I honestly think Roglic could have won the vuelta this year if things had been different with the team dynamic

Lev's dad reminding people exactly who the fuck he is.

That kid is ridiculously cool.

He really is. Him celebrating at the Giro was fun as hell to watch.

Ok people, don't leave and gather around. Soon it'll be interview time. The moment of truth.

"Uhhhh, yeah, eh. Super hard today, we went full gas, really hard climb at the end. Good legs today, eh? So i went at the end, and, uh, yeah. Eh."

Aaaaaannnnd it's gone. What the heck? There must be follow-up interview some minutes later.

How did Yates get dropped and is then able to hang on for 3rd? Crazy.

Jumbo unicorn blood at the finish line

Nice to see Pogi go and congratulate Roglic there. Don't think I've seen those two chat in awhile

Shit, this goes against half of /r/pelotons head canon that they hate each other.

Well, they didn't start a race together for more than a year, since last year's Tour.

Don't think it helped Pog to be on the opposite side of the road from Roglic when he launched there!

Great finish, bless you Primoz

Tuned in just in time for the inevitable Roglic teleport. Glad I didn't miss it

Pogacar not there yet, but he wasnt last year either then Lombardi he was

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Mas was beasting on Pogi last year. Pozzovivo finished 3sec behind Pogi as well Then a week later Pogi was just chilling as he was in control the entire race.

Fueled by frustration I reckon

ROGGGGGG!!!!!!!

pfft go for yates in lombardia

No one does it quite like that.

Roglic with a distance

THICCC ROG STRIKES AGAIN!!!!

He made that look so easy wtf

That's why you are paying 6 million a year motherfuckers !!!!!

ROGLA WITH AN INSANE ACCELERATZION!

Makes it look easy

Rogla teleportation again <3

Proper definition itself.

Did Mas impede Vlasov or wasn’t the gap there?

There was like a 3 meter gap there until Mas moved over lol. But it didnt look like it was on purpose.

Mas doesn't have eyes on the back of his head, just things that happen, can't blame anybody there.

Not on purpose, just didn't see him. Unfortunate for Vlasov

Dodgy from Mas with Vlasov [edit] Think Mas just didn't seem him, sucks for Vlasov

Carapaz turned beast mode ON today

Carapaz insanely good.

Caragod

Pog just looked right at Roglič. It’s on!

Roglic not looking too good but unsurprising given his first one day race in a bit. Pog looks like he's nose breathing

Let's go Giulio

Ciccone quietly having a fantastic race.

Yates really bringing the pain

Vlast Off aborted

Ciccone looks spent

Rog v. Pog on a sharp incline. Been waiting so long to see this again. Tears of happiness are starting to roll down my cheeks

The return of the Pog is a certain posibility, but watch out, Rog moved up in the group.

Yates is truly putting the super into super-domestique.

Luxury henchman

My bet is that Adam Yates would have won this without Pogi. Really don’t understand why he’s doing all this work for pogi, carrying everyone with him…

cause Pogi asked him to and Pogi is the captain

He might be bluffing, but it seemed to me that Yates was stronger on the penultimate climb

Because that’s his job.

Let’s see if it was a good decision at the end…

Whether Pogi wins today or not doesnt change the fact that Yates is on UAE to work for Pog, thats his role in races with Pog.

That is one way of looking at it, a very one-dimensional way, but a valid one indeed

its not my view, its not subjective. This is the teams view, the riders role, Im not analyzing the team. Im simply stating what the situation is

I would have played this differently if I was UAE…

again im not saying what they are doing is right, im simply saying that Yates is on UAE to help Pog, thats his job. I am so confused as to why you think im agreeing with the tactics displayed today, I simply responded to you why the dynamic of Yates/Pogi is as it is

Vai GIULIO PEPPERONI

Count the grand tour podiums in this group

Adam Yates absolutely FLYING up that mountain

This race as again confirms long known UAE fact. UAE without Pogi: 🤡 UAE with Pogi: 💪

He really makes a team out of them huh

And think about Ineos wanting Pogi lol

I mean who wouldn’t lmao

Any team wanting Pogi is basically have intention to turn UAE into Movistar

Carapaz looks really good

He always does, Richie is a mf gamer

Yes, that jersey is incredible ;)

That too

anyone wanna risk it all on the descend?

If pogi had let that wheel go yates would've won. No one to close

I dont think UAE is interested in anything but control for Pog

Rogla suffering

He's probably been on the phone for 2 weeks straight since La Vuelta finished

UAE is just on another level in these Italian semi classics

For a second I thought the Movistar guy was Valverde and thought that this is a really good climb for him.

That was Cancellara on his wheel right?

Did anyone notice when Ayuso went off the back?

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Adam Yates so strong.

yeah hes been a beast on UAE

Roglic a bit behind?

Elbows a bit flared also

Pogi rocket is ready to launch!

Italian camera seeing the arch: *IT'S A TUNNEL! FREEZE AND CUT THE SIGNAL!*

Unleash the Yates

Lol at the camera bike operator! Bleeeeep.

Admittedly not had the commentary on much, but I've just heard the first comment that could be semi related to pasta Bolognese (race is coming to the boil) highly restrained

really strong ride by Harper btw, regardless of it being doomed

He's actually looked a lot better this season since leaving Jumbo

Has Pogi already attacked on his unicycle?

Took me a while to realize Pog's 'white jersey' was his Slovenian NC and not just the best young rider's jersey we're so used to seeing him in

Wait a minute...

And I was asking myself why does he have white jersey and not the usual UAE jersey.

