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Rog on TCP confirming he's not happy with team orders instructing him to ride for Kuss.
Just listened to this. It feels like a weird flex considering that - of the three - Rog has seemed relatively weaker compared to his normal/potential level of performance.
He's also a minute down in GC, so surely the real threat to Sepp is Vingo, who I absolutely believe is a stronger rider and could take it from him.
But (as he told Danish TV) he was never really into the whole 'the road will decide' strategy, and thinks Kuss should get it. I also think he sat up a little at the end yesterday to help widen the gap a little.
All this said the gap is so small that Kuss losing a bit of time will result in Vingo in red, so it's not a done deal.
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I thought the same. Looked to me like Jonas sat up to give a few seconds away.
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Rog is a weird flex
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I'm not sure he's been weaker, he's just been hampered by his natural defensive style of riding. He's not going to attack with 7 kms to go on the Tourmalet, so it made sense to use Vingegaard as the foil on that day. Roglic's method of winning races is to gain time little and often rather than go for attacks further out.
But I can understand why he is unhappy, he was told to prepare specifically for this race as he'd be leading the team, then he's told that Vingegaard is riding and he has to share leadership, then Kuss gets an advantage and they both have to fall in behind him.
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Rog on TCP confirming he's not happy with team orders instructing him to ride for Kuss.