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Offline JCA-CrystalCity

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Re: cycling in 2018 & beyond
« Reply #150: September 05, 2021, 08:54:47 PM »
Roglic wins third straight Vuelta by 4 minutes, 42 seconds - largest winning margin since Alex Zuelle in 1997.
you had a feeling that he saw Pogocar's margin in the Tdf and said "I will show you a margin over a real field."  This year's Vuelta had a more competitive field than the tour once Roglic crashed out. Yates and Bernal, Mas and Lopez, Haig and Bahrain.

I think Roglic has less fear of crashing than most fescenders because he was a ski jumper. He's clearly not as good of a bike handler as an Alaphilippe or Nibali, but he still attacks. 

Today they asked him about passing Mas, and his reply was "I am a sprinter," which tells a lot about his attacks on climbing finishes.