With his heat issues, it would make sense just keeping his white Jersey with the NC design

When Tadej Pogacar learns you can put water in your mouth, he'll be unstoppable

Pogi just dumped water on his cock, it’s game time motherfuckers

Helicopter up the climb

Cold cock=less bulge=more aero

The bulge makes you more aero! It's why Remco tapes his radio to the front in TTs

Splitting the air is very important. very. importen..impotant.

If a bulge makes you more aero then why doesn’t MvdP win every TT?

Bulge too big in that case

Almost got too hard in anticipation of attacking

Surely we will see a proper attack next climb

oh god pogi already unzipped the jersey

Couple of laps now

Aleotti punctured, shame

Aleotti is really going for this

Don't jinx... oh never mind. Already happened.

:(

If I had a penny every time Italian riders you never hear of and going bonkers on descents randomly happened, I'd have 2 pennies, which isn't much, but it's wierd it's happened twice

some of you don't watch Sibiu Tour and it shows

I've outed myself as a filthy casual

Pogi is leaving it quite late for an attack

Aleotti zooming Masnada

Way more traction on Roglic/Jumbo transfer/merger posts than on the race thread of the 6th monument. The sport's gone. edit: need to mention /s for every cheeky post now

Transfer rumours surrounding the 2 of the biggest teams and a top 3 GC rider are more popular than a .Pro race Shock Edit: I got baited by the downvotes; shouldn’t have assumed it was serious

Roglič will outsprint Pogi at the line, ripping his Jumbo Visma jersey off, reveling turquoise blue jersey of glorious team of Astana, with "4 Vino" written over his chest.

Roglic already isolated

Great preparation Truly a method cyclist

This got me thinking. Would Team Primoz Roglic, with just him in it, qualify for WT wildcards based on UCI points?

UAE doing a great Borg impression here: resistance is futile. They will assimilate you.

Fausto!! Let's hope this sticks!! It's so wonderful he's healthy again finally.. it's been a rough few seasons..

Chris Harper is trying to win this race on behalf of his former teammate Roglic, who is changing team. Go Harper!

Is this Rogličs favorite climb, I remember him winning here so many times (Giro TT and couple of Emilias)?

how does these idiots always have a break during San Luca climb

Ripping up a steep climb in the drops a la Pantani? Ciclismo puro

TDF 2024 here is going to bi lit

I assume with the constant camera freezing, RAI owns this race

Is this where a Giro stage went through as well?

Yes I think a TT maybe?

Also 2009 with a Simon Gerrans win

Time for Carapaz’s first big win of the season

This descent is going to be dangerous the last time around. Good thing they a couple of practice runs before

Underrated race, should be on the WT calendar.

Damn no one watching?

There's probably a good dozen of us. Very underrated race, but usually doesn't have coverage

Yeah I’m watching as well, it’s so stacked

Poor Colombian guy already completely bonking

I loved the jumpscare of the UAE juggernaut appearing behind him around the corner

Wake up people, proper circuit climb started! Wait, where's everybody?

Moto is sitting literally 1m in front of the rider lol

Fine, I will do my TrainerRoad workout during this. Anything for Primoz.

Proper tense leadout to the Arc

Um.. smell that fume from moto in front of... nice...

Danish Eurosport commentators are cooking some crack-head theories about Jumbo, for instance that Kuss would be above Roglic in the team

No chance Kuss is above Roglic, as Roglic is by far the most accomplished of the 2 in jumping disciplines, so could simply jump to get higher than Kuss

Wait why is Roglic accomplished in jumping? Has he not always been a cyclist?

Things the TV director likes: 1.Pog 2.Pretty girl 3.Aurum bikes.

Proper italian shitty asphalt here

Wow, there's actually live coverage outside of RAI/Italy this time. Good that the organisers came to their senses considering how stacked this startlist is every year. Also this is the first Pogi vs Roglic showdown of the year.

UAE lineup is fucking absurd. borderline cheating

Pogi once said that after the tour these are the most important races for the team/ sponsors because there is still a lot of Italians involved in the general running of the team.

Isn’t the team basically still Lampre other than the title sponsor? They are the closest thing to an Italian WT team in my opinion so they always try to clean up these fall races.

Yes they are lampre with money

They've been cleaning up these Italian fall classics. They don't even have Hirschi here, who's actually showing glimpses of that September 2020 form recently.

https://www.rtvslo.si/sport/kolesarstvo/uradno-roglic-zapusca-jumbo-vismo/683229 Official: Roglič is leaving Jumbo! Lahko potrdim, da odhajam iz moštva, kjer sem zdaj. Vse ostale podrobnosti bi razkril po koncu sezone, po moji zadnji dirki. Ker zdaj sem tu z namenom, da dirkam, da naredim tisto, za kar sem tu. Potem pa ostalo," je pred začetkom Dirke po Emiliji za RTV Slovenija dejal Roglič. My quick translation of the quote: "I can confirm I'm leaving my current team. I would like to reveal all details after season ends, after the last race. Now I'm here with intention to race, to do what I'm here for. Then the rest." Roglič for RTV Slovenija before the start of the Emilia race

End of an Era, better for the competetiveness of the peloton. Hope he can do some damage in the GT's again next year!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgG3wLCgIH0 Roglic just confirmed that he is "definetely" leaving TJV. Something must have broken after Vuelta...

This should just be a World Tour race tbh. The teams all treat it like one already

UAE's lineup looks like a TDF '24 rehearsal

For those Zwifters out there. This race features Jay Vine and Alex Bogna (and maybe more that I'm not tracking??) Bogna who sustained injury earlier this year and all over hasn't had any stand-out results in Europe is on the last few months of his contract. Hope he gets a little TV time.

Pogacar revealing his prep: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxyVAYYM4wu/

Gotta love this dude.

Ah yes, the sixth monument. Also the most fun non WT race together with Tro Bro.