Thanks Spencer for an absorbing summary - I was impressed with you maintaining coherence given the length of the second-to-last sentence in your introduction!
As a big Roglic fan, his underwhelming performances in Stage 2 and 4 were disappointing to watch, but as you mentioned, it was a great effort for him to get back to Jonas and Remco on the downhill, and only ship time to Pog. He certainly doesn’t seem to be at his expected level, and has admitted this a couple of times, including on Slovenian TV after today’s stage. However, he also said he feels he is slowly getting better, so there’s some hope.
A concern for Roglic and Jonas would be the lack of support from their teammates, as both were left isolated on the Galibier far earlier than desired, especially since Pocagar still had three teammates in the front group!
I expect that UAE team management will be able to stamp out any undesired ambitions on the part of Ayuso that don’t mesh with the team’s goals.
Thanks Spencer for an absorbing summary - I was impressed with you maintaining coherence given the length of the second-to-last sentence in your introduction!
As a big Roglic fan, his underwhelming performances in Stage 2 and 4 were disappointing to watch, but as you mentioned, it was a great effort for him to get back to Jonas and Remco on the downhill, and only ship time to Pog. He certainly doesn’t seem to be at his expected level, and has admitted this a couple of times, including on Slovenian TV after today’s stage. However, he also said he feels he is slowly getting better, so there’s some hope.
A concern for Roglic and Jonas would be the lack of support from their teammates, as both were left isolated on the Galibier far earlier than desired, especially since Pocagar still had three teammates in the front group!
I expect that UAE team management will be able to stamp out any undesired ambitions on the part of Ayuso that don’t mesh with the team’s goals.