agreed! Good to finish the season off with a banger though

Might be worth starting a Jake Stewart thread too, one to watch at FDJ.

Don't let me stop you. :)

(That was meant in reply to @rhb.)

... or maybe attacked earlier down the hill ... ? Easy to say , but ....

Or the Wright Said Fred

I fought someone would say that.

Same was said about Froome in the past.

Roglic is unbelievably solid, no real bad day ever.

Just not very exciting, hangs in the GC group, out sprints them at the end, wins the TTs.

If only today was 1k longer . 40 odd seconds between the top 3

Roglic's run of results in stage races is extraordinary. He would have added the Dauphine this year had he not crashed. And he won Liege this year.

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He seems both inhuman and very human. I like that about him. When he is good, he looks impossible to beat, and then when he cracks, or nearly does like today, he suddenly looks beatable.

seems sound too

grim grim stuff
https://cyclingtips.com/2020/11/womens-peloton-survey-wages-up-for-top-riders-43-buying-their-own-gear/

Which is wrong in the same way that Trump was elected, Brexit happened, etc.

Humans aren't all that in the IQ stakes.

It's "up the road" if they're in front.

I stopped doing clubruns because they couldn't get this right.

(not really)