do you think Roglic might slip on his a** in the final TT, a la Menchov?

That was cool.
Prior to the final tt though, if Roglic doesn’t have a jour sans, the Menchov comparison might stick.

That gave me a chuckle. Honestly though, he seems very composed. A lifetime of professional sports probably helps with that.

And ready for a 2nd life in a corporate PR department dispensing bland, sanitized corporate press releases.

It will be a fine 3rd career for him!

At a minimum he doesn’t disguise being a stone cold killer. And I don’t disagree about your other comment either.

A buddy told me a story about Roglic. At the UAE Tour he rolled up to Cav and asked “what are you doing here?” To which Cav replied with a “wtf do you mean, it’s a bike race” kind of response. Roglic’s reply was “no, why are you right here in the peloton at this point in race? I want to learn.” Apparently Cav was taken aback that he misinterpreted Roglic’s question, and then was impressed that he was seeking advice in such a manner.

Will give Roglic credit—he might be stoic but he’s got balls to do that.

Imagine if he'd rolled up to Sagan

"Me? I just here to make party"

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

"Stress? What is stress?"

That's a cool story. Speaks well of him.

I got to meet and ride with him a bit at GF Valais last year. Seemed like a solid dude, quite unassuming. Was envious of my non-UCI legal R5 ;-)

"Peloton?"

Did anyone catch the report that Milan Erzen from Bahrain-Merida is being linked to Operation Aderlass?

Oooh Erzen was also Prince Nassar's Ironman trainer.

Yeah, not good optics for team or Slovenian riders. Sort of wonder if Nibali saw that coming and was a reason behind him wanting to get out of there.

"Have a Gummi Bear"

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"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Hahahaha....very good

Wow.
Eddie Dunbar!
Benedetti is one tough mofo.

Good stage. Got to be some alarm bells going off for Roglic with his guys disappearing from front on first climb of race. It's definitely not over.

Real s*** about to hit the fan tomorrow. SHould be great

Not sure today was the best of stages to expend energy (referring to Angel Lopez and Landa). Two tough days coming up; I hope they recover sufficiently

If today portends of how the race will go down I'll put my money on Nibali stealing it.

rain and 45F for a high tomorrow I think - i'm with you, I think Nibali has some opportunities to steal time
interested to see how the team support pans out

Slovaks 1-2 in GC right now and first at the ToC. That country is really having a fantastic time at GC at the moment.

I thought that move on the climb was a little impatient, though aggressive- which is nice.
There was a lot of road left after the climb for them to really get away.
Roglic dangled in Nibs group and it looked like he was getting gapped but in retrospect, he was just so strong that he didn't worry about a little push to get back on. Cool cat. Hope those little pushes don't come back to haunt him.

Nibs looking like a danger dude.

Slovenians.

Yeah. Losing de Plus hurt. The other domestiques are good, but young and were nowehere to be found. Roglic acquitted himself well.

How about my boy Dunbar! Great result for him. Score one for the local lads!